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40th Anniversary Logo for the North American Waterfowl Management Plan - EPS Format

40e partenariat NAWMP - Logo anniversaire - EPS

40.º aniversario de la Asociación NAWMP - Logotipo del aniversario - EPS

Published in 2024, this Update reviews progress since the 2018 Update, reaffirms the three core NAWMP goals, and charts a path forward by expanding and diversifying partnerships to reverse ongoing habitat loss and achieve conservation at the scale required.

This Update reviews six years of progress since the 2012 Revision and 2014 Addendum. It reaffirms the three core NAWMP goals — abundant and resilient waterfowl populations, sufficient wetlands and habitats, and growing numbers of hunters, viewers, and supporters — and demonstrates how the waterfowl community is integrating biological, habitat, and human-dimensions objectives.

This Update reviews six years of progress since the 2012 Revision and 2014 Addendum. It reaffirms the three core NAWMP goals — abundant and resilient waterfowl populations, sufficient wetlands and habitats, and growing numbers of hunters, viewers, and supporters — and demonstrates how the waterfowl community is integrating biological, habitat, and human-dimensions objectives.

This Update reviews six years of progress since the 2012 Revision and 2014 Addendum. It reaffirms the three core NAWMP goals — abundant and resilient waterfowl populations, sufficient wetlands and habitats, and growing numbers of hunters, viewers, and supporters — and demonstrates how the waterfowl community is integrating biological, habitat, and human-dimensions objectives.

The 2012 NAWMP Revision recommended developing, revising, or reaffirming objectives so all facets of waterfowl management share a common benchmark. Work in 2013–14 produced this addendum, which sets revised objectives for populations, supporters, and habitat.

This landmark trilateral revision — signed by the environment ministers of Canada, the United States, and Mexico — updates the original 1986 North American Waterfowl Management Plan after 25 years of on-the-ground success. It celebrates the protection and restoration of 15.7 million acres (63,000 km²) of wetlands, grasslands, and other key habitats while confronting new 21st-century realities: climate change, habitat loss, shifting land-use pressures, declining hunter participation, and the need for broader public engagement.

The 2012 NAWMP Action Plan was published as a companion to the North American Waterfowl Management Plan Revision. It provides strategic guidance and initial steps for implementing the Plan's expanded vision across Canada, Mexico, and the United States.

The North American Waterfowl Management Plan Continental Progress Assessment Final Report represents the first comprehensive continental biological evaluation of the Plan's 20-year history since its inception in 1986. Commissioned by the Plan Committee in 2005, this assessment was led by an international Assessment Steering Committee (ASC) comprising experts from Canada, the United States, and Mexico.

The North American Waterfowl Management Plan Continental Progress Assessment Final Report represents the first comprehensive continental biological evaluation of the Plan's 20-year history since its inception in 1986. Commissioned by the Plan Committee in 2005, this assessment was led by an international Assessment Steering Committee (ASC) comprising experts from Canada, the United States, and Mexico.

The 2004 Implementation Framework for the North American Waterfowl Management Plan (NAWMP), titled "Strengthening the Biological Foundation," serves as a companion to the Strategic Guidance document, providing detailed technical information for biologists and managers to advance waterfowl conservation over the next 15 years.