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Cannon Netting Report (23 July 2017)
23 July 2017 Chris Hassell, Global Flyway Network (GFN) I sort of think Whistling Kites are OK (at the moment). The plan for this catch day was set at Richard’s Point where there would be a small flock of shorebirds (as on the 2 reccy days) then one twinkle from Wader Beach and everything lands in front […]
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Cannon Netting Report (15 July 2017)
17 July 2017 Chris Hassell, Global Flyway Network (GFN) I still really don’t like Whistling Kites. But this time they didn’t stop a catch being made but they did make life difficult for the birds and us at release. Eventually we kept over 100 birds and let them go on dusk when the kites had finally […]
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Protection of an important wetland
20 June 2017 KfW Development Bank On the Chinese high plain around the megacities of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, the Hengshui Lake [EAAF085] forms a significant retreat for rare species of birds and a habitat for many fish. On behalf of the German Federal Government, KfW promotes the management of a protection zone at the […]
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World Heritage Committee Meets in Cracow: Hope for the Yellow Sea
Bonn, 3 July 2017 Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) The 41st session of the World Heritage Committee is taking place in Cracow, Poland from 2 to 12 July 2017. Like every year, the representatives from 21 States Parties to the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage will […]
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A Conservation Success in Minjiang River Estuary
Co-operation by WWF and The People’s Government of Changle City, Fujian Province, China 7 July 2017 Fion Cheung, WWF-Hong Kong WWF-Hong Kong has been co-operating with The People’s Government of Changle City in Fujian Province and Fujian Minjiang River Estuary Wetland National Nature Reserve (the Reserve), in a successful 5-year project to develop the management […]
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News from Kamchatka, June-July 2017: learn about “Green”
11 July 2017 Global Flyway Ecology – Team Piersma The Global Flyway Network Great Knots wearing satellite transmitters that were issued in NW Australia, have started their southward migration back to Australia! Two Great Knots choose to stage at Shchastya Bay, and two in estuaries in W Kamchatka. Very excitingly, one Great Knot, nick-named “Green” […]
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Cannon Netting Report (24 June 2017)
24 June 2017 La Trobe University, Bendigo Our time at the Broome Bird Observatory (BBO), lucky for us, coincided with a cannon net trapping day. I, along with my 14 peers and lecturer, all from Bendigo, Victoria’s LaTrobe university Outdoor Environmental course joined in the processing of the 179 shore birds caught during this trapping […]
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Introduction of the Spoon-billed Sandpiper National Action Plan
Pyaephyo Aung, Biodiversity And Nature Conservation Association The Spoon-Billed Sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea) is categorized as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (Birdlife International 2016). In 2010, it was assessed that the global population of this species was declining by 26% per year, with a global population estimate of approximately 100 pairs (Zockler […]
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More Good News For Yellow Sea Conservation And How You Can Help!
6 July 2017 Terry Townshend, Birding Beijing Protecting the Yellow Sea is the highest conservation priority in East Asia. Coastal wetlands in China are facing massive pressure from economic development and, over the past 50 years, the country has lost more than 60 percent of its natural coastal wetlands. As readers of this website will know […]
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독자의 기고(Opinion piece): 인천녹색연합: 또다시 갯벌매립? 영종2지구 개발계획 NO !
다른 언어로 읽기: 박주희, 인천녹색연합 사무처장 인천국제공항이 위치해있는‘영종도’하면 곳곳에서 만났던 수많은 도요물떼새가 떠오릅니다. 도요물떼새들이 산란지와 월동지를 오고가는 길고 피곤한 여정 중에 쉬었다 가는 영종도갯벌. 이런 영종도갯벌은 끊임없이 매립되어 왔습니다. 인천국제공항이 건설되면서 섬들 사이의 갯벌이 매립되었고, 준설토투기장 건설로 인한 갯벌매립도 끊임이 없습니다. 여기에 인천경제자유구역청은 추가로 영종도갯벌매립계획을 추진하고 있습니다. 인천경제자유구역청 계획에 따르면, 영종도 동측과 영종도준설토투기장 사이의 390만㎡ […]
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