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Welcoming a new Partner, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
We are very pleased to announce that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPR Korea) became the 36th Partner of the East Asian – Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) on 11 April 2018 and has nominated Kumya Wetland Reserve [EAAF044] and Mundok Migratory Bird Reserve [EAAF045] as their first two East Asian – Australasian Flyway Network Sites. […]
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How to battle bird flu? Saving wild birds, poultry and humans
Migratory birds are more the VICTIM than the culprit of bird flu Migratory waterbirds such as ducks, geese, swans and shorebirds can carry the harmless, low pathogenic form of the avian influenza virus. This virus can spread from one bird to another without making the bird sick. If the virus turns up in a poultry […]
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Ten Countries Agree The “HENGSHUI DECLARATION” To Save Baer’s Pochard (Aythya baeri) From Extinction In The Wild
21 MARCH 2018 On 19-20 March 2018, delegates from ten countries gathered at Hengshui Lake National Nature Reserve, in Hebei Province, China, for the first international workshop on the conservation of the Baer’s Pochard. This crucially important workshop was coordinated by the East Asian – Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP)’s Baer’s Pochard Task Force, which was […]
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Safe Passage: China Takes Steps to Protect Shorebirds Migrating from Australia to the Arctic
February 15, 2018. By Terry Townshend Every year, millions of shorebirds migrate to the Arctic to breed—some coming from as far away as Australia and New Zealand—and then head back again. Nearly all of the birds making this journey spend time in the food-rich intertidal mudflats of the Yellow Sea ecoregion, on the east coast of […]
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Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force: News Bulletin No.18, March 2018
The 18th 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. Contents Foreword from the Editor Guest Editorial: Zhang Xinsheng, the President of the IUCN The New Wildlife Law in China protecting […]
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World Migratory Bird Day 2018
About the World Migratory Bird Day 2018 World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) was initiated in 2006 by the Secretariat of the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (UNEP-AEWA) in collaboration with the Secretariat of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) as an annual awareness-raising campaign aimed at people […]
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Internship Programme
Internship Programme at the East Asian–Australasian Flyway Partnership Secretariat The East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) provides a flyway-wide framework for international cooperation, including development of the Flyway Site Network for sites of international importance to migratory waterbirds, collaborative activities to increase knowledge and raise awareness of migratory waterbirds along the flyway, building capacity for the […]
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Become a Site
This page contains information to assist Government Partners in nominating a new site to the EAAFP Flyway Site Network. Some documents are in multiple languages. Nominating a new site to the EAAFP Flyway Site Network Download in English Download in Korean LOCAL GOVERNMENT/MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY, NGO, NON-GOVERNMENTAL PARTNER, GOVERNMENTAL PARTNER Potential sites for the […]
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Political instability and weak governance lead to loss of species, study finds
Read in Japanese 20 December 2017 University of Cambridge Big data study of global biodiversity shows ineffective national governance is a better indicator of species decline than any other measure of “anthropogenic impact”. Even protected conservation areas make little difference in countries that struggle with socio-political stability. “We now know that governance and political stability […]
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Knots Drawing Competition
Year 2017 and 2018 are the Year of the Knots. Join the drawing competition to celebrate the life of Knots to inspire more and more people to be aware of Red Knots and Great Knots! Who are the Knots? The Knots are the long-distance migrants of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway. They breed in the eastern […]
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