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A WMBD 2017 local event by the EAAFP Secretariat (20 April 2017 – 29 May 2017)
Ga-on Lee, Senior intern, EAAFP Secretariat After several months of preparation, our World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) event is nearing the end. I was fully involved in the preparation to promote the event through the East Asian-Australasian Flyway, and also lead the local event in the G-Tower in Incheon, the Republic of Korea. I would […]
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A conference on developing effective coordinated monitoring of East Asian Waterbirds in the 21st century was held in China
Yi Kunpeng, Chinese Academy of Sciences The International Conference on developing effective coordinated monitoring of East Asian Waterbirds in the 21st century was held on 6th-10th April 2017, in Hulun Lake National Nature Reserve, Inner Mongolia, China. More than 40 academics from 8 countries and regions, including China, Russia, Mongolia, Australia, Japan, the Republic of […]
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Saving a migratory icon: Recovering the Far Eastern Curlew
Micha Jackson, Magazine of the Threatened Species Recovery Hub The Far Eastern Curlew is a species of migratory shorebird, with a migration that can truly be described as spectacular. Every year they travel from their non-breeding grounds in the southern hemisphere to breed in boreal marshlands of the northern hemisphere. But, as Micha Jackson from […]
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China Adds Several Critical Migratory Waterbird Sites to the World Heritage Tentative List
Read in other languages: PRESS RELEASE: China adds critical migratory waterbird sites in the Bohai Gulf and Yellow Sea to the World Heritage Tentative List East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership Fourteen sites along the coast of the Bohai Gulf and the Yellow Sea of China have recently been added to the tentative list of sites to be […]
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Transboundary collaboration to save Far Eastern Curlew
Mark Carey (Chair) and Connie Warren (Coordinator) Far Eastern Curlew Task Force The Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis is one of the largest shorebirds in the world. Its very large size (900 g) and very long bill (19cm) distinguishes it from other similar species in Australia and the East Asian–Australasian Flyway (Flyway). It is endemic to […]
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Seabirds encounter natural changes in the ocean environment
Spike Millington, Chief Executive, EAAFP Secretariat Seabirds encounter natural changes in the ocean environment, such as El Nino events that can affect the currents and bring warm or cold water, which in turn affect the distribution and abundance of prey species, such as fish and squid. However, the risk with global climate change is that […]
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Sand mining poses threat to wetland and coastal habitats and biodiversity
Spike Millington, Chief Executive, EAAFP Secretariat While we focus on the loss of coastal habitat for ever-expanding infrastructural demands, from new residential developments to large ports, there is another insidious aspect to this development, which is the apparently insatiable demand for sand and gravel to make the concrete for the buildings. The production of this […]
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Qupałuk Flyway Network Site [EAAF133] – East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership
Casey Burns, State Wildlife Biologist, Bureau of Land Management–Alaska 7 February 2017 Following two years of data compilation and outreach, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) – Alaska, with support from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), nominated an East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) Flyway Network Site in Nov 2016. Named Qupałuk EAAFP Flyway Network Site, […]
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Mr. Eduardo Callo-Caijiao
Bird migration has fascinated humans for a long time. I have not been the exception when I had the opportunity to witness shorebirds taking off in their northern migrating from Roebuck Bay, North-western Australia. With a background in Biology and Environmental Science, I joined the EAAFP secretariat as a policy intern in an attempt to […]
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Ms. Alina Mykhailovska
My name is Alina Mykhailovska. I am 23 years old. I came from Ukraine and received the second master degree in Republic of Korea. I started to work in EAAFP in November 2013 and will finish it in February 2014. During this internship, I was responsible for party organization, different office activities (scanning, writing instructions […]
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