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Global Flyway Network’s Satellite Tracking Project
Posted by eaafp on January 6, 2015by Global Flyway Network (GFN) In the last week of October GFN and the AWSG spent a week catching shorebirds for the EAAF satellite transmitter project. Catching started…
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Workshop on Migratory Bird Monitoring in the Geum Estuary
Posted by eaafp on December 24, 2014The Migratory Bird Monitoring Workshop was held at Seocheon Migratory Bird Center, Seocheon, South Korea on 1-4 September, organized by BirdLife International, hosted by the Seocheon County and supported…
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International Workshop on Intertidal Wetlands and Management in the Yellow Sea Provinces of China
Posted by eaafp on December 23, 2014The extent of intertidal wetlands in the Yellow Sea region has dramatically decreased over the past two decades, precipitating widespread declines in a number of migratory shorebird species that…
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The Comprehensive Report of the Yellow Sea Ecoregion Support Project 2007-2014
Posted by eaafp on December 23, 2014Published by WWF and KIOST Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM) and Community-Based Management (CBM) approaches were applied to improve management effectiveness of high conservation…
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The worst disaster in the Sundarban mangrove, Bangladesh
Posted by eaafp on December 22, 2014As a result of a collision between a tanker and a cargo ship, more than 350,000 litres of oil spilled into the Sela river which is part…
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Service Protects Red Knot as Threatened Under the Endangered Species Act
Posted by eaafp on December 16, 2014News Release by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service December 9, 2014 Contact: Laury Parramore 703-358-2541 laury_parramore@fws.gov Designation highlights concern over impacts of climate change, development across…
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Summary of the IWC Stakeholder Meeting in 2014
Posted by eaafp on December 8, 2014The International Waterbird Census (IWC) stakeholder meeting was held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands on 23 September. The summary of the meeting is now available at
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The Bird of Legend: Chinese Crested Tern
Posted by eaafp on December 8, 2014Texts and video by OPCFHongKong Chinese Crested Tern is one of the most endangered birds in the world, with less than 50 adult individual left in…
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Birds Korea News from Jeollanamdo, South Korea
Posted by eaafp on December 1, 2014Written by Andreas Kim from Bird Korea After the strong rain the day before had brought the river visited had largely very brownish color and the water…
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The Scaly-sided Merganser (Mergus squamatus) in North America
Posted by eaafp on November 28, 2014Written by Chuck Cerbini, Toledo Zoo/Associate Curator of Birds In 2004, the International Wild Waterfowl Association (IWWA) conducted a survey to assess the state of captive…
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