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The 1st Asian Argos birds tracking workshop was held in Tokyo, Japan
Yann Bernard Head, Environmental Monitoring Collecte Localisation Satellites(CLS) With 60 attendees, the 1st Asian Argos birds tracking workshop hosted by Keio University and organized by CLS Argos in Japan was a great success! Held in Tokyo on the last March 9, 2016 this workshop was aimed to make information exchange between biological and technical scientists […]
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Migration routes of Tundra Swans satellite-tracked from northern Japan
Wenbo CHEN, Tomoko DOKO, Go FUJITA, Kan KONISHI, and Hiroyoshi HIGUCHI Tundra Swans (Cygnus columbianus) breed in tundra regions near the North Pole, wintering in temperate regions of the coastal areas of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. The Eastern Palearctic (EP) flyway goes between southwest coast of Japan and the Arctic Ocean at the northeast […]
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An Oriental Stork arrived to Japan after a non-stop flight of 1077 kilometers – A new record for this species
Read in Korean Current status is still unknown… Professor Park “will submit a scientific publication” By Yongbin Kim of news1 Translated by EAAFP Secretariat A scientific publication will be submitted on an Oriental Stork that has arrived in Japan after flying over 1077 kilometers in a non-stop flight without any food or rest. “I’m planning […]
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Nationwide goose counts in Japan
日本語で読む Katsumi USHIYAMA (Coordinator of Anatidae WG) National Anatidae Census and Monitoring-Site 1000 are the two nationwide surveys of ducks and geese in Japan coordinated by the Ministry of Environment. National Anatidae Census has been conducted since 1972 every year in mid-January and it covers a wide range of wintering sites. Monitoring-Site 1000 is another long […]
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Hunter Estuary Ramsar Site [EAAF010] Focuses of Japanese Delegation Visit
By ABC News Officials from northern Japan were in the Hunter Valley to re-affirm their commitment to a long-standing agreement with Newcastle and Port Stephens over wetlands conservation. The mayor of the town of Kushiro led the four-person delegation, which included an official signing on 6 Nov 2015 and a wetlands cruise the following day. […]
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A presentation on Japan’s National Partnership
Read in Japanese (日本語) by EAAFP Secretariat Japan’s Focal Point, Ms. Kaori Tsujita, Wildlife Division, Nature Conservation Bureau, Ministry of the Environment, Japan, visited the EAAFP Secretariat on 17 August 2015 and gave us a presentation on the national partnership in Japan. She also visited several important wetlands in and around Songdo where the Secretariat […]
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TOKYO-Bay Shorebirds Survey was held in Japan
The TOKYO-Bay Shorebirds Survey (東京湾シギチドリ一斉調査) was held on 10 May 2015 for the occasion of the World Migratory Bird Day in Japan. 33 volunteers including researchers for the Monitoring Sites of Important Ecosystems (Monitoring Sites 1000) conducted by the Ministry of the Environment, Japan, participated in. In the early afternoon they simultaneously counted shorebirds at 14 sites […]
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Second Summary Report of long-term monitoring on Anatidae and shorebirds published in Japan
日本語で読む＞ Biodiversity Center of Japan, Ministry of the Environment, Japan The Ministry of the Environment, Japan (MOE-J) has been conducting long-term monitoring of important ecosystems since 2003, called “Monitoring Sites of Important Ecosystems” or “Monitoring Sites 1000” in short. The aim is to continuously track changes in various ecosystems in Japan, at fixed points in more than […]
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A translocated hand-reared Short-tailed Albatross is confirmed breeding successfully in Japan’s Ogasawara Islands
John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 27 March 2015 In May last year a Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus chick was found on Nakodojima Island, five kilometres south of Mukojima Island in Japan’s Ogasawara Islands where a translocation project (70 chicks over the four years 2007-2011) was undertaken, but it was not possible to identify the parent birds (click here). In […]
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East Asian-Australasian Flyway Network Sites in Japan
＜日本語で読む＞ A leaflet of East Asian-Australasian Flyway Network Sites in Japan was published by Ministry of the Environment, Japan. It contains photos, total area, key waterbird groups and its overview of each site. East Asian-Australasian Flyway Network Sites in Japan [English version] East Asian-Australasian Flyway Network Sites in Japan [Japanese version] To find out further, please visit […]
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