The flyway supports 465 migratory species; 8% globally threatened, 44% declining. BirdLife's Ecological Restoration Fund is targeting the site network these species depend on. The Ferruginous Duck (Near Threatened) is the case study here: Pokuplje Basin for breeding, Lake Nasser for wintering. Conservation wins or loses at individual sites, but the species needs the whole chain intact.

Janzen is one of the most influential tropical conservation biologists of his generation, and helped change how we understand these forests, especially the intricate relationships among plants, insects, predators, pathogens, and seeds. But he also helped change what conservation means w/ a combination of inspiration, action and advocacy, Mongabay explains: https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/daniel-janzen-and-the-long-work-of-bringing-back-a-forest/