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Scientific Task Force on Avian Influenza and Wild Birds statement on 20 December 2016
Scientific Task Force on Avian Influenza and Wild Birds statement on: H5N8 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in poultry and wild birds 20 December 2016 This statement, from the United Nations Environment Programme/Convention on Migratory Species (UNEP/CMS) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Co-Convened Scientific Task Force on Avian Influenza and Wild Birds is […]
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Ecologically and Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs): A Focus for Connectivity
Spike Millington, Chief Executive, EAAFP Secretariat At the Tenth Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Nagoya, Japan, government parties agreed on a process for describing Ecologically and Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs) to notify the UN General Assembly (UNGA) of the need to effectively conserve and manage these areas. The […]
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Latest research for Asian population of Brent Goose: Seeking the cooperative count survey and re-sight observations of banded Brent Goose
Read in Japanese (???) Yusuke Sawa (BirdLife International Tokyo) Brent Geese Branta bernicla breed widely along the coastal line of Arctic Ocean in Eurasia, Alaska, Canada and also in Greenland. The estimated global population is about 500,000 birds. The Asian population of Brent Goose B.b.nigricans is estimated to be 6,000 to 10,000 birds, wintering in Japan, […]
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OFFLU Network statement and guidance on HPAI H5N8
OIE/FAO Network of expertise on animal influenza (OFFLU) Situation Report and Guidance for H5N8 and other Eurasian H5 clade 2.3.4.4 Avian Influenza Viruses 29 November 2016 Wild birds play important roles in the circulation of avian influenza viruses and are reservoirs for low pathogenicity strains. In general, avian influenza viruses in wild birds can be […]
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Raising future conservation leaders in Incheon
Read in other languages: Miyoung Choi, Finance Officer EAAFP has supported the Incheon Youth Research Club Activity Project, a citizen awareness raising program each year since 2014. This project was led by the local teachers environmental association with the aim to raising awareness of local students through nature research competition. EAAFP Communication Officer Tomoko Ichikawa […]
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World Heritage status for migratory waterbirds and their habitats?
Spike Millington, Chief Executive, EAAFP Secretariat Recently I participated in a workshop at Mokpo in the southern part of Korea focusing on Korea’s initiative to nominate its southwestern tidal flats as a World Heritage site. A hard-working team has been developing this proposal for a few years now, with the help and advice from experts […]
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How to build a site managers network?
Spike Millington, Chief Executive, EAAFP Secretariat I wrote the last introduction of the Newsletter from the World Conservation Congress in Hawaii, and I write this one from Suncheon Bay in the Republic of Korea, which is hosting the 8th regional level training workshop for wetland and flyway site managers in East and Southeast Asia, supported […]
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Spike attends the 10th INTECOL International Wetlands Conference
Spike Millington, Chief Executive, EAAFP Secretariat A workshop on the Conservation and Wise Use of Wetlands in North-east Asia, with a focus on the coastal wetlands of the Yellow Sea/West Sea, was held on September 21, 2016 during the 10th INTECOL International Wetlands Conference in Changsu, China. The meeting brought together representatives of the Governments […]
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Spoon-billed Sandpiper observation in Yubu-do in Sept-Oct 2016
The Secretariat received a news from Mr. Ju Yung-Ki about the recent observation of Spoon-billed Sandpipers in Yubu-do Tidal Flat [EAAF101], Republic of Korea (RoK) as below. Total nine (9) Spoon-billed Sandpiper (SBS) were observed at the Yubu-do Tidal Flat (N 36.00, E 126.60), RoK, between 19 September and 4 October 2016. One SBS with: […]
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HSF attends 6th Rason International Trade Exhibition in DPRK
EAAFP Partner Hanns Seidel Foundation Korea (HSF Korea) attended the 6th Rason International Trade Exhibition in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), 8-11 August 2016. The DPRK has many important habitats for migratory waterbirds such as Scaly-sided Merganser, Swan Goose and Black-faced Spoonbill. The EAAFP Secretariat worked together with HSF Korea in developing CEPA materials for the […]
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