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On China’s Coast, Rare Bird Finds Little Room to Rest
Shi Yi, Sixth Tone It was the kind of news experts only believe if they see it with their own eyes: A man in China claimed he had spotted 100 Spoon-billed Sandpipers foraging on the muddy coast of the Yellow Sea. The bird is so small that it would barely cover the hand of a grown […]
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Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force: News Bulletin No.15, April 2016
The 15th 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 Banding in Rudong and Dongtai Jiangsu, China Autumn survey in Rudong, China Links Hotel and Birding Tours […]
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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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Introducing the Bangladesh Spoon-billed Sandpiper Conservation Project (BSCP)
by Sayam Chowdhury on Wader Quest newsletter Bangladesh Spoon-billed Sandpiper Conservation Project EAAFP Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force Assistant Coordinator The first specimen of the critically endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea) was collected in the mid-19th century from Bangladesh, which still retains the record for the highest single count anywhere in the world – 202 birds […]
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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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Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force: News Bulletin No.14, August 2015
The 14th Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force (SBS TF) News Bulletin is downloadable 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 Spike Millington Boat Race for Conservation – Sonadia, Bangladesh Once was a BirdHunter Myanmar […]
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Follow us following Spoonies to migrate – Spoon-billed Sandpiper Flyway Exchange
Vivian Fu, The Hong Kong Bird Watching Society Spoon-billed Sandpiper Calidris pygmaea, endearingly called ‘Spoony,’ is a small shorebird with a special spoon-like bill. The global population is now less than 200 pairs. Each year, this small shorebird flies from their wintering ground at South East Asia and southern China, passing through Japan, Korea and China, […]
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The incredible godwit migration
By Bruce McKinlay | Technical Advisor, Ecosystems and Species Department of Conservation – New Zealand Bar-tailed Godwits spend the Austral summer in New Zealand and Australia and each year they complete an epic journey from the Southern Hemisphere to the Yellow Sea, then Alaska, and then back again. Every September about 80,000 of them fly […]
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Opportunities and Challenges of Ecotourism in ASEAN Countries
This e-book is available on our website. Please click here to download. Title: Opportunities and Challenges of Ecotourism in ASEAN Countries Authors: Seong-il KIM, Mihee KANG and Dian SUKMAJAYA Contents: The 30th Anniversary of Ecotourism Foreword Introduction Status of Ecotourism in ASEAN Countries Ecotourism Dialogue in ASEAN Countries Ecotourism Development in Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Singapore and […]
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