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Flyway Project of Rio Tinto – BirdLife International – Wetlands International to conserve intertidal habitats, valued in billions or even trillions of dollars
Rio Tinto recently joined the East Asian – Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) and established a project in collaboration with BirdLife International and Wetlands International, both EAAFP Partners in 2011. The project planning meetings were held in Thailand and South Korea in February 2012 to consider how to make the most effective use of the new […]
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Welcome to the Waterbird Population Estimates Online Database
The Waterbird Population Estimates (WPE) online database has recentlybeendeveloped by Wetlands International with the support of Environment Canada and the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands.The WPE online database provides current and historic estimates, trends and 1% thresholds for over 800 waterbird species and 2300 biogeographic population worldwide. The online database makes it easy to obtain information […]
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Copper River International Migratory Bird Initiative (CRIMBI) and its partners have designed a 10-year project to protect Western Sandpipers
Each spring, millions of Western Sandpipers depart beaches from as far away as Peru, French Guiana, Mexico, and the Caribbean to migrate to tundra nesting grounds in western Alaska.The Copper River Delta in the Chugach National Forest and the Stikine River Delta in the Tongass National Forest are key refueling stops along this great migratory […]
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Launch of the “GIN report” was held jointly with the publication of the fifth edition of the Waterbird Population Estimates at Ramsar COP11
With the generous support of Seosan City, Republic of Korea, the government of Switzerland and the Secretariat of the East Asian – Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP), an international workshop to review good practice in international initiatives for the conservation of migratory waterbirds and other species was convened by the Ramsar Convention, the Convention on Migratory […]
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EAS Congress 2012 held at Changwon, South Korea on 9-13 July 2012: International Cooperation and Careful Planning of Coastal States are highly demanded
The EAS Congress 2012 was led by the Partnership in Environmental Management for the Seas of Eas Asia (PEMSEA), the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs (MLTM) of RO Korea and Changwon City with the support of GEF, UNDP and UNOPS. The meeting was held in Changwon, Republic of Korea on 9-13 July 2012 […]
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New Website for the Entire Team of Spoon-billed Sandpipers
A new website for the Spoon-billed Sandpiper project has now been opened since last June 2012 and the website is kindly hosted by WWT. The project is supported by WWT, RSPB and Save our Species, with additional financial contributions and support from the EAAFP, BirdLife International, CMS, AWSG-Birds Australia, Heritage Expeditions, the BBC Wildlife Fund, […]
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A Wild Goose Chase through the Literature
The Ramsar Convention COP11 is coming up in next month, July, – time for Wetlands International to finish off the latest fifth edition of the Waterbird Population estimates. Brant is a rare winter visitor to the ROK with only one recorded nationwide in the 2011 winter bird census (MoE Korea and NIBR 2011). It therefore […]
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Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve – Singapore invites public visitors to World Migratory Bird Day celebration
On 12 May 2012, over 300 visitors passed through the gates of Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve and viewed the Migratory shorebird species photograph exhibition, learnt from the talks about SBWR and shorebird conservation programme and the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP). Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, National Parks Board Singapore, celebrated World Migratory Bird Day with […]
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Australia government celebrated World Migratory Bird Day by hosting a special presentation
On 15th of May, the Australian Government celebrated World Migratory Bird Day by hosting a special lunchtime presentation in Canberra from Dr. Richard Fuller of the University of Queensland. Dr. Fuller presented results from research (partly funded by the Australian Government through an Australian Research Council Linkage Grant) that confirmed rapid declines in Australia’s migratory […]
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Mongolia government celebrated World Migratory Bird Day at Khurkh Khuiten Valley
Ministry of Nature, Environment and Tourism of Mongolia celebrated World Migratory Bird Day by holding two events in Khurkh Khuiten Valley which joined EAA Flyway Network Site in 2003. The Khurkh Khuiten Valley is internationally important crane habitat such as Demoiselle Crane (Grus virgo), Eurasian Crane (Grus grus) and White-naped Crane (Grus vipio). Mongolia government […]
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