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The International EAAFP SBS Task Force met in Mawlamyine, Myanmar for their 11th meeting, 12-22 January 2017
January 2017 Pyae Phyo Aung, Biodiversity And Nature Conservation Association, and Christoph Zöckler, Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force Coordinator About every two years the Task Force (TF) members come together somewhere along the flyway to exchange information on their activities and discuss urgent conservation issues. The concept of the Spoon-billed Sandpiper (SBS) TF for the biennial […]
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Singapore hosts two migratory bird events for the first time
9 January 2017 Today Online For the first time, Singapore is hosting two events aimed at protecting migratory birds that use a major pathway called the East Asian-Australasian Flyway (EAAF). On the agenda: The protection of a critically endangered shorebird called the Spoon-billed Sandpiper, of which an estimated 150 breeding pairs are left in the […]
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Ms. Heather Le
My name is Heather Le, I’m from Vietnam. I’ve recently earned a bachelor degree in International Studies from UIC, Yonsei University. My main task at EAAFP will be mostly translation, through which I am hoping to further connect my country Vietnam – a very newly admitted partner of EAAFP, to the organization’s work. I am […]
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Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force Meeting in Myanmar
Christoph Zockler, Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force Coordinator A Two days meeting of the Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force will be held in Mawlamyine, Myanmar on 18-19 January 2017. To download the tentative agenda below in Word document, click here. Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force Meeting January 2017 Agenda (tentative) Date: 18-19-January 2017 […]
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Ecologically and Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs): A Focus for Connectivity
Spike Millington, Chief Executive, EAAFP Secretariat At the Tenth Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Nagoya, Japan, government parties agreed on a process for describing Ecologically and Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs) to notify the UN General Assembly (UNGA) of the need to effectively conserve and manage these areas. The […]
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OFFLU Network statement and guidance on HPAI H5N8
OIE/FAO Network of expertise on animal influenza (OFFLU) Situation Report and Guidance for H5N8 and other Eurasian H5 clade 2.3.4.4 Avian Influenza Viruses 29 November 2016 Wild birds play important roles in the circulation of avian influenza viruses and are reservoirs for low pathogenicity strains. In general, avian influenza viruses in wild birds can be […]
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Is ET heading for Myanmar? 1000km closer in the last 24 hours
05 November 2016 Rebecca Lee, Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper Just a quick update to let you all know that ET, the satellite tagged Spoon-billed Sandpiper who yesterday, was just south of the island of Hainan, has flown across Vietnam, Laos and most of Thailand today! The last fix from her came in at 14:09 (UTC, 21:09 […]
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The tagged spoonies are on the move!
04 November 2016 Guy Anderson, Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper Last week we announced that we had fitted the first three satellite tags to wild Spoon-billed Sandpipers, in Jiangsu Province, China in early October. The three birds – ET, HU and CT – are named after the code on the engraved plastic leg flag each bird […]
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2017 Conservation Leadership Programme Team Awards: Call for Applications
Applications for the 2017 Conservation Leadership Programme (CLP) Conservation Team Awards are now open! CLP aims to advance biodiversity conservation globally by building the leadership capabilities of early-career conservation professionals working in high-priority places with limited capacity to address conservation issues. CLP is a partnership of three of the world’s leading biodiversity conservation organisations, BirdLife International, […]
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Economic valuation of ecosystem services provided by wetlands
Kaori Tsujita, Ministry of the Environment, Japan Ecosystem services are the benefits that people receive from nature and we depend on the services to produce our food, regulate our water supplies and climate, and protect us from extreme weather. We also benefit in less obvious ways such as from spiritual experience and recreation enjoyment. Despite […]
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