Understanding and reversing the rapid declines in Australia's shorebirds

根据环境保护和生物多样性保护法，候鸟被确认为国家重要资产，这些候鸟是许多沿海景观的标志性元素，但它们正在以惊人的速度减少。由于它们的迁徙性质，它们减少的部分原因可能在澳大利亚，但部分原因可能在迁徙的23个国家的其他地方。这个项目将发现澳大利亚可以在其领土内做些什么来扭转滨鸟的下降趋势，以及如何加强国际协议和政策立场，以实现东亚飞行路线上的滨鸟保护。这项研究将提供必要的科学，以恢复一个具有国家环境意义的问题。

Migratory shorebirds are recognised under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act as nationally important assets, and these birds are iconic elements of many coastal landscapes, yet they are declining at an alarming rate. Due to their migratory nature, part of the reason for their decline might lay in Australia, but part might lay elsewhere across the 23 countries in the migratory flyway. This project will discover what Australia can do within its territory to reverse shorebird declines, and how international agreements and policy positions could be strengthened to achieve shorebird conservation in the East Asian flyway. This research will deliver the science necessary to recover a matter of national environmental significance.