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IUCN WCC 2016 Side Event for conservation in EAAF
IUCN WCC 2016, A workshop on conservation of intertidal habitats and migratory waterbirds of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway, especially the Yellow Sea (4 September) Minseon Kim, Programme Officer, EAAFP Secretariat The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is one of EAAFP Partners and the IUCN World Conservation Congress (WCC) is the world’s largest and […]
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Spike Millington attends the Implementation Meeting of the Arctic Migratory Bird Initiative (AMBI) at Texel, Netherlands
Spike Millington attended the Implementation Meeting of the Arctic Migratory Bird Initiative (AMBI) at Texel, Netherlands on April 4-7th, organized by East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) Partners Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF). Evgeny Syroechkovskiy, EAAFP Focal Point for Russia and Rick Lanctot, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) represented Arctic countries in our Flyway […]
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Hanns Seidel Foundation Korea becomes 35th member of EAAFP
Felix J. GLENK Hanns Seidel Foundation Korea On April 14th, 2016, Hanns Seidel Foundation Korea became the 35th member of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP). “We are proud to be partners of the flyway partnership together with 15 national governments along the flyway, major international nature protection associations and NGO in the field of nature […]
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A visit to Slimbridge
Spike Millington, Chief Executive of EAAFP As a teenager growing up in England, a friend’s father used to take us on annual mid-winter trips to Slimbridge the home of the then Wildfowl Trust. The last time I visited was in 1969 and we saw Bewick’s Swan’s flighting into the lakes and White-fronted Geese on the […]
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Relevant Scientific Articles updated in April 2016
If you need full scientific articles, please contact Dr Judit Szabo, the science officer. Anatidae Buhnerkempe, M. G., C. T. Webb, A. A. Merton, J. E. Buhnerkempe, G. H. Givens, R. S. Miller, and J. A. Hoeting. 2016. Identification of migratory bird flyways in North America using community detection on biological networks. Ecological Applications 26:740–751. […]
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Baer’s Pochard (Aythya baeri)
Terry Townshend from Birding Beijing Latest updates: 14 April 2016: 83 counted at a lake in Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province. A video of some of the birds: 9 April 2016 6 at Miyun Reservoir before the observer was ejected by police. 20 March 2016 A pair at the Summer Palace (JH) A pair at Miyun Reservoir (TT, […]
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Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force: News Bulletin No.15, April 2016
The 15th Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force (SBS TF) News Bulletin is now available here. The contents are as below. To read previous news bulletins and find out more about Spoon-billed Sandpiper, please visit our SBS TF page. Foreword from the Editor Banding in Rudong and Dongtai Jiangsu, China Autumn survey in Rudong, China Links Hotel and Birding Tours […]
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New migratory shorebirds plan to help protect some of Australia’s favourite overseas visitors
The Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for the Environment, Government of Australia Press release The Australian Government is today launching a new plan to help protect 35 species of shorebirds that regularly travel thousands of kilometres to visit our shores. Shorebirds such as the female Bar-tailed Godwit match the incredible long-haul range of an Airbus A380. We […]
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Urgent action to save shorebirds set for extinction in 30 years
Birdlife Australia Press release Today’s Shorebird Summit will agree on ambitious action to halt Australia’s looming shorebird extinction crisis. Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt will address international representatives local conservation groups and scientific experts who are meeting in Melbourne today to urgently address the massive population decline of migratory shorebirds who call Australia home. “These […]
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Baer’s Pochard Task Force organises surveys for the 2016 breeding season
Richard Hearn Baer’s Pochard Task Force Global Coordinator Our current knowledge of the summer distribution of Baer’s Pochard is extremely limited; the species is known to occur regularly at fewer than five sites. These birds account for a small proportion of the number counted in winter 2014-15, when a minimum of 238 individuals were located. […]
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