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Martin Spray, Chief Executive of WWT retired
On 11 May 2020, Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT), Partner of EAAFP, announced that WWT’s Chief Executive Mr. Martin Spray has retired from his role, completing a 32-year career in the conservation sector. Mr. Spray joined WWT in 2004, following the recent opening of London Wetland Centre. Internationally, Mr. Spray’s has also contributed to the […]
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About Us The East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) was launched on 6 November 2006. It aims to protect migratory waterbirds, their habitats and the livelihoods of people dependent upon them. There are currently 39 Partners including 18 national governments, 6 intergovernmental agencies, 13 international NGOs, 1 international organisation and 1 international private enterprise. Our Mission The Partnership provides […]
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Task Force on Illegal Hunting, Taking and Trade of Migratory Waterbirds
IntroductionHunting is a substantial threat to migratory waterbirds in the EAAF and has been linked to the decline of many threatened species in the Flyway. In many parts of this diverse region, hunting is considered as illegal because species targeted are protected under national or sub-national legislation.The Task Force was established with the mandate of […]
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Scaly-sided Merganser Task Force
Scaly-sided Merganser Task Force The Scaly-sided Merganser Mergus squamatus has a very small population which is suspected to be undergoing a continuing and rapid decline as a result of illegal hunting, logging and drowning. The species is therefore listed as Endangered under IUCN Red List. Due to a continuing and sharp decline in population, the formation […]
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Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force
In 2004 several partners active in the conservation of the globally threatened Spoon-billed Sandpiper joined the Recovery Team chaired by Evgeny Syroechkovskiy and later by Christoph Zöckler. With the growing demand of work, the finalization of the CMS Single Species Action Plan in 2008 and the continuing support from BirdLife International and many other organizations, […]
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Far Eastern Curlew Task Force
The Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis is endemic to the East Asian – Australasian Flyway, is the largest migratory shorebird species in the world and is listed Endangered under IUCN criteria (IUCN, 2015). Recent evidence suggests that the Far Eastern Curlew has undergone a significant decline over the past 20 years. Drivers of this decline are likely […]
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Crane Working Group
The Working Group originated in July 1997 as the North-East Asian Crane Site Network to oversee the implementation of the North-East Asian Crane Site Network Action Plan of the Asia Pacific Migratory Waterbird Conservation Strategy. In 2000 conservation issues related to Oriental and Black Storks were included but the Working Group and Network but retained […]
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Black-faced Spoonbill Working Group
A globally Endangered species, the Black-faced Spoonbill (BFS) population was estimated at 3,356 birds in the 2016 census. While this is a welcome increase over the few hundred individuals known in the early 1990’s it still represents a relatively small global population with many vulnerable breeding colonies and deteriorating wintering sites. Read more about the […]
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Nanchang Declaration released to urge effective conservation of wetlands and migratory birds during Poyang International Forum
On December 7th 2019, the “International forum on migratory bird protection of Poyang lake” was co-organized by Science Unit of EAAFP with Jianxi Provincial government, as a part of the 1st Poyang Lake International Birdwatching Week, nearby Poyang Lake, one of very important Flyway Network Sites and Ramsar Sites in the Yangtze River basin, broadly […]
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A documentary about the Mundok Migratory Bird Reserve
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Ministry of Land and Environment Protection published a documentary about the Mundok Migratory Bird Reserve. EAAFP Secretariat, Ramsar Convention Secretariat, IUCN and Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF) Korea had initiated wetland conservation in DPRK in recent years, and last year, WWF-Hong Kong and Hong Kong Bird Watching Society (HKBWS) also […]
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