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Rare sighting of marked spoon-billed sandpiper on migration
A rare sighting of a marked spoon-billed sandpiper on migration was reported last weekend from Rudong mudflats north of Shanghai The critically endangered bird was identified by a lime green plastic flag on its leg marked ‘01’ that was attached by scientists from Birds Russia on its breeding grounds this summer. Conservationists know that this […]
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Spoon-billed sandpiper numbers boosted by conservationists
Critically endangered spoon-billed sandpipers fledglings have increased in number by a quarter in 2013, after conservationists intervened to hand rear chicks. As few as 100 breeding pairs remain in the wild, rearing just 60 young between them each year on average. The 16 additional hand-reared young are a significant boost for the species, which is […]
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500 Children’s animation on saving Spoon-billed Sandpiper
This project involved 500 children and helpers from 12 areas and 8 countries (Russia, Republic of Korea, Japan, Jiangsu and Fujian in mainland China, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar and Bangladesh) which are along Spoon-billed Sandpiper’s migratory route. Children helped colouring over 1200 pictures for the animation one by one. The whole project took about 8 months […]
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New cooperation for conservation of Arctic breeding birds migrating along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway
June 10, 2013, Anchorage, Alaska: Today, the Secretariats of the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) and the Partnership for the East Asian-Australasian Flyway (EAAFP) signed a Resolution of Cooperation to better coordinate efforts to promote and protect birds along a migratory flywaythat is home to over 50 million waterbirds. The East Asia-Australasian Flyway […]
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Slipping Away: Baer’s Pochard on the verge of extinction
Baer’s Pochard Aythya baeri was formerly a relatively common and widespread duck in Asia, although it has possibly not been abundant for a long time, and in fact there has never really been a good understanding of its population size. This species has always been somewhat overlooked by ornithologists, partly owing to difficulties visiting and […]
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Sonadia Island given International Recognition for Wildlife
Sonadia Island’s importance for wildlife has been given international recognition by BirdLife International, a global conservation organization. Sonadia Island has been declared as 20th Important Bird Area (IBA) of Bangladesh by BirdLife International. Conservationists say that the island is one of the most important and unique biodiversity hotspots in Bangladesh. It was declared as a […]
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Wildlife Conservation Society Joins the EAAFP
On 19 March, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) became the 29th Partner of EAAFP, with the unanimous support of all Partners. During the application process, Partners warmly welcomed WCS and indeed many Partners already work collaboratively with WCS programmes, projects and staff in many countries of the Flyway. In addition to bringing in the knowledge […]
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EAAFP Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force Newsletter for No.9 February 2013 published
The EAAFP Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force (SBS TF) has been published its ninth newsletter in February 2013. In this newsletter, we present updates of autumn surveys in China including Rudong and winter update from South Korea and share some other actvities from Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Russia. The Spoon-billed Sandpiper Recovery Team (SBS RT) […]
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Ringed Red-crowned Cranes Observed in Haman, South Korea
Professor Lee Kisup (Dr. Lee Kisup) from South Korea reported on the meeting of Japanese (Red-crowned) cranes pair with white plastic rings 1K4 and 1K5 in paddy fields near the town of Haman Gyeongnam Province January 17, 2013. In 2011, these birds are still in the eggs were brought from the nursery Oka Crane Reserve. […]
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2012 Black-faced Spoonbill Festival, Songdo, Republic of Korea
The 2012 Black-faced Spoonbill Festival was held in Songdo, Incheon, Republic of Korea, on the 22nd of December 2012, organized by the Incheon Office of the Korean Federation for Environmental Movement and Yeonsu-gu Office. The festival was open to everyone, and attracted several hundred people. The Black-faced Spoonbill Festival aims at teaching youngsters some bird-watching […]
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