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MOU for Fostering Global Conservation Leaders in the Republic of Korea
Read in Korean Minseon Kim, EAAFP Program Officer EAAFP and the Korea Environment Corporation (KECO) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on providing internship opportunities and conservation education for Korean students in the field of Environmental Science. The MOU was signed by Mr. Spike Millington, EAAFP’s Chief Executive and Mr. Jae-Cheon Yu, KECO’s Director on […]
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Monitoring of Waterbird Populations in Wasur National Park, Papua
A report by Ramli, Wasur National Park [EAAF008] and Yus Rusila Noor, Wetlands International Indonesia As part of the regular management of the national park area, a team of the Forest Ecosystem Control Functional Staff of Ministry of Environment and Forestry has carried out a monitoring of waterbirds in Wasur National Park, Papua – Indonesia. The […]
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Hard work not over yet for seabird protection in the Pacific
By Shaun Hurrell of BirdLife International and courtesy of Forest & Bird Breakthrough for saving seabirds from longline fishing mortality in the north Pacific, but there’s a catch Along with saving seabirds on-board with fisherman as the Albatross Task Force, BirdLife’s Marine Programme also gives seabirds a voice in the international policy arena. Accidental capture […]
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Plan to Save the Far Eastern Curlew
By David Lawrie on Pukorokoro Miranda News When a Far Eastern Curlew visited Pukorokoro last summer it was a rare event because it’s numbers are declining rapidly. Pukorokoro Miranda Naturalists’ Trust (PMNT) ’s international representative David Lawrie reports on a plan to save the world’s largest shorebird. Sightings of the Far Eastern Curlew at Pukorokoro Miranda […]
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AI Situation Update: Asia (July to October 2015)
Since the 1st of July 2015, there have been 133 confirmed avian influenza outbreaks in Asia. Between the 1st of July and 21st of October, the following subtypes of avian influenza outbreaks were observed in Asia: H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N2 HPAI H5N6 HPAI H5N8 HPAI H7N9 low pathogenicity avian influenza (LPAI) Countries were affected […]
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Relevant Scientific Articles updated in October 2015
If you need full scientific articles, please contact Dr Judit Szabo, the science officer. Anatidae Shao, M., H. Guo, P. Cui, J. Jiang, and B. Chen. 2015. Habitat Selection of Wintering Chinese Merganser, Mergus squamatus. Pakistan Journal of Zoology 47:1421-1426. Enstipp, M. R., J. Frost, T. E. Hollmén, R. D. Andrews, and C. Frost. 2015. […]
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EAAFP Seabird Working Group Update
Robb Kaler (Chair), Mark Carey and Yat-tung Yu (Coordinators) EAAFP Seabird Working Group 06 October 2015 Seabird Colony Database In collaboration with the New Zealand Department of Conservation and BirdLife International, we have added seabird colony data from New Zealand (including Campbell, Auckland, Adams, Chatham, Pitt, Forty-Fours, Raoul Islands) and islands in the South Pacific (Vanuatu, […]
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Relevant Scientific Articles updated in September 2015
If you need full scientific articles, please contact Dr Judit Szabo, the science officer. Anatidae Pernollet, C. A., D. Simpson, M. Gauthier-Clerc, and M. Guillemain. 2015. Rice and duck, a good combination? Identifying the incentives and triggers for joint rice farming and wild duck conservation. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 214:118–132. Avian Influenza and Other Diseases Guillemain, M., […]
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Maintaining habitat for birds in Bako Buntal Bay [EAAF112], Malaysia
Read in Bahasa Malaysia Translated by Rosa Risdiana, EAAFP intern The situation of Buntal village in Bako Buntal Bay is different from other estuaries in eastern Malaysia. Hundreds of waterbirds visit this village, feeding on the lakes and breeding on the shore. The abundance of birds makes the village unique, and it attracts many tourists. The estuary […]
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Brave efforts pay off in doubly-successful project to restore colonies of Chinese Crested Tern
Read in Japanese Written By Shaun Hurrell (BirdLife International) The Chinese Crested Tern Thalasseus bernsteini is one of the rarest birds in the world. Only rediscovered 15 years ago, after its assumed extinction for six decades, this Critically Endangered seabird has a very small population size and only three breeding sites are known. But the BirdLife International […]
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