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Recent mass mortality of Dalmatian Pelican in Greece raises alarm over diseases as threats to birds in the EAAF
In mid-February 2022, researchers at Prespa National Park, Greece, began to observe massive die-offs of Dalmatian Pelicans returning to breed at Lesser Prespa Lake. The Lesser Prespa Lake has the largest breeding colony of this species on earth. On March 3, the death toll was 574, and on March 30 it reached 1,413 birds. The […]
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Endangered Black-faced Spoonbill breaking the record of over 6000
EAAFP Black-faced Spoonbill Working Group reported another record high of 6,162 for the global population of Black-faced Spoonbills (Endangered under IUCN Red List), with an increase of 18% (i.e. 940 individuals) compared to last year (5,222 individuals in 2021), based on the results of the International Black-faced Spoonbill Census 2022. The census was conducted from […]
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Chinese Crested Tern
Common name: Chinese Crested Tern Scientific name: Thalasseus bernsteini Local names: 中华凤头燕鸥 (Simplified Chinese), 中華鳳頭燕鷗/黑嘴端鳳頭燕鷗（Traditional Chinese), 뿔제비갈매기 (Korean), ヒガシシナアジサシ(Japanese), Dara-laut Cina (Indonesian), Camar Cina Berjambul (Malayu), Nhàn mào Trung Quốc (Vietnamese). Conservation status: IUCN – Critically Endangered, CMS – Appendix I The Chinese Crested Tern (Thalasseus bernsteini) is one of the rarest seabirds in […]
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Seabird Training Webinars for Southeast Asia
The Hong Kong Bird Watching Society (HKBWS, an EAAFP Partner) has been engaging with an international team established for the conservation of the Critically Endangered Chinese Crested Tern since 2009. Since 2016, the team started fieldwork in the wintering ground of the Chinese Crested Tern in Maluku, eastern Indonesia. From 2018 satellite tracking of Greater […]
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Updates of worldwide avian influenza situation by FAO/EMPRES-AH (Dec 2021 – Mar 2022)
FAO/EMPRES-AH is constantly monitoring the avian influenza situation worldwide and compiles information from multiple national and international sources as well as peer-reviewed scientific articles. Close collaboration with country and regional offices, the implementation of avian influenza field surveillance projects, and networks of expertise like OIE/FAO’s OFFLU (www.offlu.org) provide access to timely information on outbreaks, surveillance […]
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Successful Applicants of 2022 EAAFP WG/TF Small Grant Fund
* EAAFP Secretariat has deleted applicant’s personal information and bank details in the applications due to privacy matters *
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Stronger working relationship between Incheon and Hong Kong to conserve Black-faced Spoonbill
On 17th December 2021, the Environment Bureau of Incheon Metropolitan Government and the Agriculture, Fisheries, and Conservation Department (AFCD) of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region co-hosted the second virtual “2021 Incheon – Hong Kong International East Asian – Australasian Flyway Black-faced Spoonbill Conservation Cooperation Forum”, with the EAAFP Secretariat and EAAFP Black-faced Spoonbill Working Group […]
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Artificial Nests Program for the Endangered Scaly-sided Merganser in Russia: A brief report of the 2021 results
The Scaly-sided Merganser Mergus squamatus is a globally threatened seaduck, classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List since 2002. The species is endemic to East Asia. This is justified on the basis that it has a very small population which is suspected to be undergoing a continuing and rapid decline as a result of […]
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Farewell to Programme Assistant, Yoo Jung Kwon
In the words of Yoo Jung Kwon I started off my journey at the EAAFP Secretariat with growing excitement that I was working for the environment, not specifically for migratory waterbirds. It was not long into my internship when my understanding of biodiversity began to change. I was given a valuable opportunity to go birdwatching […]
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Farewell to Ms. You Jin Lee, EAAFP Foundation Coordinator
In the words of You Jin Lee © EAAFP When I first started working at the EAAFP Secretariat, the 10th Meeting of Partners (Dec 2018, China) was in the pipeline. It was an international conference which was held from 9th to 14th December 2018 in Hainan, China with around 200 participants. I assisted in the […]
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