• Building capacity for waterbird ringing in Bangladesh

    Richard Hearn Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust We have just returned from working with IUCN Bangladesh and the Bangladesh bird club (Bbc) to develop a programme of duck capture and ringing, and wild bird surveillance for avian influenza, at Tanguar Haor [EAAF105], a vast Ramsar site in northern Bangladesh. The site is of huge global importance […]

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  • Introducing the Bangladesh Spoon-billed Sandpiper Conservation Project (BSCP)

    by Sayam Chowdhury on Wader Quest newsletter Bangladesh Spoon-billed Sandpiper Conservation Project EAAFP Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force Assistant Coordinator The first specimen of the critically endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea) was collected in the mid-19th century from Bangladesh, which still retains the record for the highest single count anywhere in the world – 202 birds […]

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  • Further SBS surveys along Sandwip coast in Bangladesh

    by Sayam U. Chowdhury Bangladesh Spoon-billed Sandpiper Conservation Project EAAFP Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force Assistant Coordinator After the discovery of the new Spoon-billed Sandpiper site in Bangladesh in February 2015, Bangladesh Spoon-billed Sandpiper Conservation Project (BSCP) conducted a detailed survey between 5 and 11 December 2015. The team counted a total of 30,648 waterbirds of […]

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  • World Migratory Bird Day Celebration in Bangladesh

    On 9 May 2015, Bangladesh Forest Department celebrated World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) with a great interest in Moulovibazar district of Sylhet Division – one of the most important places for migratory waterbirds. The theme “Save migratory birds and the places they need” highlighted the importance of deploying energy technologies in a way that minimizes […]

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  • New Spoon-billed Sandpiper site and monitoring at Sonadia Island in Bangladesh

    Md. Foysal & Sayam U. Chowdhury   Along with monthly monitoring of shorebirds on Sonadia Island, Bangladesh Spoon-billed Sandpiper Conservation Project (BSCP) conducts surveys in previously unsurveyed areas such as the Sundarbans (2012). As part of the new area search BSCP carried out a detailed survey around Sandwip, Chittagong between 3 and 11 February 2015. […]

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  • The worst disaster in the Sundarban mangrove, Bangladesh

    As a result of a collision between a tanker and a cargo ship, more than 350,000 litres of oil spilled into the Sela river which is part of the Sundarban mangrove in Bangladesh. This is the worst man-made disaster the Sundarbans has ever faced. The area is considered home to the world’s most endangered species […]

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  • Save Sonadia, Save Spoon-billed Sandpiper in Bangladesh

    Bangladesh SBS Conservation Project team has finally launched a yearlong awareness campaign on Sonadia Island. More than 500 people participated in the event that included shorebird photo exhibition, film shows on SBS work in Bangladesh and Russia, folks songs and drama on bird conservation highlighting SBS. The Upazila Nirbahi Officer – Sub-district Executive Officer of […]

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  • Check out this video of Bangladesh Spoon-billed Sandpiper Conservation Project led by EAAFP SBS task force

    Bangladesh Spoon-billed Sandpiper Conservation Project has been working in Bangladesh in an organized manner since 2009. The goal of the project is to conserve and conduct research on the critically endangered Spoon-billed Sandpipers Eurynorhynchus pygmeus wintering along the coast of Bangladesh especially on Sonadia island. The project discovered local hunters were hunting SBS along with […]

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  • Bangladesh to add five new network sites to the Flyway Site Network

    Five sites in Bangladesh – Nijhum Dweep National Park, Sonadia, Hakaluki Haor, Tanguar Haor and Hail Haor have been added to the Flyway Site Network as internationally important habitats for migratory waterbirds. Nijhum Dweep National Park and Sonadia are important coastal habitats which support diverse range of shorebirds including the critically endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper (Eurynorhynchus […]

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  • The People’s Republic of Bangladesh becomes the 23rd Partner

    The People’s Republic of Bangladesh is officially a Partner (the 23rd) of the East Asian – Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) as from 6 August 2010. It is very significant that the People’s Republic of Bangladesh has joined the Partnership because the country includes many important wetlands for waterbirds of the East Asian – Australasian Flyway […]

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