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Outcomes and activities of The Spoon-billed Sandpiper Recovery Team
Posted by eaafp on June 16, 2010The Spoon-billed Sandpiper Recovery Team (SBS RT) lead by Christoph Zockler has recently released a special paper summarizing the hunting threat in Myanmar. During the Fourth Meeting of Partners…
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Loss of attention to highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza
Posted by eaafp on April 21, 2010The Scientific Task Force on Avian Influenza and Wild Birds expressed its concerns on shrinking attention and support to study of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza. The task force…
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Amazing travel distance and routes of Ruddy Turnstones discovered
Posted by eaafp on April 14, 2010Researchers from Australia have discovered amazing travel distances and routes of Ruddy Turnstones by tracking their journeys with light-sensor geolocators. Fascinated by their findings, they attached geolocators to another…
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New waterbird publication, Status of Waterbirds in Asia
Posted by eaafp on March 24, 2010Wetlands International has gathered the results of twenty years of waterbird monitoring in Asia in the new publication entitled Status of Waterbirds in Asia – Results of the Asian…
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New International Action Plans
Posted by eaafp on March 24, 2010BirdLife International, supported by the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), has compiled International Action Plans for three highly threatened waterbirds in Asia: Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Chinese Crested Tern, and Black-faced…
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Promotion of World Migratory Bird Day, 8-9 May 2010
Posted by eaafp on March 24, 2010World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) was initiated in 2006 and is coordinated by the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (AEWA) and the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS). It is an…
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AEWA News Release
Posted by eaafp on March 16, 2010The World Migratory Bird Day 2010 focuses on globally threatened migratory birds. More »
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Wetland International News Release
Posted by eaafp on March 12, 2010Numbers of waterbirds in Asia are rapidly declining. More »
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BirdLife International News Release
Posted by eaafp on March 5, 2010Black-faced Spoonbill numbers up again as Action Plans are launched. More »
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