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Birdwatching in Cheonsu Bay, Seosan, South Korea
Nine staff from the EAAFP Secretariat Office took a day off school, meeting up with Mr. Cho Heungsang from Seosan Birdland, to visit Cheonsu Bay (Flyway Network Site 046) on 3 April, hoping to see Hooded Cranes before they left on their northward migration. We were lucky to see about 180 Hooded Cranes, many giving […]
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Disappearing Arctic Ponds Could Affect Threatened Ducks
Ponds from Alaska are disappearing and being covered by excessive vegetation according to a study in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. It will affect to migratory birds and some threatened duck species like the Steller’s Eider (Polysticta stelleri) and the Spectacled Eider (Somateria fischeri) because they spend the winter in the Aleutian Islands in the south […]
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4대강사업 뒤 흑두루미 북상 경로 바뀌었다
김기범 기자 holjjak@kyunghyang.com 경향신문, 2015년 4월 2일 ㆍ주된 경로 낙동강유역 습지 훼손… 체류 개체수 격감 ㆍ순천만·천수만 등 서해안지역서 관찰된 숫자는 급증 낙동강 습지에서 쉬어가던 멸종위기종 흑두루미의 북상 경로가 4대강사업 후 천수만·순천만 등 서해안으로 바뀌었다는 분석이 나왔다. 일본에서 한국을 거쳐 시베리아·몽골로 가는 흑두루미의 북상 길을 4대강사업이 바꾼 것이다. 한국물새네트워크와 김신환 동물병원의 모니터링 결과 올해 3월 충남 […]
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干潟環境の見えない価値を都市計画に組み込む：持続可能な将来のために
[Read in English] 2015年３月６日、立命館アジア太平洋大学の山下博美准教授が東アジア・オーストラリア地域フライウェイパートナーシップ事務局を訪問されました。この機会に、事務局のある韓国インチョン市松島のGタワーで公開講義を行っていただきました。 講義のタイトルは「干潟環境の見えない価値を都市計画に組み込む：持続可能な将来のために（Planning Invisible Landscapes: Making Invisible Tidal Flat Landscapes Visible for Future Sustainability）」。インチョン市役所などから、干潟、湿地、環境政策などに興味のある参加者20人が集まりました。 山下准教授は、世界中で60%近い干潟が消失したのは干潟の価値が十分に理解されていなかったことが原因と指摘し、人々からこれらの湿地が見落とされ、意識されなくなってしまった理由、再認識してもらうための日本での取り組み例について紹介しました。 講義と質疑応答に続き、インチョン市内の渡り鳥生息地のより良い保全について、参加者による意見交換が行われました。 ※講義のスライドはこちらからごらんいただけます。
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A translocated hand-reared Short-tailed Albatross is confirmed breeding successfully in Japan’s Ogasawara Islands
John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 27 March 2015 In May last year a Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus chick was found on Nakodojima Island, five kilometres south of Mukojima Island in Japan’s Ogasawara Islands where a translocation project (70 chicks over the four years 2007-2011) was undertaken, but it was not possible to identify the parent birds (click here). In […]
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Relevant Scientific Articles updated in Mar 2015
If you need full scientific articles, please contact Dr Judit Szabo, the science officer. ANATIDAE Guillemain, M., M. Poisbleau, L. Denonfoux, M. Lepley, C. Moreau, G. Massez, G. Leray, A. Caizergues, C. Arzel, D. Rodrigues, and H. Fritz. 2007. Multiple tests of the effect of nasal saddles on dabbling ducks: combining field and aviary […]
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Result of the International Black-faced Spoonbill Census 2015
Yat-tung Yu, Coordinator, EAAFP Black-faced Spoonbill Working Group The 2015 International Black-faced Spoonbill Census was carried out between 16-18 January. A total of 3,272 individuals was recorded. This is 546 birds more than last year’s record 2,726 and represents an increase of 20% from 2014. It is a new high figure for the species, and the […]
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The New Dove of Peace
John MacKinnon The dove of peace is still white and still carries an olive branch but it is rather large and has a curious long spoon-shaped bill! The Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor is one of the world’s most endangered bird species. A few years ago there were only a few hundred surviving but thanks to […]
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Towards sustainable management of huntable migratory waterbirds in Europe
A newly published report ‘Towards sustainable management of huntable migratory waterbirds in Europe’ from the Waterbird Harvest Specialist Group is now available on the Wetlands International website. This report presents the case for adopting the principles of adaptive harvest management framework for waterbird populations in the EU, and even at the flyway scale. The information […]
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Scaly-sided Merganser Single Species International Action Plan – 2nd workshop
by EAAFP Scaly-sided Merganser Task Force Scaly-sided Merganser Task Force workshop on the 2nd workshop will be held on 23-25 September 2015 in Vladivostok, Russia. (1) sign off the Single Species International Action Plan; (2) provide direction for national Action Plans; (3) coordinate surveys within key states; and (4) provide direction to conservation breeding […]
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