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Updates of Worldwide Avian Influenza Situation by FAO/EMPRES-AH (Jun 2022 – Sept 2022)
FAO/EMPRES-AH is constantly monitoring the avian influenza situation worldwide and compiles information from multiple national and international sources as well as peer-reviewed scientific articles. Close collaboration with country and regional offices, the implementation of avian influenza field surveillance projects, and networks of expertise like OIE/FAO’s OFFLU (www.offlu.org) provide access to timely information on outbreaks, surveillance […]
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“Birds and Schools” for the East Asian-Australasian Flyway – 2022 World Migratory Bird Day activities
Introduction World Migratory Bird Day is an annual global awareness-raising campaign. To educate and raise awareness of the conservation of migratory waterbirds and their habitats, we are inviting groups of school children in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway to visit a wetland, learn about bird migration, wetlands and relate to the theme of the World Migratory […]
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EAAFP X YSFAC Bird Meets Arts Project International Workshop Successfully Concludes
On September 14th, 2022, <Bird Meets Arts> online international workshop was completed. This workshop concluded the <Bird Meets Arts> series, with the workshop focused on discussing the role and possibilities of art as means to strengthen the conservation of migratory waterbirds and their habitats. Four environmental artists from Ro Korea, Australia and Hong Kong, as […]
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Farewell to Programme Assistant, Mr. Yong June Kim
In the words of Yong June Kim, “Since I had a chance to meet the EAAFP Secretariat previously when I was working as a researcher intern at one of the EAAFP Secretariat’s Partners, Hanns Seidel Foundation Korea in 2021, I slowly grew my interest in the Secretariat’s work as a Partnership that brings diverse layers […]
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Welcoming Gochang Getbol from the Republic of Korea as Flyway Network Site, EAAF 153
On 28th August 2022, the East Asian-Australasian Partnership welcomed a new addition to the Flyway Site Network – Gochang Getbol in Ro Korea — as Flyway Network Site (FNS) EAAF153, marking the 19th FNS in the country. It is now adding one more brand to its list of names: Gochang Tidal flat Wetland Protected Area […]
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Alert on Avian Influenza detected in seabirds
Since November 2021 there have been several cases of serious outbreaks of Avian Influenza (AI) in the western Palearctic: on Eurasian Cranes in Israel, Barnacle Geese in the UK, and Dalmatian Pelicans in Greece (link). In recent weeks, there were more reports on avian flu outbreaks attacking seabird colonies mainly on both sides of the […]
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WWF-Hong Kong celebrates World Migratory Bird Day with Earth Hour Concert
In celebration of the World Migratory Bird Day on 14 May, WWF-Hong Kong hosted an online concert featuring popular Hong Kong artists to raise awareness of migratory birds and wetland conservation. This year’s focus of the World Migratory Bird Day is “Light Pollution” to address this growing threat to migratory birds. The theme is aligned […]
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New paper sheds light on distribution and conservation challenges for Baer’s Pochard
An important new paper, led by Beijing Forestry University, was published in April 2022 about changes in the distribution of Baer’s Pochard (Aythya baeri), a critically endangered duck in the EAAF. The paper, entitled “Shifted to the South, Shifted to the North, but No Expansion: Potential Suitable Habitat Distribution Shift and Conservation Gap of the […]
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Asian Waterbird Conservation Fund (AWCF): Securing the future of our highflyers!
Along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway, 36 and 19 species are globally threatened and near threatened respectively. On today’s Endangered Species Day, WWF-Hong Kong is pleased to announce that the Asian Flyways Initiative Grant (AFI Grant) will support researches on the critically endangered Baer’s Pochard (Aythya baeri; Figure 1) and near threatened Swinhoe’s Storm-petrel (Hydrobates monorhis; […]
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First EAAFP Conservation Status Review (CSR1) consultation
Up to date information on population sizes and trends of waterbirds is critical to inform conservation actions. The East Asian – Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) Secretariat has prioritized a regular update of the populations and contracted Wetlands International to coordinate the preparation of the 1st Conservation Status Review of migratory waterbirds for the East Asian – […]
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