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1 Wasur National Park as a site of East Asian Australasian Flyway Partnership LA HISA Balai Taman Nasional Wasur

2 WASUR NATIONAL PARK Established on 7 April 2014 with total area hektar Transfly ecoregion This plain area dominated by seasonally and permanently swamp, also coastal area at the southern. Supporting waterbird life (migratory and resident waterbird) Designated as an EAAFP site in Indonesia on 1996 (site no. EAAF008)

3 CRITERION OF EAAFP SITE Internationally important area for migratory waterbird : Numenius minutus, N. madagascariensis, and also Black-necked stork (App 1 CITES), crane transfly, magpie goose. Trans fly area for more than 5000 waterbirds (about 6900 birds from 25 specieses find in Wasur) Magpie goose Black-nacked stork Pelican

4 PARTNERSHIP ACTIVITIES : capacity development; monitoring waterbirds & habitat; and campaign November Birdwatching training for staff of Wasur NP. Trainer : Dr. Nick Brickle, Dr. Joost Philippa and Iwan Febrianto, (Wildlife Concervation Society / WCS-IP) Agustus 2011 Inventory, survey and bird banding training for staff Wasur NP. Trainer : Dr. Wilson Novarino (Indonesia Bird banding Scheme/IBBS), Ferry Hasudungan (Wetlands Indonesia Program) and staf WWF Region Sahul Papua ; 2012 Jan 2012 : staf TN Wasur bersama Dr. Wilson Novarino (Indonesia Bird banding Scheme/IBBS) and staff of WWF Region Sahul Papua 2015 Januari 2015 : Asian Waterbird Census with Wetlands International 2016 World Migratory Birday 2016 celebration, supported by Wetland International Indonesia and founder by EAAFP Secretariat

5 CHALLENGES Land use change around the buffer area of national park Leading degradation and essential habitat loss, to be a new man-made habitat and more population of birds fly out from natural habitat in Wasur to those new habitats.

6 Illegal hunting / killing Occured in or outside of national park. New feeding ground like paddy field will be stimulate many of water birds landed and occupied field as pest and this will lead into the killing by hunts, traps and poisoning. MAGPIE GOOSE

7 Human disturbances Fishing with fishnet Temporary selters like bivouac of local people near the birds habitat Human distrubances Waste (plastics) Pesticide usage and residue in paddy field

8 Mining sand : coastal degradation and habitat loss.

9 Sand miner attacks rangers at Ndalir Coast Post of Wasur NP.

10 EFFORTS A. Manage birds population and their habitats Inventory / monitoring waterbird populations periodically Invasif species restraining in waterbird habitat Manage birds population & habitats Biophysics study (collaborate with FORDA Papua ) and monitoring waterbird habitat

11 Trend of results of waterbird inventories in Wasur NP (Baseline data year 2015) 26 specieses Most population: whiteheaded stilt (3273); Australian pelican (518); green pygmy goose (306) Total : 4586 birds July 2015 Dec specieses Most population : grey-tailed tattler (720); whiteheaded stilt (146); eastern curlew(140); ruff (134); Asian dowitcher (118) Total : 1492 birds 17 specieses Most populations: white-headed stilt (356); Australian pelican (138); glossy ibis (112) Total : 856 ibis May 2016

12 B. Awareness & campaign for waterbirds protection To the local peoples in the national ark To the Outsider and farmers surround national park To the local students

13 C. Mapping & established the monitoring site for migratory birds.

14 D. Ranger Patrol / enforcement of the law

15 E. Empowerment local community

16 F. Increase the community participation 2013 Community involved as a local ranger Local community and conservation cadres joined in bird monitoring Local community involved in priority species monitoring and inhouse training for biodiversity monitoring 2016 Local community, conservation cadres and student of university joined in World Migratory Bird Day 2016 event (presentation, discussion and birdwatching at Ndalir coast Wasur NP)

17 G. Recruitment conservation cadress, Visit to school and introduce the potencies of national park included birds to the students

18 H. Capacity building for staff of Wasur NP Training inventory, survey & bird banding. Collaborate with LIPI, IBBS, WWF, Wetland Internasional Inhouse training inventory and monitoring biodiversity. Collaborate with Directorate Biodiversity Conservation, WWF. Training workshop wetland management Inhouse training GIS and distribution mapping of biodiversity. Collaborate with WWF.

19 EFFORTS TO FUTURE Prompt the local goverment to discuss and validation the regional regulation (Perda) about air gun utilization in Merauke region. Prompt the local government to make a regional regulation for waterbird species protection in Papua province. Campaign on national and regional level Develops Electronic data center Develops special tourism (birdwatching) to increase the community and national income

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