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Roughing it gives great rewards!
Written by Nigel Clark We are just back in Yangon having spent the last 8 days on an expedition to resurvey the waders that winter on the upper Bay of Martaban. The team consisted of Nigel Clark from the BTO, Guy Anderson, Graeme Buchanan and Rhys Green from the RSPB, Geoff Hilton from WWT […]
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Events planned for Year of the Godwit 2015 by Pukorokoro Miranda Naturalists’ Trust
Celebrating the amazing journey of NZ migratory birds, this year the Pukorokoro Miranda Naturalists’ Trust is commemorating its 40th anniversary, as Year of the Godwit 2015. From the 18th March among events being planned is a series of free public lectures by eminent international experts on the precarious future of these fascinating shorebirds. Working in […]
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Review of the international policy framework for conserving migratory shorebirds in the East Asian Australasian Flyway
In 2014, Eduardo Gallo-Cajiao, of the University of Queensland undertook an internship at EAAFP to characterise and analyse the international policy framework for the conservation of migratory shorebirds within the East Asian-Australasian Flyway, with a specific focus on three countries, Australia, China and the Republic of Korea. This work was supported from a grant to […]
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Scientific Task Force on Avian Influenza and Wild Birds statement on 19th December 2014
Read in other languages: Scientific Task Force on Avian Influenza and Wild Birds statement on: H5N8 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in poultry and wild birds 19th December 2014 This statement, from the UN CMS/FAO Co-Convened Scientific Task Force on Avian Influenza and Wild Birds is released in response to the recent H5N8 HPAI […]
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The Comprehensive Report of the Yellow Sea Ecoregion Support Project 2007-2014
Published by WWF and KIOST Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM) and Community-Based Management (CBM) approaches were applied to improve management effectiveness of high conservation value wetlands in the Yellow Sea which the biodiversity conservation efforts and the sustainable use of resources could be generated and good practices delivered. The Comprehensive Report of the Yellow Sea Ecoregion Support […]
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Scientific Task Force on Avian Influenza and Wild Birds statement on 3 December 2014
Scientific Task Force on Avian Influenza and Wild Birds statement on: H5N8 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in poultry and wild birds 3rd December 2014 This statement, from the UN CMS/FAO Co-Convened Scientific Task Force on Avian Influenza and Wild Birds is released in response to the recent H5N8 HPAI developments (November 2014) to inform […]
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World Parks Congress, Sydney, 12-19 November 2014
The World Parks Congress, held every ten years, brings together protected area agencies, managers, practitioners and researchers to chart a path forward for improved coverage, management, support and financing for protected areas throughout the world. The Sydney Congress was attended by Heads of State, government ministers, representatives of development agencies, universities and citizen groups. More […]
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Dr Christoph Zockler’s most recent podcast on SBS: The threat of reclamation of tidal-flats off Rudong and Dongtai
Dr Christoph Zockler, co-ordinator of the Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force, explains the latest threat facing of one of the world’s most endangered birds: the planned reclamation of hundreds of square miles of tidal-flats off Rudong and Dongtai, China. Go to listen to the podcast. Click to go to the page of Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force
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Experts get together in Beijing to discuss conservation of key sites for migratory birds in the Yellow Sea
Article released by CMS Bonn, 23 September 2014 – Flyways around the world include key stopover sites that are essential for migratory birds to rest and refuel before continuing their journey. Delaware Bay in the Eastern Americas Flyway and the Wadden Sea in the African-Eurasian Flyway are good examples of such critical sites. In the […]
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Now back in the UK – Update from the Spoon-billed Sandpiper survey team
Written by Nigel Clark A team lead by SBS in China and with five international wader experts: Nigel Clark from BTO, James Phillips from Natural England, Guy Anderson and Andy Schofield from RSPB and Rich Hearn from WWT, has come together to survey the autumn concentration of Spoon-billed Sandpiper on the Jiangsu coastline. The […]
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