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Why ET, HU or CT might lead us to missing spoonie sites
15 November 2016 Rebecca Lee, Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper With the third Spoon-billed Sandpiper on the move, Prof. Rhys Green gives us his insights on why these three birds could lead us to as yet unknown sites, and how that could have important implications for conservation efforts. From Prof. Rhys Green The journeys of the three tagged […]
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Arctic Migratory Birds Initiative: East Asian-Australasian Flyway Workshop to be held in Singapore on side of EAAFP MOP9
Ding Li Yong, AMBI-EAAF coordinator In collaboration with Singapore’s National Parks Board and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and with the support of the Royal Norwegian Embassy (Singapore), EAAFP Partner, the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) will organize the Arctic Migratory Birds Initiative (AMBI)-East Asian-Australasian Flyway Workshop from 7-9 January 2017. The AMBI-EAAF workshop […]
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The third tagged Spoonie CT is off!
14 November 2016 Rebecca Lee, Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper A satellite fix has just come in showing that the third tagged Spoon-billed Sandpiper has made a move away from the Jiangsu coast! CT, presumed to be male, has been at the Tiaozini mudflats on the Jiangsu coast since he was tagged in early October. His female counterparts […]
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ET settling in at the Gulf of Mottama?
07 November 2016 Rebecca Lee, Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper ET arrived at the Gulf of Mottama [EAAF117] in Myanmar at around 9pm on Saturday night (UTC, 2.30 am on Sunday morning local time). 12 hours later, she appeared to be moving to the north west perhaps heading on to Bangladesh after a rest in the gulf. […]
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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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Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force: News Bulletin No.16, October 2016
The 16th Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force (SBS TF) News Bulletin is now available here. The contents are as below. To read previous news bulletins and find out more about Spoon-billed Sandpiper, please visit our SBS TF page. Foreword from the Editor Guest Editorial by Amirkhan Amirkhanov Russia-China Bilateral Agreement on nature conservation Breeding bird survey in “Okeanskoe”, Chukotka, […]
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BANCA’s Annual Report 2015
Biodiversity and Nature Conservation Association (BANCA)‘s Annual Report 2015 has recently been published. Click here to read it in PDF file. This report includes articles on migratory waterbirds conservation activities in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway: Saving the critically endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper programme in Myanmar (p.5) The assessment of economic value from the ecosystem service of Moeyungyi Wetland Wildlife Sanctuary […]
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News from the field: And they’re off!
27 July 2016 By Rebecca Lee, Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper Yesterday, the Spoon-billed Sandpiper headstarting programme successfully released 30 fledglings. That’s the most in a single year and means we’ve now released over 100 Spoon-billed Sandpipers (111 to be exact)! Roland has let us know that the release went to plan with all 30 fledgling […]
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Eggs mean fresh hope for Spoon-billed Sandpipers
Media Release Media release issued on behalf of Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT), Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), Birds Russia, Moscow Zoo, British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), BirdLife International, ArcCona Consulting and the Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force One of the world’s rarest birds has a new hope: it’s laid eggs in captivity for […]
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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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