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Saving Songdo Namdong Reservoir saves our internationally shared Black-faced Spoonbill in the Flyway
Despite the rapid loss of intertidal mudflats and mudflats due to rapid urban development in the last two decades, the small area of Songdo (Gojan) mudflats in Incheon still supports numerous migratory waterbirds breeding and wintering during the migrations along the flyway. Many migratory shorebirds including Bar-tailed Godwit, which fly non-stop from Australia and New […]
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Eggs mean fresh hope for Spoon-billed Sandpipers
Media Release Media release issued on behalf of Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT), Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), Birds Russia, Moscow Zoo, British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), BirdLife International, ArcCona Consulting and the Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force One of the world’s rarest birds has a new hope: it’s laid eggs in captivity for […]
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News from the field: Birds returning to the breeding site discovered in 2015
Posted on: 08 June 2016 Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper Our latest update comes Evgeny Syroechkovskiy, Director of Birds Russia and Head of the Arctic Biodiversity Conservation Centre of the All-Russian Institute for Nature Conservation. Evgeny reports that although spring came early on the breeding grounds this year with relatively warm weather in the first half […]
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Radio Series on EAAF
A series of radio shows by ABC and BBC with Ann Jones on shorebirds and the threats to them along the East Asian–Australasian Flyway (EAAF) is available this month. Listen to the radio shows here: Life on the East Asian Flyway Background story: Flying for your life: The journey begins on Off Track Guests include: Chris Hassel (Global Flyway Network), Dr […]
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Internationally protected areas – May 2016 e-Newsletter
Spike Millington, Chief Executive The Arctic Migratory Bird Initiative of the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) recognizes that to save Arctic breeding migratory birds, actions are required outside of the Arctic. For designated priority species, actions are proposed primarily at staging areas, identifying intertidal mudflats in the Yellow Sea as a key area. Similarly, […]
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Relevant Scientific Articles updated in May 2016
If you need full scientific articles, please contact Dr Judit Szabo, the science officer. Anatidae Roberts, B. E. I., W. E. Harris, G. M. Hilton, and S. J. Marsden. 2016. Taxonomic and Geographic Bias in Conservation Biology Research: A Systematic Review of Wildfowl Demography Studies. PLoS ONE 11:e0153908. Simonsen, C. E., J. Madsen, I. M. […]
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Historic Cobourg Peninsula is a model of wise use and wetland conservation, 40 years after its designation as a Wetland of International Importance
Department of the Environment, Australia In May 1974, Australia listed the Cobourg Peninsula as the world’s first Wetland of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention, bringing international recognition to this remote and unspoiled area. During the 40 years since its designation, the unique values and the ecological character of the site have been maintained, through its […]
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Mark Barter Travel Award for Australasian Shorebird Conference, Auckland, NZ, October 2016.
Ken Gosbell, Australasian Wader Studies Group (AWSG) The Australasian Wader Studies Group (AWSG) Committee has sponsored an Award to honour the late Mark Barter. Shorebird workers and others will be aware of the tremendous contribution that Mark made to the understanding and conservation of shorebirds in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway over many years. In view of […]
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The ICF Bugle May 2016
The new issue of The ICF Bugle, quarterly newsletter of the the International Crane Foundation (ICF) is published. Click here to read it in pdf file. Past issues of The ICF Bugle are available here. Click on the image above to read the May 2016 issue of The ICF Bugle This issue includes topics below: International Nature School […]
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World Migratory Bird Day
Spike Millington EAAFP Chief Executive EAAFP e-Newsletter April 2016 Introduction To our Partners and Supporters, May 10th marks World Migratory Bird Day, an annual event to raise awareness of the wonders of bird migration across the globe and join together to celebrate the annual journeys, often challenging and sometimes perilous, that millions of birds undertake each […]
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