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Result of the International Black-faced Spoonbill Census 2016
Read in other languages: Yat-tung Yu, Coordinator, EAAFP Black-faced Spoonbill Working Group This year’s census was held on 15-17 January 2016. A total of 3,356 birds were recorded in 2016 census, having 84 birds more than the 3,272 birds recorded in 2015, which is an increase of 2.6%. The largest wintering population was found in Taiwan with […]
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EAAFP participates in second ASEAN conference on biodiversity
EAAFP Secretariat The second ASEAN Conference on Biodiversity 2016 was held from 15 to 19 February 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand. The conference, hosted by the Royal Thai Government, was organized around the theme “Biodiversity for Sustainable Development” by the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) in cooperation with the ASEAN Member States (AMS), the ASEAN Secretariat […]
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MOU for Fostering Global Conservation Leaders in the Republic of Korea
Read in Korean Minseon Kim, EAAFP Program Officer EAAFP and the Korea Environment Corporation (KECO) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on providing internship opportunities and conservation education for Korean students in the field of Environmental Science. The MOU was signed by Mr. Spike Millington, EAAFP’s Chief Executive and Mr. Jae-Cheon Yu, KECO’s Director on […]
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Internship: What it’s like to work at EAAFP
Heather Le, Intern As the end of my last semester at Yonsei University loomed closer, the frequency of my freak-out episodes also became higher. What do I want to do? What do I enjoy doing and want to keep doing for the rest of my life? How do I support myself? Will Leonardo DiCaprio ever […]
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Plan to Save the Far Eastern Curlew
By David Lawrie on Pukorokoro Miranda News When a Far Eastern Curlew visited Pukorokoro last summer it was a rare event because it’s numbers are declining rapidly. Pukorokoro Miranda Naturalists’ Trust (PMNT) ’s international representative David Lawrie reports on a plan to save the world’s largest shorebird. Sightings of the Far Eastern Curlew at Pukorokoro Miranda […]
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The Black-faced Spoonbill: Asia’s beloved wading bird fights for space
Doug Meigs, Mongabay This charismatic wading bird saw its numbers soar from just 288 individuals in the 1980’s, to over 3,000 in 2015, but coastal developers will need to find a way to share intertidal areas with these birds if they are to survive. The Black-faced Spoonbill, with its fascinating feeding behaviors, has won the […]
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Relevant Scientific Articles updated in September 2015
If you need full scientific articles, please contact Dr Judit Szabo, the science officer. Anatidae Pernollet, C. A., D. Simpson, M. Gauthier-Clerc, and M. Guillemain. 2015. Rice and duck, a good combination? Identifying the incentives and triggers for joint rice farming and wild duck conservation. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 214:118–132. Avian Influenza and Other Diseases Guillemain, M., […]
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Capacity-building workshop for East Asia and Southeast Asia on achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 11 and 12
by EAAFP Secretariat Spike Millington, Chief Executive of the East Asian–Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) gave a presentation on the conservation of migratory waterbirds and their habitats in the Flyway at the Capacity-building workshop for East Asia and Southeast Asia on achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 11 and 12 held in Yanji, Jilin Province, China 15-18 September 2015. EAAFP brings together […]
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Philippines Authored Resolution on Disaster Risk Reduction Adopted During the 12th Conference of Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
Press Release from Biodiversity Management Bureau, Department of Environment and Natural Resources , Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Center Among the 16 Resolutions adopted by the Conference of the Contracting Parties of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands during its 12th Meeting (COP12), is the Philippine-submitted Resolution entitled: “Wetlands and Disaster Risk Reduction”. With the adoption of […]
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