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Indonesian wetland managers gather to share best practices and build a national partnership
Minseon Kim, EAAFP Programme Officer An Indonesian National Training Workshop for Flyway and Ramsar site managers was held in Jakarta on 19-23 September 2016, kindly organised by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF) of Indonesia and Wetlands International Indonesia. It was co-funded by the Ramsar Regional Centre for East Asia (RRC-EA) and the East […]
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New migratory shorebirds plan to help protect some of Australia’s favourite overseas visitors
The Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for the Environment, Government of Australia Press release The Australian Government is today launching a new plan to help protect 35 species of shorebirds that regularly travel thousands of kilometres to visit our shores. Shorebirds such as the female Bar-tailed Godwit match the incredible long-haul range of an Airbus A380. We […]
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Survey confirms Chinese Crested Terns in Indonesia
by Ed Parnell BirdLife International A survey team led by Burung Indonesia (BirdLife in Indonesia) and BirdLife’s Asia Division has confirmed a wintering site of the globally threatened Chinese Crested Tern Thalasseus bernsteini in eastern Indonesia. At least one adult and possibly one first-year Chinese Crested Tern were seen in a flock of up to […]
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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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Technical Supervision on EAAFP for Stakeholders of Wasur National Park, Indonesia
Reported by Agung Nugroho (Ministry of Environment and Forestry) and Yus Rusila Noor (Wetlands International Indonesia) Merauke, 27–28 August 2015 As the implementation of the EAAFP Implementation Strategy at country level, especially on capacity building, Indonesia has carried out a Technical Supervision on East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership targeted to relevant stakeholder of Wasur National Park [EAAF008], […]
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Sixth Meeting of Partners (MoP6) of EAAFP held in Palembang, Indonesia
On 19-22 March 2012, the Sixth Meeting of Partners (MoP6) of the East Asian – Australasian Flyway Partnership was successfully held in Palembang, South Sumatra, with 70 international and 30 domestic participants. The meeting was attended by 26 Partners out of 27, three potential governmental Partners, 30 technical advisors and domestic experts. Minister of Forestry […]
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