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The EAAFP Secretariat visit to 2019 SWS-Asia Chapter and KWS Joint Meeting in Suncheon, ROK
Organizers: Society of Wetland Scientists – Asia Chapter, Suncheon City, Ramsar Regional Center – East Asia (RRC-EA), and Korean Wetlands Society.
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World Migratory Bird Day 2018- Bangladesh
Event title:World Migratory Bird Day Event Organizer:Nature Conservation Society Participants: Nearly 1200. Most of them were school and college students & members of the local community Outcome:- Mass awareness for youth and local community for the conservation of wetlands and supported species, specifically migratory birds.- Motivation of policy makers, social and media personnel.- Conservation education program for school and college teachers. Summary:In Bangladesh World Migratory Bird Day 2018 was celebrated in a colorful way. The main event was conducted in Shunamgonj. On 10th May a colorful rally was organized by Nature Conservation Society with the help of local Forest Division followed by a seminar at Shaheed Abul Hossain Auditorium, Shunamgong. Near about thousand took part in that rally in which most of them were school and college children & haor community people. Representatives from District Administration, Police Department, NGOs, College and School, Co-management Council, Local Government, Forest Department, Fisheries Department, Environment Department and University teachers were also present as the resources person of that program. 03 presentations on Migratory Birds & Biodiversity of Wetlands were presented in the seminar. At the end of the seminar, a shot drama was presented by the Nature Conservation & Study Club of Jagannath University on the importance of migratory birds and wetland. The aim of this program at the migratory birds habitat site was to raise awareness and the get involvement of next generation of the local community towards conservation of migratory birds and its habitat. For more photographs, visit our Flickr album.
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Avian Influenza Update in East and Southeast Asia (January 2018)
Sophie von Dobschuetz, FAO FAO/EMPRES-AH is constantly monitoring the avian influenza situation worldwide and compiles information from multiple national and international sources as well as…
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The Convention on Biological Diversity welcomes new Executive Secretary
PRESS RELEASE: Cristiana Paşca Palmer assumes position as Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity 20 March 2017 Convention on Biological Diversity
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该不该在中国最大的淡水湖上建水闸?
选择其他语言: 刘琴, 中外对话 2017年1月9日 中国江西省已着手准备在全国最大的淡水湖与最大的河流之间拦起一道水闸,目前这一计划正遭到激烈辩论。
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湿地•视频︱拯救斑尾塍鹬
选择其他语言: 2016年12月6日、保尔森基金会 每年秋天,有些斑尾塍鹬个体可以一刻不停地连续飞行9天,从阿拉斯加一直飞到新西兰,几乎横穿整个太平洋。起飞前,斑尾塍鹬的体重会增加约一倍,达到600克左右。来年春天,斑尾塍鹬又会掉头向北,飞行1万1千公里,回到阿拉斯加。请点击视频,了解这些神奇却又日渐减少的斑尾塍鹬吧! 原文: http://paulsoninstitute.0507.net/index.php/paulson-blog/2016/12/06/video-saving-the-bar-tailed-godwit/
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拯救湿地,群策群力
选择其他语言: 2016年11月28日、保尔森基金会 滨海湿地是一类重要的生态系统,可以保护沿海地区免受海平面上升和极端气候的影响,并为数以百万计的迁徙鸟类提供停歇地。然而,自1950年代以来,受工农业开发、城镇化、过度养殖和入侵物种等影响,中国近60%的滨海湿地已经丧失。根据中国国际湿地公约履约办公室、保尔森基金会和中科院地理科学与资源研究所共同开展的“中国滨海湿地保护管理战略研究”项目(简称:蓝图项目)的研究结果,在中国所有的生态系统中,沿海湿地受到的威胁最严重,而受保护程度却最低。现在正是候鸟迁徙的季节,大量的迁徙水鸟在中国的滨海湿地停歇,补充食物和能量,然后继续飞往更南方的越冬地。为保护这些至关重要但濒临险境的候鸟栖息地,蓝图项目提出了以下政策建议:
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