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Workshop on Yellow Sea Ecosystem Conservation held in the Republic of Korea
Minseon Kim, Program Officer The first workshop on Yellow Sea Ecosystem Conservation was held at the National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea in Seocheon on 15 December 2015. It was organised by the Ministry of Ocean and Fisheries (MOF), the Ornithological Society of Korea, Korea Marine Environment Management Corporation (KOEM), Korea Institute of Environmental Ecology […]
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Final Update for Wader Conservation World Watch 2015
Wader Quest Prize Draw: Winner 2015 Mike and Rose Clear New South Wales, Australia Wader Conservation World Watch is part of the Wader Conservation November initiative. 2015 results Together we have seen 125 species There have been 178 observers In 33 countries On 6 continents and all 9 flyways […]
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EAAFP Participates in the Geum River Migratory Bird Festival
Read in Korean Eunjin Yu, EAAFP intern From November 6th to 8th 2015, members of EAAFP Secretariat participated in the Geum River Migratory Bird Festival in Seocheon, Republic of Korea. The festival took place in the Bird Village, near the Geum River Estuary. Many government officials including the mayors of Seocheon and Gunsan city and Deputy Director joined the […]
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New Agreement for the Conservation of the Republic of Korea’s Top Coastal Wetland
Read in Korean By Mike Crosby, BirdLife International BirdLife International and the Government of Seocheon County have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding on the conservation of the Geum Estuary [EAAF100] in the Republic of Korea. The MoU was signed by Mr Pakrae Noh, the Mayor of Seocheon County, and Patricia Zurita, BirdLife’s Chief Executive […]
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International Symposium for HPAI and Wild Bird Conservation was held in ROK
by EAAFP Secretariat The international Symposium for HPAI and Wild Bird Conservation (23-24 July 2015) was held at the National Institute of Ecology in Seocheon, Republic of Korea. It was hosted by the Ministry of Environment, and organised by National Institute of Ecology. International experts gathered to give presentations about HPAI in their countries and […]
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Thanks for your participation for ‘To Our Winged Travellers’ campaign
EAAFP Secretariat On May 22, we set up a participatory booth at G-Tower in Songdo, Incheon, Republic of Korea for ‘To Our Winged Travellers’ campaign that is an interactive public art project to accompany our #welcomewaterbirds initiative and celebrate World Migratory Bird Day 2015. Anybody can take part in the project by writing a cheerful […]
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Protecting Wetlands, Protecting Lives
Written by Joe DeCapua, Voice of America Well over 600 million people around the world depend on wetlands for their livelihoods, such as fishing or farming. Yet experts say since 1900, 64 percent of wetlands have disappeared and the rest are on the decline. More than 800 delegates from 160 countries met in Uruguay (June […]
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서산에서 열린 2015년 세계철새의날 기념행사 및 관리자 워크숍
ㅣRead in Englishㅣ 글: EAAFP 사무국 대한민국의 2015 ‘세계 철새의 날’을 기념하고자 EAAFP, 서산시와 국립생물자원관과 협력하여 환경부 초청 하에 지난 5월 15~16일 양일 간 국내 철새서식지 네트워크 관리자 워크숍이 서산시 버드랜드에서 개최되었다. 기념 개회식은 김영인 서산시 부시장의 환영사를 시작으로 스파이크 밀링턴 (Spike Millington) EAAFP 사무국장과 김종윤 금강청 환경관리국장의 축사가 이어졌다. 국내외 이동성물새와 그들의 서식지에 관한 […]
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SBS T-shirts: Save the Spoon-billed Sandpiper
Without our efforts, SBS could disappear from the world. It is one of the most threatened species of the East Asian – Australasian Flyway. EAAFP Secretariat made a T-shirts to raise awareness on SBS and the crisis they are facing. Please wear this T-shirts to support their survival and distribute our message to your family, […]
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Workshop on Migratory Bird Monitoring in the Geum Estuary
The Migratory Bird Monitoring Workshop was held at Seocheon Migratory Bird Center, Seocheon, South Korea on 1-4 September, organized by BirdLife International, hosted by the Seocheon County and supported by EAAFP. The workshop was to bring together those with an interest, past data and/or experience in migratory bird monitoring in the Geum Estuary with the […]
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