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Visit to the Yeongheung Power Division of Korea South-East Power Co., Ltd. (KOEN) in Korea
On Wednesday November 8th, 2018, the EAAFP Secretariat staffs visited the Yeongheung Power Division of Korea South-East Power Co., Ltd. (KOEN_Korean_한국남동발전) located in Yeongheung island, Incheon, Republic of Korea. The visit was arranged building on the MOU signed between the EAAFP Secretariat and KOEN on August 9, 2018. The two organizations agreed to cooperate with […]
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Workshop on the Design and Future Management of the Proposed Songdo Wetland Centre
Over the past decades, some 45km2 of tidal-flat habitat around Incheon Metropolitan City have been reclaimed for the expansion of the city. In order to compensate for the loss of the tidal-flat associated with building the new Songdo district, the Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority (IFEZ) has initiated a waterbird habitat restoration project including the […]
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World Bird Migratory Day celebration in Malaysia, 20 – 21 October 2018
PESTA SAYAP 2018 @ Kuala Selangor Nature Park, Malaysia The annual Pesta Sayap (or Festival of Wings) was first celebrated by MNS in Kuala Selangor Nature Park (KSNP) in 2004. This year’s festival was on October 20th & 21st, welcoming the birds to the Kuala Selangor District’s wetlands. With this years’ theme– Unifying our Voices […]
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1st Gyeonganam Bird Festival in Upo Wetland in 2018 (2 – 4 November, RO Korea)
The 1st Gyeongsangnam-do Bird Festival has been held from 2 to 4 Nov, around the Upo marsh in Changnyeong-gun, RO Korea. This festival is hosted/organised by GREF (Gyeonsangnam-do Ramsar Environment Foundation) and Upo Ecotourism Council and sponsored by EAAFP. The purpose of the festival is to explore ways to vitalise ecotourism using important migratory birds’ […]
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Color flagging of Breeding Terns in Hong Kong (2018)
Following the color flagging of Bridled Terns (Onychoprion anaethetus) in 2017 (https://eaaflyway.net/bridled-terns-onychoprion-anaethetus-ringed-in-hong-kong/), the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) of the Hong Kong Government continued the flagging of terns in Hong Kong. The three species of breeding terns in Hong Kong, i.e. Bridled Tern, Black-naped Tern (Sterna sumatrana) and Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii), were flagged […]
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34th Singapore Bird Race
Bringing people and nature together by bird watching and photography The 34th Singapore Bird Race is going to be held on 11 November 2018 in Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserves (Flyway Network Site, EAAF073). The bird race is organized by Nature Society (Singapore), in partnership with Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserves and Friends of Buloh. This bird […]
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EAAFP 2018 Knots Painting Competition
EAAFP has held ‘2018 Knots Painting Competition’ from 28 Aug 2018. However, we would like to announce that the application period of the competition has been extended until 3rd January 2019, For giving more chances for participants living in East Asian-Australasian Flyway countries. The winners will be chosen on 31st January. More information: https://eaaflyway.net/activities/eaafp-campaigns/year-of-the-knots-2017-2018/ […]
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“International Workshop for Flyway Site Managers from the RO Korea”, Ulsan
In order to promote EAAFP Flyway Site Network in RO Korea, with the support of the Ministry of Environment and Ulsan Metropolitan City, the EAAFP Secretariat organized the international workshop and training for flyway site managers in Ulsan from 11 to 12, October 2018. Around 100 participants from the sites, government, national institutions, NGOs and […]
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A guide for farmers and crane to live together harmoniously by International Crane Foundation is now available
Landscapes and regions important to cranes worldwide also are areas important to agriculture production. Cranes have had a close relationship with arable and pastoral agriculture that goes back hundreds and thousands of years. However, rapid changes in agriculture over the last 100 years have become a key threat and an opportunity to the world’s cranes. […]
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Conservation of wetlands and migratory waterbirds in the DPR Korea
During a side event at Ramsar COP13 on the implementation of the Ramsar Convention in the DPR Korea, the representative from the DPRK, Mrs. Ri Kyong Sim (Ministry of Land and Environment Protection) gave a presentation on the wetlands in the country and the actions being taken to conserve them [Eng presentation, Korean presentation]. Mrs. […]
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