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해외전문가, `고병원성 AI 막자고 철새도래지 소독`은 헛수고
윤상준 기자/수의사, 데일리벳 철새도래지 소독이나 폐쇄조치는 고병원성 AI 대처에 별 도움이 되지 않는다는 지적이다. 7월 23일과 24일 양일간 국립생태원에서 열린 ‘야생조류의 HPAI 국제심포지엄’에 방한한 해외전문가들은 철새가 AI 바이러스를 옮길 수 있다는 사실을 인정하면서도 철새나 철새도래지에 직접적인 방역조치를 하는 것에는 부정적인 견해를 나타냈다. 지난해 1월 국내에서 최초로 H5N8형 고병원성 AI가 발생하면서 AI바이러스 국내 유입 및 전파의 […]
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Spike returned from three weeks in Chukotka, Russia
by Spike Millington Chief Executive of the EAAFP Secretariat I have just returned from three weeks in Chukotka at the kind invitation of EAAFP Focal Point for Russia and Chair of the Spoon-billed Sandpiper (SBS) Task Force, Evgeny Syroechkovskiy. Unfortunately one week of that time involved waiting for the weather to improve to be able […]
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The World Leaders’ Conservation Forum held in Jeju, Republic of Korea
EAAFP Secretariat The World Leaders’ Conservation Forum was held from 7 to 9 July 2015 at the International Convention Center in Jeju, Republic of Korea. It was organized by the Ministry of the Environment, Korea, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, and International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). There were 700 participants from 52 countries […]
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Tubbataha now an EAA Flyway Network Site
by Victoria Asuncion S. Mendoza Philippine Information Agency, Republic of the Philippines Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park (TRNP) [EAAF123] is now a Flyway Network Site of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP), a platform for international cooperation for the conservation of migratory waterbirds and the sustainable use of their habitats. Spike Millington, Chief Executive of the EAAFP announced […]
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Korea must regulate invasive species
By Kim Se-jeong, The Korea Times An American ecology scholar advised the Korean government, Tuesday 7 July, to set up regulations to counter the trade of “invasive species” here and protect Korea’s biodiversity. Speaking at the World Leaders’ Conservation Forum on Jeju Island, Prof. Daniel Simberloff from the University of Tennessee said piranhas recently […]
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Spoon-billed Sandpiper news brief Summer 2015
Christoph Zöckler, EAAFP Spoon-billed Sandpiper (SBS) Task Force Coordinator In the spring ‘SBS in China’ and British birdwatchers under the lead of Jing Li and Guy Anderson (RSPB) were surveying the Rudong and Dongtai coast in China for homeward migrating Spoon-billed Sandpiper. The team surveying between 3 and 12 May found a minimum of 62 […]
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Spike’s Interview with Arctic breeding shorebirds expert Pavel Tomkovich
by Spike Millington Chief Executive of the EAAFP Secretariat Pavel Tomkovich is one of the most experienced and respected scientists working on Arctic breeding birds, particularly shorebirds. In July 2015, I had the opportunity to accompany Pavel to a couple of field sites near Meinapilgino, just south of the Arctic circle in Chukotka, Russia. In […]
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Australia’s Threatened Species Strategy, plus $6.6 million funding
Dr. Mark Carey, Department of the Environment, Government of Australia The Australian Government Minister for the Environment launched the Threatened Species Strategy and announced $6.6 million dollars for threatened species projects. Australia is a country rich in unique plants and animals. They are core to our identity, culturally significant to Indigenous peoples, important to the […]
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New manual presents guidelines on sustainable tourism and management in sensitive biodiversity areas
Press Release from the Secretariat of Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Montreal, 3 July 2015 Enforcing the notion that a healthy natural environment is one of the world’s most important tourism attractions, and that visiting nature serves to heighten awareness of its intrinsic value for us all, a new manual launched by the Secretariat of […]
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Great news for Pacific seabirds and marine mammals as Russia bans driftnet fishery
By Shaun Hurrell, BirdLife International This week, Russia introduced a law that bans large-scale driftnets in Russian waters. These nets can be up to 32 km long and are used by Japanese and Russian vessels to target various species of salmon in the Russian Far East. Fishermen pulling in small gillnets off the coast of […]
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