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Asian Waterbird Census (AWC) 2019 in Merauke, Papua: more than just a counting
Reported by: La Hisa (Merauke Wasur National Park) Asian Waterbird Census is an annual activity held every January in the Asian region. In Indonesia the implementation was coordinated by Wetlands International Indonesia together with the National Partnership for Migratory Bird and its Habitat Management, involving volunteers from government, NGOs, nature lover group, students, private sector […]
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Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea EAAFP Member since: N/A Number of Flyway Network Sites: 1 Papua New Guinea has not yet signed up to the Partnership. However, it does have 1 nominated site in the Flyway Site Network, Tonda Wildlife Reserve, with its potentiality in supporting some Key Species of the EAAFP . Click Here: Map of 1 site
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Monitoring of Waterbird Populations in Wasur National Park, Papua
A report by Ramli, Wasur National Park [EAAF008] and Yus Rusila Noor, Wetlands International Indonesia As part of the regular management of the national park area, a team of the Forest Ecosystem Control Functional Staff of Ministry of Environment and Forestry has carried out a monitoring of waterbirds in Wasur National Park, Papua – Indonesia. The […]
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Skilled Stakeholder Meets Technology: The Next Step of Migratory Waterbirds Conservation in Indonesia
EAAFP Small Grant Fund Project by Ragil Rihadini Yayasan Ekologi Satwa Alam Liar Indonesia (EKSAI Foundation) Many migratory waterbirds’ important sites in Indonesia are not protected yet, some other are predicted as important sites but it needs more data and information to confirm that. Unfortunately, some of those areas do not have any birdwatchers who […]
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EAAFP Partners Engagement at CBD COP 15
The UN Biodiversity Conference (Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)), is being held in two parts. The Part 2 of the COP 15 is held in Montreal Canada from 7 to 19 December 2022. During COP 15, parties will see the adoption of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity […]
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Roseate Tern
Roseate Tern ©Kenneth Lam Common name: Roseate Tern Scientific name: Sterna dougallii Local names:Розовая крачка (Russian), 粉红燕鸥 (Simplified Chinese), 粉紅燕鷗 (traditional Chinese), 긴꼬리제비갈매기 (Korean), ベニアジサシ(Japanese), Dara laut Dougalli (Indonesian), Camar Jambu (Malayu), Nhàn hồng (Vietnamese), นกนางนวลแกลบสีกุหลาบ (Thai) Conservation status: IUCN – Least Concern Roseate Tern is primarily distributed in tropical and subtropical seas. It is […]
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Far Eastern Curlew
Name: Far Eastern Curlew Scientific name: Numenius madagascariensis Conservation status: IUCN – Endangered, CMS – Appendix I The Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis is endemic to the East Asian – Australasian Flyway. It is the largest migratory shorebird species in the world. EAAFP Far Eastern Curlew Task Force was officially endorsed by the Partnership in January 2015, […]
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Work and achievements of EAAFP Secretariat in collaboration with the Partners in 2020
The year 2020 is an unprecedented time for everyone due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Yet, the EAAFP Partners and Secretariat adapted to the situation and overcome the challenge to continue the conservation of migratory waterbirds and wetlands. Here is a summary of the work and achievements of EAAFP Partners in which the Secretariat has also […]
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2020 World Migratory Bird Day #LegflagChallenge Photo Contest
#legflagChallenge Photo Contest The #LegflagChallenge Photo Contest aims to encourage birdwatchers, bird photographers and all kinds of citizen scientists to document and report sightings of waterbirds in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway that carry leg flags, tags and other types of attachments. Birds carrying these leg flags and tags provide crucial information about their life histories […]
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Literature list (January-June, 2020)
The EAAFP Science Unit is highlighting some key journal publications in the flyway. The abstract of each journal article is placed following the literature list below. 1) Biology & ecology Recent changes in the number of spoon-billed sandpipers Calidris pygmaea wintering on the Upper Gulf of Mottama in Myanmar Aung, Pyae-Phyo, Moses, Saw, Clark, Nigel […]
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