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Ramsar Convention newsletter February 2017
The first Ramsar Convention Newsletter of 2017 has been published by the Ramsar Convention Secretariat. Below are some relevant news to EAAF and examples of conservation activities: More than 1,500 global events mark World Wetlands Day 2017 IUCN launches regional project to enhance resilience of wetlands in Lower Mekong countries Indonesia makes a huge move to protect the peat-filled […]
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Ms. Rossa Risdiana
Hello, My Name is Rossa Risdiana from Indonesia. I’m 21 years old. Since I study International Relation, I believe that to make a peace we should also make the balance of nature. I’m also interested in the environmental issues that are also related to the relations among countries. That’s why I decided to apply the internship […]
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Ecologically and Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs): A Focus for Connectivity
Spike Millington, Chief Executive, EAAFP Secretariat At the Tenth Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Nagoya, Japan, government parties agreed on a process for describing Ecologically and Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs) to notify the UN General Assembly (UNGA) of the need to effectively conserve and manage these areas. The […]
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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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How to build a site managers network?
Spike Millington, Chief Executive, EAAFP Secretariat I wrote the last introduction of the Newsletter from the World Conservation Congress in Hawaii, and I write this one from Suncheon Bay in the Republic of Korea, which is hosting the 8th regional level training workshop for wetland and flyway site managers in East and Southeast Asia, supported […]
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2017 Conservation Leadership Programme Team Awards: Call for Applications
Applications for the 2017 Conservation Leadership Programme (CLP) Conservation Team Awards are now open! CLP aims to advance biodiversity conservation globally by building the leadership capabilities of early-career conservation professionals working in high-priority places with limited capacity to address conservation issues. CLP is a partnership of three of the world’s leading biodiversity conservation organisations, BirdLife International, […]
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Critically Endangered Chinese Crested Terns appear on a deserted island in South Korea
Spike Millington, Chief Executive, EAAFP Secretariat The Critically Endangered Chinese Crested Tern, thought to number only a hundred individuals nested in 2016 on a small, uninhabited island off the southern coast of the Republic of Korea. This is the first breeding record outside of coastal China and marks a significant range expansion for the species […]
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New migratory shorebirds plan to help protect some of Australia’s favourite overseas visitors
The Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for the Environment, Government of Australia Press release The Australian Government is today launching a new plan to help protect 35 species of shorebirds that regularly travel thousands of kilometres to visit our shores. Shorebirds such as the female Bar-tailed Godwit match the incredible long-haul range of an Airbus A380. We […]
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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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