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Republic of Korea
Republic of Korea Summary EAAFP Member since: 2006 Number of EAAFP Flyway Network Sites: 17 Focal Point Contact: Mr. Jang Sung Hyun Director of Biodiversity Division Nature Conservation Bureau Ministry of Environment Email: shjang7@korea.kr Tel: +82 44 201 7245 Republic of Korea has been a Partner since 2006 (MoP1). It now has 17 Flyway Network Sites, […]
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World Migratory Bird Day 2017 – National celebration and site managers’ workshop in Seocheon, Republic of Korea
Minjae Baek, Intern, EAAFP Secretariat The national celebration of International Day for Biological Diversity, World Wetland Day and World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) 2017 was held jointly at the National Institute of Ecology (NIE) in Seocheon, the Republic of Korea (RoK), from the 20th to the 24th of May. Over 700 participants from both national and […]
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National workshop on the conservation and management of the migratory shorebirds and coastal wetlands of the Republic of Korea
Spike Millington, Chief Executive, EAAFP Secretariat Following the adoption of the Resolutions 28 and 51 on the conservation of the Yellow Sea, its migratory waterbirds and habitats at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Jeju in September 2012, the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Korea and IUCN held a national workshop at Incheon on 26-27 […]
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Republic of Korea celebrates World Wetlands Day 2016 and highlights the need for mudflat restoration
Minseon Kim, Programme Officer The national celebration of World Wetlands Day was held in Seocheon on 19th-20th May 2016. Every year since 2002 , the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries and the Ministry of Environment jointly organise this event to raise public awareness of the value of wetlands and the need for conservation in Korea. This event […]
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World Migratory Bird Day 2016 – National Celebration and Korean Site Managers Workshop in Suncheon, Republic of Korea
Miyoung Choi, Finance Officer, EAAFP Secretariat The World Migratory Bird Day 2016 national celebration and the Korean Site Managers Workshop were held at the Suncheon Bay Wetland Center in Suncheon, the Republic of Korea (RoK), 13-14 May 2016. Over 200 participants from central and local governments, national institutes, NGOs and international organizations including EAAFP and […]
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2,700 Hooded Cranes arrived in Republic of Korea
Kisup Lee, Waterbirds Network Korea Hooded Cranes are on the move! About 2,700 Hooded Cranes arrived in Republic of Korea from Japan on 20 – 21 March. We are expecting more Hooded Cranes coming from Izumi, Japan. According to monitoring results on 20 March, Cheonsu Bay [EAAF046] in Seosan currently supports around 2,900 Hooded Cranes […]
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‘Medical check-up’ for the seas of the Republic of Korea – Comprehensive National Survey on Marine Ecosystems to be conducted
Read in Korean By Hyeonyeong Bak of eco-tv, greenpostkorea Translated by EAAFP Secretariat Republic of Korea’s Comprehensive National Survey on Marine Ecosystems similar to a “medical check-up” for the ocean will be conducted for the second time after the first survey done last year. A representative from the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF) said […]
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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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Workshop on Yellow Sea Ecosystem Conservation held in the Republic of Korea
Minseon Kim, Program Officer The first workshop on Yellow Sea Ecosystem Conservation was held at the National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea in Seocheon on 15 December 2015. It was organised by the Ministry of Ocean and Fisheries (MOF), the Ornithological Society of Korea, Korea Marine Environment Management Corporation (KOEM), Korea Institute of Environmental Ecology […]
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