• New Agreement for the Conservation of the Republic of Korea’s Top Coastal Wetland

    Read in Korean By Mike Crosby, BirdLife International BirdLife International and the Government of Seocheon County have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding on the conservation of the Geum Estuary [EAAF100] in the Republic of Korea. The MoU was signed by Mr Pakrae Noh, the Mayor of Seocheon County, and Patricia Zurita, BirdLife’s Chief Executive […]

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  • 4500 Cranes arrived in the Republic of Korea

    Dr. Kisup Lee, Waterbird Network Korea Yesterday (25 October 2015) was an exciting day. Many bird watchers sent me the messages about cranes. More than 4,000 Hooded Cranes have arrived in the Republic of Korea. Most of them are now staying at Cheonsu Bay, Seosan. But some of them also have arrived at Suncheon and Gumi. During the daytime […]

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  • The World Leaders’ Conservation Forum held in Jeju, Republic of Korea

    EAAFP Secretariat   The World Leaders’ Conservation Forum was held from 7 to 9 July 2015 at the International Convention Center in Jeju, Republic of Korea. It was organized by the Ministry of the Environment, Korea, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, and International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). There were 700 participants from 52 countries […]

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  • WMBD celebration in Gimpo, Republic of Korea

     [???? ??] On  the 11th of May 2015, the Korean Association of Wild Birds Protection Federation celebrated their 10th anniversary and World Migratory Bird Day 2015 at the Gimpo Art Hall. The Association was established for the conservation of the White-naped Crane and its habitat. The ceremony began with a sand art performance and was followed by the documentary ‘La Peuple Migrateur’ about […]

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  • Republic of Korea celebrates WMBD with EAAFP Flyway Site Managers Workshop in Seosan

    한국어로 읽기 Minseon Kim, EAAFP Programme Officer To mark 2015 World Migratory Bird Day in Republic of Korea, a Flyway Site Manager workshop was organized on 15th-16th May 2015 by the Ministry of Environment of Korea, in cooperation with EAAFP, Seosan City and the National Institute of Biological Resources. At the opening ceremony, Young-In Kim, […]

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  • WMBD 2015 celebration at Chadwick International School in Songdo, Incheon, Republic of Korea

    To celebrate World Migratory Birds Day (WMBD) 2015, Tomoko Ichikawa, Communication Officer of EAAFP Secretariat, gave a lecture “Do You Know About Migratory Birds?” at Chadwick International School in Songdo, Republic of Korea on 6th of May. This lecture fit in the section ‘We have responsibilities to protect living things and share the environment’ of the ‘Sharing the Planet’ […]

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  • Status of Birds, 2014: A Special Report on Bird Population Trends and Conservation Status in the Republic of Korea (from Birds Korea)

    Birds Korea, contributed to conserving birds and their habitats in South Korea and the Yellow Sea Eco-region, published Status of Birds, 2014 last September. It mainly contains a lot of the changes to bird populations and the national landscape in Korea. To read the English-language version of this important report, please click on here.

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  • Singapore students visited Seocheon, Republic of Korea, as part of Flyway Sister Sites and Sister Wetland Affiliations Programme

    Mr. Mohamad Azlin, National Parks Board, Singapore As part of the Sister Wetland Affiliations Programme and Flyway Sister Sites activity, linking Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve (SBWR) and Geum River Estuary of Seocheon County, a group of 22 students and three teachers from River Valley High School embarked on a one-week exchange programme to the Republic […]

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  • 1st World Wildlife Day on 3rd March 2014 in the Republic of Korea

    EAAFP Participated to Celebration of 1st World Wildlife Day on 3rd March 2014 in the Republic of Korea: On 3rd of March, EAAFP participated in an event hosted by  Ministry of Environment Korea to mark the first World Wildlife Day. The date was proclaimed by the United Nations to celebrate the importance of invaluable wild […]

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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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