Important bird migration routes are known as flyways. Cooperation among all the countries and areas along migration routes is vital in order to protect migratory birds. BirdLife Asia Division and its partner in Japan, the Wild Bird Society of Japan is working on a project to develop an international network of protected habitat for migratory waterbirds. Known as the Asia Pacific Migratory Waterbird Conservation Strategy, this project was launched in 1996.
This exciting flyway activity is an international cooperative program conserving a network of globally important habitats and environments for waterbirds. At present, work has been concentrated on three flyways, namely those for geese and ducks, cranes and shorebirds and there is now a network linking 78 sites in 13 countries.
White-naped Crane’s breeding site
The wintering area of White-naped Crane (Izumi, Kagoshima)
BirdLife International staff explains the activity of Crane Site Network