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Appraisal of the international policy framework for the conservation of migratory shorebirds in the East Asia-Australasian Flyway (EAAF)
A report by Ed Gallo-Cajiao, EAAFP intern. After some months in Australia’s southeast from January through April, six weeks in the Republic of Korea from May, and two weeks in China in late June, here is a bit of a story about what I have been up to as part of my internship project on […]
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WWF recommends to put off the Pivotal Project of Poyang Lake Water Conservancy
Posted on: July 25, 2014 Report by WWF China WWF recently was informed that the Pivotal Project of Poyang Lake Water Conservancy (hereinafter referred to as the pivotal project) has been submitted to the National Development and Reform Commission and is about to enter the stage of approval. WWF has been highly concerned about […]
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A step forward for threatened migratory waterbirds in Incheon, Korea
Incheon and Gyeonggi tidal flats are important for a great number of migratory bird species, which are now at risk through rapid urban development and reclamation of coastal areas. The EAAFP secretariat has been calling meetings to take proactive measure to halt the unsustainable development in this area with key stakeholders including central and […]
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Imprinting, memory of Black-faced Spoonbills
The Korea Broadcasting System (KBS) co-produced documentary with China and Japan, for the first time on the Black-faced Spoonbill’s breeding ecology, flyways, and the human efforts to protect the species which had been under the veil for a long time. Nowadays remaining natural wildlife habitat areas are getting fewer yearly. Moreover, the loss of the […]
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Tracking the rapid loss of tidal wetlands in the Yellow Sea
A newly published study assesses the extent of tidal flat loss in the Yellow Sea area. It covers the coastal stretch from north Jiangsu province in China, around to the coast of DPR Korea to Busan in RO Korea. The study analysed old maps and more recent satellite images to assess change over a 50 […]
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World Migratory Bird Day connects tourists with conservation
Report by Environment News Service MADRID, Spain, May 12, 2014 (ENS) – Bird-loving tourists can help to conserve the birds that entice them far from home. This year, for the first time, World Migratory Bird Day is linking sustainable tourism with conservation of the 50 billion migratory birds now transiting their flyways around the world. […]
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Update from GFN on Bohai Bay field work
Posted on: Report by Global Flyway Network Check out the update from the Global Flyway Network on their work studying shorebirds of Bohai Bay, China. The latest update, featuring the fabulous photography skills of Adrian Boyle and Matt Slaymaker, can be found: here You can aslo see their yearly reports and further updates by […]
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Plight of the Scaly-sided Merganser
Posted on: April 17, 2014 Author: Young-jin Kim Report by THE KOREA TIMES Courtesy of Robin Newlin / Birds Korea Degradation of Korean rivers posing challenge to endangered bird, experts say By Kim Young-jin With a bright orange bill and exquisite, maze-like patterns on its flanks, the Scaly-sided Merganser is a bird that should be […]
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First Meeting of North-East Asian Marine Protected Areas Network (NEAMPAN)
The North-East Asian Subregional Programme for Environmental Cooperation (NEASPEC) organized the first meeting of North-East Asian Marine Protected Areas Network (NEAMPAN) on 19th March 2014 in Incheon, Republic of Korea. The Meeting brought together members from China, Japan, Republic of Korea and the Russian Federation, and international marine programmes. EAAFP was represented, in addition to […]
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Seocheon and Chongming Dongtan selected for the global flyway project of UNWTO
Seocheon Tidal Flat in Korea and Chongming Dongtan Nature Reserve in China have been selected by United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) as two of the eight global project sites under the “Destination Flyways” project, for development of sustainable tourism and the livelihoods of local communities to support sites to be destinations for migratory birds. […]
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