Date:18/09/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/09/18/stories/2008091857922200.htm

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Fall in number of migratory waterbirds

New York: The numbers of migratory waterbirds travelling across Africa and Eurasia have fallen by more than 40 per cent owing to habitat destruction and wetlands exploitation, a report has said.

The report was prepared for a meeting under way in Antananarivo, Madagascar, of the African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement. — PTI