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First record of Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis in Japan
Reported by Tetsuo SHIMADA, Hiromi KANO & Toshihiro HOSOI We report the first record of Red-breasted Goose in Japan. The goose was observed in rice paddy fields (38°42’N, 141°6’E) around Lake Izunuma-Uchinuma, northern Japan, on 6th October 2019. Based on the plumage, it was considered as an adult. This Red-breasted Goose was always found within […]
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A new crane species recorded for Mongolia
Recently, on 13th June, a Mongolian bird photographer, Iderbat Enkhtaivan observed a second calendar year Black-necked Crane in Khutag-Undur, Bulgan province, in northcentral Mongolia. He approached us for confirmation. The bird was together with two young Eurasian Cranes in the grassy meadow of the Selenge River Valley. It is a big overshoot of over 1000 […]
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Contribution towards conservation in Gyeongsangnam-do Province: GREF-MOU Signing Ceremony
On 25 June 2020, Gyeongsangnam-do Ramsar Environmental Foundation (GREF) and EAAFP Secretariat signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the collaborative conservation of migratory waterbirds and their habitats. The signing ceremony was held at the EAAFP Secretariat office. GREF was founded in 2008, based on the 2008 Ramsar Convention, to build sustainable development and strengthen […]
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2020 Global Clean Environment Awards Ceremony
On Wednesday, 24 June 2020, the External Relations team of EAAFP Secretariat attended the 2020 Global Clean Environment Awards Ceremony held in the Ruby Hall, the Plaza Hotel in Seoul. It marked its second anniversary since the first award in 2019 when the EAAFP received an award in Public Service category. This event was organized […]
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Joint bird survey in Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)
Report by Dr. Carmen Or (WWF-Hong Kong), Mr. Yat-tung Yu (Hong Kong Bird Watching Society) and Dr. Bernhard Seliger (Hanns Seidel Foundation) After the 1st Swan Goose Festival at Mundok Migratory Bird Reserve on 13th October 2019, a 5-day joint survey by researchers from MoLEP, Academy of Science of Korea, Hanns Seidel Foundation, WWF-Hong […]
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World Migratory Bird Day Event 2020 – Australia (The Bowerbird Collective) & Thailand (Bird Conservation Society of Thailand)
Invisible Connection online concert trailer ©Bowerbird Collective Event title: Invisible Connections – A WMBD social media concert event Organizer: The Bowebird Collective & Bird Conservation Society of Thailand (BCST) Participants: Participants engaged in online social media event (more than 1000 viewers and 2000 views) Outcome: A 17-minute online performance celebrating World Migratory Bird Day led […]
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”Flyway: connecting people and migratory waterbirds” story series #5 – Dr. Martin Spray, Chair of EAAFP Finance Sub-Committee, Former Chief Executive of WWT
The EAAFP Secretariat is honored to feature Dr. Martin Spray on our Flyway Story series. Until May 2020 Martin was the Chief Executive of the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT), one of EAAFP Partners. WWT is the leading UK NGO specialising in the conservation of wetlands across the world. Martin was born in London and […]
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Report of Spoon-billed Sandpiper Census in China – January 2020
China Spoon-billed Sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea) Winter Census 2020 was conducted from 17th January to 19th January, 2020, aiming to better understand the population and overwintering sites of the Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper. A total of 33 sites were surveyed in all coastal provinces in South China, namely Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan Provinces. The […]
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“Year of the Cranes” story series #5” – Do you know all the crane species in East Asian – Australasian Flyway?
2020 was designated as the Year of the Cranes at the International Workshop of Crane Conservation in East Asia convened in Beijing in October 2019. The campaign aims to raise awareness of crane conservation and was convened by EAAFP Partner, International Crane Foundation (ICF), and calling for Partners and organizations to join the celebration of […]
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Upper tidal flats are disproportionately important for the conservation of migratory shorebirds
The decline of migratory shorebird populations along the EAAF has been largely attributed to the loss of tidal flats in the Yellow Sea region due to coastal development. It is intriguing, however, that the rate of population decline of many coastal shorebirds is much faster than the rate of tidal flat loss. Can it be […]
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