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2021 National Monitoring of Black-faced Spoonbill in Ro Korea
Black-faced Spoonbill National Monitoring at the Hwaseong Wetlands ⓒ Yunjoo Cho/EAAFP Since 2020, the EAAFP Secretariat has been supporting the project “the National monitoring on Black-faced Spoonbill and study on their habitats in the Republic of Korea“. Led by the Waterbird Network Korea, the Endangered Species Restoration Center of the National Institute of Ecology, the […]
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2021 Yellow Sea Peace Forum: The search for a Peace Zone in Maritime Border Areas and the Roles of Incheon City, Ro Korea
© Incheon institute The 2021 Yellow Sea Peace Forum was held on October 15th, 2021 in Songdo, Incheon, Ro Korea, hosted by Incheon Metropolitan City and the Incheon institute, with sponsor from the Ministry of Unification and Governors Association of Korea. The aims are to discuss publicity and cooperation surrounding the peaceful value of the […]
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EAAFP Secretariat local environmental education activities in Ro Korea
Eunsong Elementary School Lecture On 21, 22 June, and 27, 28 September, the EAAFP Secretariat was visited to conduct environmental education classes at a local school, Eunsong Elementary School, in Songdo, Incheon, where the Secretariat based. These 10 sessions for 5th and 6th Grade students aim to introduce Black-faced Spoonbill (BFS) and international organizations […]
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Captive-breed Black-faced Spoonbill returned to RO Korea after a year
Written by Dr. Inki Kwon (National Institute of Ecology) Since its artificial breeding in July last year, a Black-faced Spoonbill returned from China to Korea in May 2020, after wintering in Ningbo, China. The National Institute of Ecology (NIE), of the Ministry of Environment in the RO Korea has recently confirmed that the Black-faced spoonbill […]
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The training workshop for wardens/rangers to conserve Hwaseong wetlands (10 days in August & November, in the RO Korea)
Birds Korea will hold a workshop to train the future local wardens to conserve the Hwaseong wetland for five days from 9th to 13th August with the support of the EAAFP Secretariat and the Hwaseong Eco Foundation. Located in the center of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway, the Hwaseong Wetlands in the RO Korea has been […]
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“Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats” inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List
On 26th July, 2021, the 44th Session of the World Heritage Committee endorsed the inscription of the Republic of Korea’s tidal flats on the UNESCO World Natural Heritage List, marking an enormous step forward to secure the critical habitats of the Yellow Sea for millions of migratory waterbirds that depend on this area as a […]
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2021 Goyang City Forum, Ro Korea
The 2021 Goyang City Forum, following the first forum in 2019, was launched under the theme, ‘A Sustainable City for Citizen’s Happiness.’ The 3-day event took place from 28-30 June 2021 inviting experts from the three pillars in urban regeneration, climate action and environment and lifelong learning. The goal was to continue Ro Korea Goyang […]
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A video ‘Migratory Birds and Wetlands of Baengnyeong Island’ released by Green Korea Incheon
On 7th July, Green Korea Incheon, one of EAAFP Foundation’s 2020 Small Grant Fund grantee organization released a video ‘Migratory Birds and Wetlands of Baengnyeong Island’. The video is a part of their 2020 small grant project activities on promoting migratory birds and wetlands of Baengnyeong Island, Republic of Korea. The 2020 EAAFP Foundation Small […]
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Introducing marine conservation and management policy in the Republic of Korea
Ecological axis The Natural Environment Conservation Act, 1991 in the Republic of Korea (RO Korea) aims to sustain the utilization of the natural environment, providing the people to co-exist with nature through systematic conservation and management. In Article 2, the term “ecological axis” is defined as an ecological habitation space that links areas of ecological […]
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Getting Getbol (intertidal mudflats) of the Republic of Korea into World Natural Heritage Site inscription
The West/Yellow Sea, lies at the heart of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway, a migratory route for 50 million migratory waterbirds traverse on an annual basis which stretches from Russia Far East and Alaska, U.S.A. south to Australia and New Zealand covering 22 countries. This region is surrounded by three countries: The People’s Republic of […]
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