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EAAFP Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force Newsletter for No.12 August 2014 published
Congratulations! The EAAFP Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force (SBS TF) is ten years old now. SBS TF has published its 12th newsletter in August 2014. This special issue covers 1) SBS-activities in the Gulf of Mottama, Myanmar, 2) SBS surveys and illegal mist netting surveys in SW Guangdong, China, 3) Spring activities in Rudong, China, 4) Spring Survey […]
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缅甸成为EAAFP第32位合作伙伴
7月27日，在全体合作伙伴一致同意下，缅甸联邦共和国政府成为EAAFP的第32位合作伙伴。 在过去的多年时间里，尽管缅甸政府当时并不是EAAFP的正式合作伙伴，但其一直长期积极地支持着EAAFP及我们的相关活动。该国对许多迁徙水鸟来说都是至关重要的。 孟加拉湾及安达曼海沿岸维系着大面积的潮间带滩涂，同时，已被提名为EAAFP鸟类关键分布区的莫塔马湾(Gulf of Mottama)对勺嘴鹬也有着全球性重要意义，因该区域是支持相当大比重此类极度濒危物种度过非繁殖季的为数不多的鸟区之一。 EAAFP勺嘴鹬特别工作组与当地相关部门、NGO及社区合作，共同开展调查，以减少由任意捕捉鸻鹬鸟类行为所造成的威胁。此外，缅甸还支持了另外一种极度濒危物种——青头潜鸭的大量种群。 目前还需要更多的调查和监测，才能有效地评估缅甸境内的勺嘴鹬和其他水鸟物种的生存现状。现已有五个鸟区缴入到EAAFP 鸟类关键分布区(FSN)中，分别是莫塔马湾，印多吉湖，莫亦云吉湿地(Moeyungyi Wetland)，茵莱湖以及Meinmahla岛。EAAFP非常期待与缅甸政府的合作，以便加强国家层面的合作关系——缅甸境内一些国际和国家级非政府保育组织非常积极地支持正在开展的调查，监测和保育行动，包括一些和EAAFP其他合作伙伴共同开展的活动。
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Spoon-billed Sandpipers Winter 2013-2014
Author: Philip D. Round Report by Bird Conservation Society of Thailand The following is a round-up of the Winter events from the Bird Conservation Society of Thailand: “This was an eventful winter in the precarious history of the declining population of Spoon-billed Sandpipers. An International Workshop, hosted by BCST, was held at the Ban Khung Nam […]
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Making The Welcome Warmer
Posted on: January 22, 2014 Author: Amorn Liukeeratiyutkul, Gawin Chutima & Philip D. Round Report by Bangkok Post Greater efforts will be needed, both at home and abroad, to prevent the extinction of a plucky little bird which breeds in Russia and then makes a marathon annual migration to Southeast Asia Does it […]
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Global Importance of China’s tidal-flats for Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper Recognised
Shanghai, (Seoul, Tokyo, Moscow, London, Berlin, Denver) 29 October 2013 A survey of the Chinese coastline by the conservation network “SBS in China” supported by 15 waterbird experts from the international Spoon-billed Sandpiper (SBS) Task Force (1) confirms the outstanding international conservation importance of intertidal wetlands in Jiangsu Province. The survey, conducted from October 15th-19th […]
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Spoon-billed sandpiper numbers boosted by conservationists
Critically endangered spoon-billed sandpipers fledglings have increased in number by a quarter in 2013, after conservationists intervened to hand rear chicks. As few as 100 breeding pairs remain in the wild, rearing just 60 young between them each year on average. The 16 additional hand-reared young are a significant boost for the species, which is […]
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500 Children’s animation on saving Spoon-billed Sandpiper
This project involved 500 children and helpers from 12 areas and 8 countries (Russia, Republic of Korea, Japan, Jiangsu and Fujian in mainland China, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar and Bangladesh) which are along Spoon-billed Sandpiper’s migratory route. Children helped colouring over 1200 pictures for the animation one by one. The whole project took about 8 months […]
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Slipping Away: Baer’s Pochard on the verge of extinction
Baer’s Pochard Aythya baeri was formerly a relatively common and widespread duck in Asia, although it has possibly not been abundant for a long time, and in fact there has never really been a good understanding of its population size. This species has always been somewhat overlooked by ornithologists, partly owing to difficulties visiting and […]
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Sonadia Island given International Recognition for Wildlife
Sonadia Island’s importance for wildlife has been given international recognition by BirdLife International, a global conservation organization. Sonadia Island has been declared as 20th Important Bird Area (IBA) of Bangladesh by BirdLife International. Conservationists say that the island is one of the most important and unique biodiversity hotspots in Bangladesh. It was declared as a […]
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EAAFP Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force Newsletter for No.9 February 2013 published
The EAAFP Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force (SBS TF) has been published its ninth newsletter in February 2013. In this newsletter, we present updates of autumn surveys in China including Rudong and winter update from South Korea and share some other actvities from Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Russia. The Spoon-billed Sandpiper Recovery Team (SBS RT) […]
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