Joint ITTEA & EAAFP Virtual Workshop on Market Surveys, Session 1, originally held on 2 August 2023

Market surveys are a key tool for gathering data on migratory bird species that are intentionally taken for food or caught as bycatch and provide data to estimate relative volume and demand for those species. Similarly, surveys of mist-nets and other improvised nets provide data on the trapping efforts for a specific location along with estimates for relative abundance of captured species. This workshop aims to provide a better understanding of how these surveys can then be applied to guide relevant enforcement and conservation policy, as these data are necessary for understanding the scale and scope of illegal take of birds.

Presentations:
Tilman Schneider (CMS Secretariat) - "ITTEA History and Framework for Action"
Ding Li Yong (BirdLife International) - "Assessing the extent of bird hunting in the Southeast Asian region from market surveys"
Rongrong Angkaew (King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi) - "Agricultural netting: An uncontrolled killing of birds in the Central Plains of Thailand"

[KlausRiede]

Please explain the acronyms! Interesring approach but where are data collected and published?