The next few months will see a strengthening of the conservation capacity for migratory waterbirds on the African continent. This was one of the main resolutions of the Eighth Meeting of the Parties (MOP8) to the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (AEWA), which took place from 26 to 30 September 2022 in Budapest, Hungary. The latest report on the conservation status of the 255 species listed under AEWA indicates that 33 of them are threatened with extinction.