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Caring for Coasts: A Proposed New Initiative for Coastal Wetland Restoration
[Press release on EAAFP Side Event at CBD COP 12 in Pyeongchang] East Asian Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP), together with its Partners – Ramsar Convention Secretariat, CBD Secretariat and Birdlife International – convened a side-event at CBD COP 12 in Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea on 14th October to present a proposed new initiative on coastal wetland restoration, […]
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Ecological Crisis for Migratory Waterbirds in EAAF
[Press release on EAAFP Side Event at CBD COP 12 in Pyeongchang] l Read in Korean l The East Asian – Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) held a side-event at the Twelfth Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity at Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea on 8th October to draw attention to the ongoing […]
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CBD and EAAFP Sign Partnership Agreement at CBD COP12
[Press release] CBD and EAAFP join forces to conserve migratory waterbirds along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway 7 October 2014, Pyeongchang, Korea: Today, the Secretariats of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) signed a Partnership Agreement to better coordinate efforts to promote and protect migratory waterbird species […]
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Myanmar Conservation Group Protects Endangered Bird Species
Author: Logan Linnane As the level of human and infrastructural development in Myanmar continually climbs, the status of the republic’s wildlife looks bleak more than ever. The Spoon-Billed Sandpiper is one of the world’s most Critically Endangered birds, with a population falling below 500 members. While the drop in population couldn’t be any more […]
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News from the 9th Australasian Shorebird Conference
Following the Management Committee meeting of the Australian Wader Study Group on September 19, the Australian Australasian Shorebird Conference kicked off with the attendance of over 60 shorebird researchers mostly from Australian and New Zealand with some invited guests from China, South Korea and Thailand. Dr. Judit Szabo, EAAFP Science Officer gave a plenary talk […]
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Shenzhen’s reach for stars puts Deep Bay wetland birds at risk
Press release: South China Morning Post Environmental experts said Shenzhen’s scheme to convert Deep Bay wetlands into a commercial zone would threaten many migratory birds visiting the Mai Po Nature Reserve. According to Dr Wen Xianji of WWF, Deep Bay is a very important stopover site for migratory birds within East Asian – Australasian […]
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The ‘Monument’ Spoon-billed Sandpiper ‘01’ returns to Rudong
Author: Christoph Zöckler (SBS Task Force Coordinator) The male Spoon-billed Sandpiper ‘01’ has bred not far from the village Meinypilgyno in Chukotka, Russia since at least 2010, but possibly for much longer. It is named ‘monument’ SBS as it always breeds near an old monument set up by the villagers, but as it happens, the bird’s […]
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LONG-DISTANCE AUSSIE TRAVELLERS ‘UNDER THREAT’
News Release by Fuller Lab Two once-common migratory birds have been nominated this week for admission to Australia’s list of threatened species. Catastrophic recent declines in populations of the curlew sandpiper and eastern curlew have resulted in their nomination for threatened status, based on work led by researchers at the Fuller Lab and the […]
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EAAFP Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force Newsletter for No.12 August 2014 published
Congratulations! The EAAFP Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force (SBS TF) is ten years old now. SBS TF has published its 12th newsletter in August 2014. This special issue covers 1) SBS-activities in the Gulf of Mottama, Myanmar, 2) SBS surveys and illegal mist netting surveys in SW Guangdong, China, 3) Spring activities in Rudong, China, 4) Spring Survey […]
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Endangered Chinese crested tern calls Penghu home
Posted on: July 31, 2014 by Taiwan Today The Chinese crested tern, a seabird species numbering less than 50 worldwide, continues nesting in Taiwan’s outlying Penghu County, according to Wild Bird Society of Penghu July 31. “We are extremely excited to see the endangered species making Penghu one of its homes,” a society representative […]
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