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A Briefing on Environment Conservation and Cooperation on the Korean Peninsula
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has been active in promoting environmental and nature conservation in recent years since joining Ramsar Convention of Wetlands, and becoming a national Partner of EAAFP in 2018. On May 17th 2019, the East Asian – Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP), Ramsar Regional Centre – East Asia (RRC-EA) and Hanns […]
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The champion of the flyway ‘Lime 07’ offers yet another surprise!
Some say that the male Lime 07 is the champion of the EAA flyway, others named it Super Spoonie! We are delighted to share that Lime 07 is still alive and likely to breed again this year in our regular monitoring site at Meinypil’gyno, Chukotka, Russia. Here is a brief timeline of Lime 07, illustrating […]
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Bird Survey in Rason in March 2019 – the first “Early Spring Tour Spectaculars”
In March 2019 Nial Moores, Bernhard Seliger (Hanns Seidel Foundation, Korea office), Cheng Qian (UNESCAP) and Guo Jin, Han Yongxiang and Yang Ziyou (SBS in China, Shanghai) and members of the Hong Kong Bird Watching Society went to Rason to conduct a bird survey. The survey was conducted from March 15-19 and from March 21-26. […]
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AWSG North-west Australia Satellite Tracking Project – Summary (Feb-Jun 2019)
This is the fifth year the AWSG’s North-west Australia Wader and Tern Expedition team has fitted satellite transmitters on migratory waders. Five 5g transmitters were put on to Little Curlew with the hope for more success to compare to the previous studies in 2013 and 2015; and five 2g transmitters were, for the first time […]
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Cheorwon to Muraviovka: Connecting Cranes and People
Students who joined the International Scrane School in Cheorwon (Photo: You Jin Lee/EAAFP) Not all children love going to schools but in this school, all of the students did not want the class finish. This is the first International Crane School of Cheorwon, an environmental education activity to provide an opportunity for students from Ro […]
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Arctic Migratory Birds Initiative (AMBI) holds meeting, determines path forward for 2019-2023
Over 85 participants from 20 countries and over 60 organizations flocked to the Arctic Migratory Birds Initiative (AMBI) East Asian-Australasian Flyway Implementation Workshop in Hainan, P.R. China December 5-8, 2018 ahead of the EAAFP 10th Meeting of the Parties. The Arctic Council’s Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), in partnership with the Department of […]
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World Wetlands Day 2019
Tackling Climate Change through Conservation of Migratory Waterbird and their Wetland Habitats The conservation of key wetlands for migratory waterbirds, such as by designation as ‘Ramsar Sites’ [link] under the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands or as ‘Flyway Network Sites’ [link] under the East Asian – Australasian Flyway Partnership, can play an important role in climate […]
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Study focuses on the international agreements for conserving migratory shorebirds in the EAAF
International collaboration and cooperation are the common mantra for advancing the conservation of migratory shorebirds, and all additional migratory waterbirds, in the EAAF. Those international efforts are oftentimes materialised through agreements. Hence, improving our understanding of the system of those instruments is fundamental to advance our conservation agenda in the flyway, as they represent key […]
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Scaly-sided Merganser 3rd Task Force Workshop, December 5, 2018, Hunan, China
Sixteen delegates from EAAFP Secretariat, People’s Republic of China, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation were attending the 3rd Workshop with eleven Task Force members among them. New member from Russia, Stepan Kirillin, Director of Anyuiskiy National Park in Khabarovsk, was nominated. The workshop provided an update on the list of Task Force members and consultants. […]
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Transnational Birds for Global Education, Tourism and Diplomacy
Written by Peter M J Fisher (Adj. Professor, School of Architecture & Built Environment, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia) Concept Transnational birds for education, tourism and diplomacy is an (applied) research and development initiative inspired by the remarkable immigration of Latham’s Snipe laid bare to an intrigued wider public by a tracker installed on a bird […]
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