• Welcoming Paleik Lake (EAAF154) and Pyu Lake (EAAF155) as new Flyway Network Sites of Myanmar

      Paleik Lake © Thiri Dae We Aung/BANCA Pyu Lake © Thiri Sandar Zaw On the 16th of November 2023, the East Asian-Australasian Partnership (EAAFP) welcomed the addition of two new Flyway Network Sites (FNS) of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar namely, Paleik Lake (EAAF154) and Pyu Lake (EAAF155), marking the seventh and […]

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  • World Migratory Bird Day 2023: Promoting Conservation Efforts and Local Engagement in Myanmar

    The Nature Conservation Society-Myanmar (NCS-Myanmar) successfully organized the World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) event for 2023 on 18th May. The event took place in Koe Tae Su Village near the Gulf of Mottama (GoM) in Myanmar, with a total of 77 participants, including school students, villagers, and local communities. Supported by the East Asian-Australasian Flyway […]

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  • Conservation of Spoon-billed Sandpiper in the Gulf of Mottama and Tanintharyi Coastal of Myanmar

    EAAFP Small Grant Fund Project by Pyae Phyo Aung, Shane Thu Lwin and Thura Soe Min Htike Nature Conservation Society – Myanmar (NCS) Participation of local communities in conservation is crucial for long-term conservation management. Two local Conservation Groups(LCGs) newly established in The Tanintharyi region are improved their conservation skills through five consecutive bird-watching training […]

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  • 2023 Spoon-billed Sandpiper Census in the Gulf of Mottama, Myanmar

    For the twelfth consecutive year the Nature Conservation Society- Myanmar (NCS) in close collaboration with the Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force (SBS TF) organised the Spoon-billed Sandpiper winter survey and waterbird monitoring expedition. The Gulf of Mottama Ramsar Site is a hugely important intertidal mudflat in Myanmar hosting thousand of migratory waterbirds including the critically endangered […]

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  • Strengthen the local engagement in Baer’s Pochard conservation in central Myanmar

    EAAFP Small Grant Fund Project by Thiri Sandar Zaw Biodiversity And Nature Conservation Association, Myanmar   The biodiversity And Nature Conservation Association (BANCA) from Myanmar has interacted with the Community-based Organization namely the Shwe Kantharyar Nature Conservation Association at the Pyu Lake for conservation of the wetland resources and its environment in Mandalay region. Because […]

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  • Welcoming the migratory bird for the first time at Paleik Lake in Mandalay region, central Myanmar

    On 1 October 2022, Biodiversity And Nature Conservation Association collaborated with the Shwe Kantharyar Nature Conservation Association, a community- based organization in Pyu Lake, and celebrated the first time of world migratory bird day event at the temple in Paleik village in Paleik village tract near the Paleik Lake is situated at the Singaing township, […]

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  • Celebrating 2022 World Migratory Bird Day in Villages near the Gulf of Mottama, Myanmar

    On 10 May 2022, Nature Conservation Society-Myanmar (NCS) organized the World Migratory Bird Day(WMBD) event for 2022 in Basic Education Primary School, Koe Tae Su Village, Belin Township near Gulf of Mottama(GoM) in Myanmar with financial support from EAAFP WMBD Small Grant Fund. The purpose of organizing this event was to raise awareness in local […]

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  • World Migratory Bird Day 2021 Oct Event – Nature Conservation Society Myanmar

    ©️ RBANCA Event Title: World Migratory Bird Day event at Nanthar Island and Mayyu Estuary Event Date: 8th – 10th October 2021 Event Sites: Nanthar Island and Mayyu Estuary, Myanmar  Organizer:  Nature Conservation Society-Myanmar (NCS)  Participants:  Expected about 5000 local community members who living nearby Ramsar Site.   Summary:Poster about Spoon-billed Sandpiper ©️ NCS The […]

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  • Research to conserve Baer’s Pochard in Pyu Lake and Paleik Inn, central Myanmar

    Data of population and distribution of Critically Endangered Baer’s Pochard was collected during various trips to Pyu Lake, Paleik Inn and Banaw freshwater lakes comprising four years of fieldwork in central Myanmar from 2016 to 2020. During this period, at least 18 The freshwater wetlands in central Myanmar is supporting significant number of several key […]

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  • Successful World Migratory Bird Day Oct Event 2020 – Myanmar (BANCA)

    Event title: World Migratory Bird Day 2020 Event in Myanmar Organizer: Biodiversity And Nature Conservation Association (BANCA) Participants: With over 14,000 followers of BANCA Facebook Page, 252 people participated in event activities including 26 participants in painting contest, 135 participants in poem writing contest, and 70 participants in the bird quiz activity, and 21 participants […]

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