Conservation initiatives

Action Plans

• The International Single Species Action Plan for the Conservation of the Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor was endorsed at the Fourth Meeting of the Parties to the African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement (AEWA) on 17 September 2008 in Madagascar.
  
  Download the draft Action Plan presented to AEWA
  The plan was developed by the IUCN/SSC Flamingo Specialist Group (FSG) and Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) under the auspices of AEWA and the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS). It was compiled by Dr Brooks Childress, Chair of the FSG; Dr Baz Hughes, Head of Species Conservation at WWT; and Dr Szabolcs Nagy, Senior Biodiversity Officer at Wetlands International with input from a workshop in Nairobi, Kenya in September 2006 organised by the FSG.
  
  Amendments suggested at the AEWA meeting will be incorporated and the plan officially released in Dec 2008.
  
  
• Implementation of the Single Species Action Plan for the Conservation of the Lesser Flamingo and its Shared East African Community Regional Ecosystem (From Ramsar) NEW
  
  
• Experts meet for Action Plan Workshop (From AEWA)

• An action plan for the conservation of Andean and James’s Flamingos is being developed by the FSG, in cooperation with the Grupo para la Conservación de Flamencos Altoandinos (GCFA), under the auspices of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS). It is being compiled by Dr Felicity Arengo, Western Hemisphere Chair of the FSG.

• 'Think Pink' campaign (From BirdLife)
  A campaign to stop the proposed development at Lake Natron, which BirdLife believes will displace and scatter the 500,000 pairs of Lesser Flamingos which nest at Lake Natron.
  
  
  
  
• 'Save the Flamingo' campaign for Kamfers Dam
  (From www.savetheflamingo.co.za)
  A campaign dedicated to addressing the threats that face Kamfers Dam and ensuring the long-term future of its Lesser Flamingos.
  
  
  
  Live webcam of Kamfers Dam at www.africam.com
  
  Support this important cause by donating money to the Save the Flamingo Association.

• 'Save the Flamingos' campaign for Hialeah Racetrack
  (From www.savetheflamingos.org)
  A campaign to raise awareness about the breeding flock of Caribbean Flamingos at Hialeah Racetrack in Florida and secure their future.
  
  
  
  

Artificial breeding islands

• Artificial island in Etang du Fangassier, Camargue, France
  Construction of a breeding island in Etang du Fangassier (From Tour du Valat)
  
  

• Kamfers Dam, South Africa
  Africa's first artificial flamingo breeding island (From Africa - Birds & Birding)
  Announcement of breeding success (From Anderson Africa)
  A vision in pink: Lesser Flamingo breeding success (From Africa - Birds & Birding)
  
  
  
  Live webcam of Kamfers Dam at www.africam.com

Distribution, abundance and breeding surveys

Habitat protection measures and habitat based projects

• Flamingo Conservation and Ramsar Site Management at Lake Bogoria National Reserve, Kenya (From Ramsar)

• Makgadikgadi wetland flamingo project

• Ramsar Resolution VIII.39: High Andean wetlands as strategic ecosystems (From Ramsar)
• High Andean Wetlands Regional Strategy (From WWF)

Re-introduction

• Reintroduction to Anegada, British Virgin Islands
  (From The Conservation Agency)

Ringing/banding

• Ringing programme in the Camargue, France
  (From Tour du Valat)

Satellite tracking

• Lesser Flamingo Conservation and Flyway Management, Rift Valley, East Africa