• “Tackling Impact on Seabirds by Light Pollution at Sea” Webinar

    Following the 2022 World Migratory Bird Day theme highlighting the impact of Light Pollution on migratory waterbirds, more discussion on tackling the impact of Light Pollution has been inspired. In this webinar, we invited the Government representative of New Zealand as well as USFWS Alaska to share with us their recent conservation actions, with a […]

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  • White-winged Tern

    White-winged tern ©Kenneth Lam   Common name: White-winged Tern Scientific name:  Chlidonias leucopterus Local names: Белокрылая крачка (Russian), 白翅浮鸥 (Simplified Chinese), 白翅浮鷗 (called in Hong Kong),白翅黑燕鷗(called in Taiwan) (traditional Chinese), 흰죽지제비갈매기 (Korean), ハジロクロハラアジサシ(Japanese), Dara laut sayap putih (Indonesian), Camar Bermisai (Malayu), Nhàn xám (Vietnamese), นกนางนวลแกลบดำปีกขาว(Thai). Also known as White-winged Black Tern. Conservation status: IUCN – […]

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  • MOP 11 Report on Implementation

    Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China (Mainland, Hong Kong), DPR Korea, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Philippines, RO Korea, Russia, Singapore, Thailand, USA, Vietnam  ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity, Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna, Convention on Biological Diversity, Convention on Migratory Species, Food & Agriculture Organisations, Ramsar Convention on Wetlands 

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  • Winners of 2022 “Year of the Terns” Photo Contest Announced!

    On the second peak of 2022 World Migratory Bird Day (8th October, 2022), the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) Secretariat and its Seabird Working Group announced the results of the 2022 “Year of the Terns” Photo Contest”, featuring the beauty of terns in East Asian-Australasian Flyway. Over 170 entries covering 19 out of 27 tern […]

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  • World Migratory Bird Day 2022 Webinars

    Brief Introduction With the official slogan of World Migratory Bird Day 2022  “Dim the Lights for Birds at Night!”, this global campaign focus on the impacts of light pollution on migratory birds. To raise awareness among EAAFP Partners, researchers, conservationists, and the general public about the impact of Light Pollution to migratory birds in the […]

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  • Community Support Project 2020 – Honest Stories of Local People and Citizens Joining Together: ‘How can We Maintain the Benefits from the Hwaseong Wetlands?’

    © KFEM Hwaseong From March to May 2020, it gets busy at the Hwaseong Wetlands. During this period, flocks of shorebirds flying over the Pacific Ocean from Australia and New Zealand arrive. Along with Summer migratory waterbirds such as Black-faced Spoonbills and Egrets coming from the west coast for breeding, winter birds, including Bean Geese […]

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  • WMBD 2021 Reports

    October 2021 Cambodia Event name: World Migratory Bird Day event in Toul Pantaley Boeung Sna Multiple Used Area, Cambodia Organizer:  -General Directorate of Administration for Nature Conservation and Protection, Ministry of Environment of Cambodia -Toul Pantaley Boeung Sner Community -Department of Environment Prey Veng Province Participants: Total 56 peoples from various position. Summary: This was […]

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  • 8th Wetland Link International – Asia Conference (Part 2) held in the Philippines

    From 26th  to 29th July, 2022, The Ramsar Regional Center – East Asia (RRC-EA) and the Society for the Conservation of Philippine Wetlands (SCPW), in collaboration with the Wildfowl and Wetland Trust (WWT), Las Piñas – Parañaque Wetland Park (LPPWP), and with the support of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, the ASEAN Center […]

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  • Join 2022 “Year of the Terns” Photo Contest

      Official Photo Contest website: https://woobox.com/dsmyac Photo Contest Guidelines PDF: English / Bahasa Indonesia / Chinese [Simplified / Traditional] / Japanese/ Korean For more in Japanese, visit the Wild Bird Society of Japan (WBSJ) website: https://www.wbsj.org/activity/event/terns-photocontest-2022/ Learn more about the “Year of the Terns” campaign, click here. EAAFP Year of The Terns Photo Contest There […]

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  • Literature list (July-December 2021)

    1) Biology & ecology Conklin, J. R., S. Lisovski, and P. F. Battley. 2021. Advancement in long-distance bird migration through individual plasticity in departure. Nature Communications 12:4780. Wang, Y., I. Damba, Q. Zhao, Y. Xie, X. Deng, R. Ga, G. Liu, Z. Xu, Y. Li, D. Gao, W. Xu, G. Chen, and L. Cao. 2021. […]

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