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CBD becomes our 31st Partner
On the 5th April 2014, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was unanimously approved by all EAAFP Partners to be EAAFP’s 31st Partner, joining the Secretariats of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands and the Convention on Migratory Species as inter-governmental Partners representing international conventions. The Convention was signed by 150 government leaders […]
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Scientific Task Force on Avian Influenza and Wild Birds statement
Scientific Task Force on Avian Influenza and Wild Birds statement on: H5N8 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in poultry and wild birds in Republic of Korea January 2014 KEY MESSAGES Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreaks are most frequently associated with domestic poultry production systems and value chains. H5N8 HPAI virus has recently emerged in […]
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Wild Migratory Waterbirds are the Victims of Bird Flu, not the Cause
As a new bird flu outbreak hits domestic duck farms in North Jeolla province in Korea this week, we are hearing the usual speculation and misinformation about the role of migratory waterbirds in the transmission of the disease. Mild, so-called Low Pathogenic, strains of avian influenza (LPAI) occur naturally in populations of wild and domestic […]
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Seosan workshop to document best practice for the design and operation of wetland education centres
The workshop on best practices for the design and operation of wetland education centres was held in Cheonsu Bay (Seosan, South Korea), home to tens of thousands of migratory waterbirds along the East Asian -Australasian Flyway, on 4-8 November 2013. Wetland education centres are essential for learning and training about wetlands for coexistence between humans […]
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North-East Asian Sub-regional Programme for Environmental Cooperation (NEASPEC) called the expert group meeting for key migratory birds
The North-East Asian Sub-regional Programme for Environmental Cooperation (NEASPEC) organized the Expert Group Meeting (EGM) Conservation and Rehabilitation of Habitats for Key Migratory Birds in North-East Asia on 10-11 October 2013 in Incheon, Republic of Korea, to bring together national experts and other stakeholders to review subregional and national challenges related to the conservation of […]
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Global Importance of China’s tidal-flats for Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper Recognised
Shanghai, (Seoul, Tokyo, Moscow, London, Berlin, Denver) 29 October 2013 A survey of the Chinese coastline by the conservation network “SBS in China” supported by 15 waterbird experts from the international Spoon-billed Sandpiper (SBS) Task Force (1) confirms the outstanding international conservation importance of intertidal wetlands in Jiangsu Province. The survey, conducted from October 15th-19th […]
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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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EAAFP Side Event and Participation at CBD COP11, Hyderabad, India
The Secretariat of the EAAFP participated in the Eleventh Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 11) held in Hyderabad, India, from the 8th to the 19th of October 2012, to raise awareness of the importance of critical habitats for migratory waterbirds along the flyway and the role […]
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Launch of the “GIN report” was held jointly with the publication of the fifth edition of the Waterbird Population Estimates at Ramsar COP11
With the generous support of Seosan City, Republic of Korea, the government of Switzerland and the Secretariat of the East Asian – Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP), an international workshop to review good practice in international initiatives for the conservation of migratory waterbirds and other species was convened by the Ramsar Convention, the Convention on Migratory […]
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Australia government celebrated World Migratory Bird Day by hosting a special presentation
On 15th of May, the Australian Government celebrated World Migratory Bird Day by hosting a special lunchtime presentation in Canberra from Dr. Richard Fuller of the University of Queensland. Dr. Fuller presented results from research (partly funded by the Australian Government through an Australian Research Council Linkage Grant) that confirmed rapid declines in Australia’s migratory […]
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