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[Change of Date] The 1st East Asian-Australasian Flyway Shorebird Science Meeting
The 1st East Asian-Australasian Flyway Shorebird Science Meeting, previously scheduled to be held on 5-8th May, will be postponed to 3-6th November 2020 as a result of the coronavirus situation. Registration will open on 1st August and close on 1st October 2020. Applications for travel awards will be open from early March. Please check the […]
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Ecology and Peace, PyeongChang Peace Forum 2020
The Demilitarized Zone, also known as DMZ, has been widely acknowledged as one of the most well-preserved areas in the world due to the variety of endangered animal and plant species. Gangwon-do Province and PyeongChang County, therefore, organized the PyeongChang Peace Forum 2020, which took place from 9-11 February 2020 at PyeongChang Alpensia Convention Center […]
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“Year of the Cranes” story series #2 – Connecting Cranes and Community: The 2nd International Crane Camp in Cheorwon 2020
* Please scroll down for Russian version In celebrating the Year of the Crane, the enchanting 2nd International Crane Camp took place from 4th to 6th February, 2020 in Cheorwon, Ro Korea, aiming to educate and linking students from breeding and wintering sites of the cranes in North-east Asia. This year, there were a total […]
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”Flyway: connecting people and migratory waterbirds” story series #2 – Interview with Georgina Steytler, Grand Prix Winner of 2019 EAAFP Waterbirds Photo Contest
Our second interviewee ”Flyway: connecting people and migratory waterbirds” story series is Ms. Georgina Steytler from Australia, Grand Prix Winner of 2019 EAAFP Waterbirds Photo Contest, to share with us her success story. EAAFP: Ms. Georgina Steytler, Please introduce yourself. Georgina: My name is Georgina Steytler. I am a conservationist and part-time photographer from Australia. […]
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A documentary about the Mundok Migratory Bird Reserve
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Ministry of Land and Environment Protection published a documentary about the Mundok Migratory Bird Reserve. EAAFP Secretariat, Ramsar Convention Secretariat, IUCN and Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF) Korea had initiated wetland conservation in DPRK in recent years, and last year, WWF-Hong Kong and Hong Kong Bird Watching Society (HKBWS) also […]
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Farewell to Programme Assistant, Jiyae Yim
In the words of Ms. Jiyae Yim “I would say that the 11-months of internship in the EAAFP Secretariat have become a huge turning point in my life. Even though I had a concept of environment, I did not have a clear concept of biodiversity, especially I had no interest in migratory waterbirds. During my […]
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Team SPOON 5th anniversary project “SPOON BFS election 2020”
Team SPOON aims to connect between people and black-faced spoonbills, people and nature, and people themselves. Black-faced Spoonbills(BFSs) are endangered migratory birds that fly around East Asia. Established in Tokyo in 2015, Team SPOON created rings that have same colors and patterns with spoonbills’ foot rings, and has introduced the rings to people in Japan […]
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“Year of the Cranes” story series #1 – First recorded wintering Siberian Cranes in Guangdong, China
On 9 December 2019, a flock of Siberian Cranes (8 adults, 1 juvenile) was found at the rice paddy and lotus ponds on the island of Shazaichang, Sansha Town, Xinhui District of Jiangmen City, west of the Pearl River Delta, Guangdong Province, China. This is the first time Siberian Crane is recorded in Guangdong Province. […]
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Call for 2020 Application to the Asian Waterbird Conservation Fund (AWCF)
The AWCF was established by WWF-Hong Kong in July 2005 to provide financial support for projects at sites of importance for migratory waterbirds (including seabirds) in Asia of the East Asian – Australasian Flyway (EAAF). In late 2019, the AWCF was reformed and two new grants, the WWF Dr Lew Young Grant and the Asian […]
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EAAFP Partners engagement at CMS COP13
In a week’s time, the 13th Meeting of Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Sepcies of Wild Animals (CMS COP 13) will be kick-started between 15 and 22 February, 2020 in Gandhinagar, India. As the environmental treaty under United Nations, CMS provides a global platform for the conservation and […]
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