Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Summary

  • EAAFP Member since: 2018
  • Number of EAAFP Flyway Network Sites: 2
  • Focal Point Contact:
    • Ms. Ri Kyong Sim
      Director of Division of International Cooperation, Department of External Economic Cooperation, Ministry of Land and Environment Protection

DPRK became a Partner in 2018 (MoP10). It now has 2 Flyway Site Network Sites, the most recent designation being 1999, February.  DPRK occupies the top half of the Korean peninsula and has coast on the Yellow Sea along with the Republic of Korea and China. The Yellow Sea is a vitally important region for supporting migrating shorebirds, including the Key Species of the EAAFP,  on their journeys between breeding and non-breeding habitats.

Flyway Network Sites

Site Information

EAAF SITECODE NAME OF SITE SITE INFORMATION SHEET YEAR SIS UPDATED SITE PHOTOS VIEW IN GOOGLE EARTH
EAAF044 Kumya Wetland Reserve N/A N/A View View
EAAF045 Mundok Wetland Reserve N/A N/A View View

Site Details

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Key Species of EAAFP in DPRK

Shorebird

Anatidae

Crane

Seabird

Others

Curlew Sandpiper

Baer's Pochard

Oriental Stork

Dalmatian Pelican

Black-Faced Spoonbill

Red Knot

Scaly-sided Merganser

Siberian Crane

Saunders's Gull

Japanese Night-heron

Great Knot

Lesser White-fronted Goose

Red-crowned Crane

Chinese Egret

Far Eastern Curlew

Long-tailed Duck

Hooded Crane

Swinhoe’s Rail

Eurasian Curlew

White-naped Crane

 

Black-tailed Godwit

Spoon-billed Sandpiper

Spotted Greenshank

Kumya Wetland Reserve

EAAF044 Kumya Wetland Reserve EAAF044 (Kumya Migratory Bird Reserve) Card NewsClick Here to Download the FNS Cards in Flickr

Location: South Hamgyong Province

Coordinates (lat, long): 39.41667, 127.33333

Area: 2,000 ha

Date of joining: 1999 February 28

Status: Wetland Reserve

Other listings: Important Bird and Biodiversity Area

Important for Anatidae, Cranes

Important species

Anser albifrons (Greater White-fronted Goose), Grus japonensis (Red-crowned Crane), Grus vipio (White-naped Crane)

Mundok Wetland Reserve

EAAF045 Mundok Wetland Reserve EAAF045 (Mundok Wetland Reserve)

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Location: South Pyongan Province

Coordinates(lat, long) 39.50000, 125.33333

Area: 3,000 ha

Date of joining: 1999 February 27

Status: Wetland Reserve

Other listings: Important Bird and Biodiversity Area

Important for Shorebirds, Cranes

Important species

Numenius madgascariensis (Far Eastern Curlew), Grus japonensis (Red-crowned Crane), Grus monacha (Hooded Crane), Grus vipio (White-naped Crane)

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