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Maintaining habitat for birds in Bako Buntal Bay [EAAF112], Malaysia
Read in Bahasa Malaysia Translated by Rosa Risdiana, EAAFP intern The situation of Buntal village in Bako Buntal Bay is different from other estuaries in eastern Malaysia. Hundreds of waterbirds visit this village, feeding on the lakes and breeding on the shore. The abundance of birds makes the village unique, and it attracts many tourists. The estuary […]
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A Wader Ringing Program: Hitting the ground running….
Nigel Clark (British Trust for Ornithology) and Jing Li (SBS in China) Together with ‘SBS in China’ I am leading a group of international wader experts (Guy Anderson from RSPB, Richard Hearn from WWT, Ewan Weston from Highland Ringing Group and David Melvile from New Zealand) who have come to China to help Professor Chang […]
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Baer’s Pochard Task Force has been established
The Baer’s Pochard is a Critically Endangered species on the edge of extinction in the wild. It has undergone a decline that has accelerated rapidly in recent years, and there may now be fewer than 300 individuals surviving in the wild. The exact causes of the decline are unclear. Recent surveys in the northern part […]
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Relevant Scientific Articles updated in August 2015
If you need full scientific articles, please contact Dr Judit Szabo, the science officer. Anatidae Jankowiak, Ł., P. Skorka, Ł. Ławicki, P. Wylegała, M. Polakowski, A. Wuczynski, and P. Tryjanowski. 2015. Patterns of occurrence and abundance of roosting geese: the role of spatial scale for site selection and consequences for conservation. Ecological Research 30:833-842. Hupp, J. W., […]
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Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force: News Bulletin No.14, August 2015
The 14th Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force (SBS TF) News Bulletin is downloadable 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 Guest Editorial by Spike Millington Boat Race for Conservation – Sonadia, Bangladesh Once was a BirdHunter Myanmar […]
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Brave efforts pay off in doubly-successful project to restore colonies of Chinese Crested Tern
Read in Japanese Written By Shaun Hurrell (BirdLife International) The Chinese Crested Tern Thalasseus bernsteini is one of the rarest birds in the world. Only rediscovered 15 years ago, after its assumed extinction for six decades, this Critically Endangered seabird has a very small population size and only three breeding sites are known. But the BirdLife International […]
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Collaborative Work Programme for Shorebird Conservation in the EAAF
Written by Bena Smith, WWF Hong Kong With support from both the Yellow Sea Ecoregion Taskforce and the Shorebird Working Group of the East Asian–Australian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP), WWF-Hong Kong releases a Collaborative Work Programme for the conservation of East Asian-Australasian Flyway (EAAF) shorebirds, with a focus on the Yellow Sea Ecoregion. The Programme […]
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Relevant Scientific Articles updated in July 2015
If you need full scientific articles, please contact Dr Judit Szabo, the science officer. Avian Influenza and Other Diseases Read, A. F., S. J. Baigent, C. Powers, L. B. Kgosana, L. Blackwell, L. P. Smith, D. A. Kennedy, S. W. Walkden-Brown, and V. K. Nair. 2015. Imperfect Vaccination Can Enhance the Transmission of Highly Virulent Pathogens. PLoS […]
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Spike returned from three weeks in Chukotka, Russia
by Spike Millington Chief Executive of the EAAFP Secretariat I have just returned from three weeks in Chukotka at the kind invitation of EAAFP Focal Point for Russia and Chair of the Spoon-billed Sandpiper (SBS) Task Force, Evgeny Syroechkovskiy. Unfortunately one week of that time involved waiting for the weather to improve to be able […]
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Spoon-billed Sandpiper news brief Summer 2015
Christoph Zöckler, EAAFP Spoon-billed Sandpiper (SBS) Task Force Coordinator In the spring ‘SBS in China’ and British birdwatchers under the lead of Jing Li and Guy Anderson (RSPB) were surveying the Rudong and Dongtai coast in China for homeward migrating Spoon-billed Sandpiper. The team surveying between 3 and 12 May found a minimum of 62 […]
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