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Support Scaly-sided Merganser
With a thin red bill and a scaled dark pattern on the flanks and rump, Scaly-sided Merganser is one of only four existing species of sawbills (nickname for large mergansers of the genus Mergus). Its existence is under threat because of habitat loss.Endangered!The Scaly-sided Merganser is listed as Endangered in the IUCN Red List of […]
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World Migratory Bird Day 2019 Celebrations Across the East Asian-Australasian Flyway
The World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) 2019 was held on May 11th and October 12th across the world. This year’s theme, “Protect Birds: Be the Solution to Plastic Pollution” emphasizes the adverse effect of plastic on migratory birds and their habitats. Through the support from the EAAFP Small Grant Programme, many of our partners were […]
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2019 Shinan International Symposium on Conservation Strategy for Migratory Birds and Their Habitats in the Yellow Sea
On the 12th and 13th of November 2019, “Shinan International Symposium on Conservation Strategy for Migratory Birds and Their Habitats in the Yellow Sea” was held in Shinan, RO Korea, followed by 3rd Meeting of the Trilateral Yellow Sea Working Group on 11th Nov (click for more details), under the host of Shinan County, Ministry […]
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3rd Meeting of the Trilateral Yellow Sea Working Group held in Shinan, Ro Korea
The 3rd Meeting of the Working Group on the Conservation of the Yellow Sea Intertidal and Associated Coastal Wetlands was held in Shinan, the Republic of Korea on 11th November, 2019 under the leadership and host of Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries Korea and Shinan County. Facilitated by IUCN, EAAFP and RRC-EA acting as secretariat […]
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First Swan Goose Festival in DPR Korea – Celebrating World Migratory Bird Day
Migratory birds link people across the Flyway. At the time of World Migratory Bird Day, our Partner in The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea held their first Swan Goose Festival on 13th October at Mundok Migratory Bird Reserve (EAAFP Flyway Network Site and Ramsar Site), to join the global celebration of the amazing journey of migratory […]
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WMBD 2019 Reports
October 2019 EAAFP – South Korea Event name:World Migratory Bird Day Event 2019 and the 2019 IFEZ Global Villages Festival in Incheon, South Korea Organizer: EAAFP Secretariat Participants:EAAFP joined 2019 IFEZ Global Village Festival in Incheon, Ro Korea and held a booth to promote WMBD on 12 October 2019 and hundreds of people stopped by the […]
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A Briefing on Environment Conservation and Cooperation on the Korean Peninsula
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has been active in promoting environmental and nature conservation in recent years since joining Ramsar Convention of Wetlands, and becoming a national Partner of EAAFP in 2018. On May 17th 2019, the East Asian – Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP), Ramsar Regional Centre – East Asia (RRC-EA) and Hanns […]
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The EAAFP Secretariat visit to Janghang Wetland and Paju CCZ(DMZ) in RO Korea
The EAAFP Secretariat visited Flyway Network Sites Janghang Wetland and Paju CCZ (DMZ) in RO Korea on 4th and 5th in June 2019. Janghang wetland is the new Flyway Network Site of EAAFP (EAAF143), and Paju CCZ (DMZ) is the potential Flyway Network Site. Janghang Wetland is located in the Han River estuary at the trans-boundary […]
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Study focuses on the international agreements for conserving migratory shorebirds in the EAAF
International collaboration and cooperation are the common mantra for advancing the conservation of migratory shorebirds, and all additional migratory waterbirds, in the EAAF. Those international efforts are oftentimes materialised through agreements. Hence, improving our understanding of the system of those instruments is fundamental to advance our conservation agenda in the flyway, as they represent key […]
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Cheorwon Plain – Crane paradise in DMZ between DPR Korea and RO Korea
The Cheorwon Plain in the northern part of the RO Korea is an important site for wintering birds, especially cranes and geese, and has been designated as one of the 12 Flyway Network Sites (FNS ) in the country. The Plain is dominated by rice fields fed by water from a number of reservoirs, and […]
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