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United for Flyways: AEWA MOP9 Marks Major Progress

As main Sponsor and Champion under the Migratory Species Champion Programme, Leica Camera AG was honoured for its outstanding contributions to waterbird monitoring along the African-Eurasian Flyways. Through a three-year partnership with AEWA, Leica has supported the Waterbird Fund and provided cutting-edge optical equipment to monitoring teams across Africa and […]
Counting Waterbirds in Libya: How Leica Binoculars Are Making a Difference

Libya’s wetlands provide important waterbird habitats along the African-Eurasian Flyways. Every year, hundreds of thousands of migratory waterbirds stopover in Libya to rest and feed during their journeys between Europe and Africa or remain to overwinter.
A Sabbatical Immersed in Nature and Wildlife – Part 2

They say that the journey is better than the destination, and that’s certainly true when it comes to travelling within Costa Rica to Tortuguero National Park. Accessible only by plane or boat, I couldn’t wait to take to the network of waterways required to access these sprawling protected Caribbean wetlands.

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28. November 2025

United for Flyways: AEWA MOP9 Marks Major Progress

With Leica as Champion for Waterbird Conservation The 9th Meeting of the Parties (MOP9) to the Agreement on the Conservation of African–Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) concluded in Bonn on 14 November 2025, bringing together more than 160 delegates from 64 countries. Under the theme United for Flyways, Parties adopted key […]
24. November 2025

Counting Waterbirds in Libya: How Leica Binoculars Are Making a Difference

Despite years of political and environmental challenges, efforts to conserve biodiversity in Libya have continued. At the heart of this effort is the long-standing tradition of waterbird monitoring – an essential activity across the country’s wetlands, which include several salt lakes and coastal lagoons. A handful of dedicated Libyan ornithologists […]

17. November 2025

A Sabbatical Immersed in Nature and Wildlife – Part 2

They say that the journey is better than the destination, and that’s certainly true when it comes to travelling within Costa Rica to Tortuguero National Park. Accessible only by plane or boat, I couldn’t wait to take to the network of waterways required to access these sprawling protected Caribbean wetlands. […]
23. October 2025

Assessing the efficacy of agroecological farming

When imagining how to maximize agricultural productivity in the future, it is easy to picture vast monocrop fields maintained by drones and agrichemicals. Yet there are alternative pathways that might enable both high yields and greater sustainability, by enhancing the ecological processes underpinning crop growth and health. These ‘agroecological’ farming […]
6. October 2025

A Sabbatical Immersed in Nature and Wildlife

Earlier this year I was granted a wonderful opportunity to take a sabbatical from my job, working for the Saving Wildcats partnership in Scotland. While I am incredibly lucky to work in the Cairngorms National Park, alongside fantastic colleagues at the forefront of wildlife conservation in the UK, my own […]