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Grey Herons and Long-billed Plovers observed in Taehwa River, Ulsan City, Ro Korea
Behaviors between hatching and leaving their nests of Grey Herons were observed in the Ecological Garden for Migratory Birds in Taehwa River Indicated egrets ’ hatching following the last year’s achievement with Intermediate Egrets Behaviors of two Grey Herons’ leaving theirs nest 67 days after their hatching, were recorded in the Ecological Garden for Migratory Birds […]
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Joint bird survey in Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) October 2019
Report by Dr. Carmen Or (WWF-Hong Kong), Mr. Yat-tung Yu (Hong Kong Bird Watching Society) and Dr. Bernhard Seliger (Hanns Seidel Foundation) After the 1st Swan Goose Festival at Mundok Migratory Bird Reserve on 13th October 2019, a 5-day joint bird survey by researchers from MoLEP, Academy of Science of Korea, Hanns Seidel Foundation, WWF-Hong Kong and Hong […]
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Ministry of Environment of Korea Celebrated International Day of Biological Diversity and World Migratory Bird Day 2020
On 22 May 2020, a celebration for International Day of Biological Diversity and World Migratory Bird Day 2020 was held in Nakdong National Institute of Biological Resources (NNIBR), Sangju City, Republic of Korea, hosted by Ministry of Environment of Korea. With the theme “Our Solutions are in Nature”, the event emphasized biodiversity for conserving the […]
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Daebudo Tidal Flat in Republic of Korea became New Flyway Network Site on World Migratory Bird Day 2020
In line with the celebration of the 2020 World Migratory Bird Day on 9th May, Daebudo Tidal Flat in Republic of Korea was announced as a new Flyway Network Site (EAAF 148). Daebudo Tidal Flat is located in Gyeonggi Province, in the west coast of Republic of Korea. It is comprised of two parts: Sangdong […]
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“Year of the Cranes” Story series #3 – What do farmers do in winter in Korea? They help to count cranes!
Every year after harvest of rice in Cheorwon, a place in Ro Korea close to the border of DPR Korea, farmers laid down their farming equipment and picked up other tools – binoculars and cameras – and contribute to the conservation of cranes. As Cheorwon is a fertile place with clean water flowing from the […]
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Floating roost for weary migratory shorebirds on trial in Republic of Korea
The Yellow Sea, encircled by the coasts of China and the Korean peninsula is very much synonymous with the conservation of migratory waterbirds in the Eastern Hemisphere. The region is not only recognized for the high diversity and abundance of shorebirds which depend on it but, unfortunately, wide-ranging and pervasive threats to their survival. As […]
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3rd Meeting of the Trilateral Yellow Sea Working Group held in Shinan, Ro Korea
The 3rd Meeting of the Working Group on the Conservation of the Yellow Sea Intertidal and Associated Coastal Wetlands was held in Shinan, the Republic of Korea on 11th November, 2019 under the leadership and host of Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries Korea and Shinan County. Facilitated by IUCN, EAAFP and RRC-EA acting as secretariat […]
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EAAFP participated in the 1st Korean Bird Fair in Namhae 2-3 November 2019
The EAAFP Secretariat participated in the first Korean Bird Fair (KBF) on 2-3 November 2019 in Namhae County, Republic of Korea. Besides having bird Fair, there were also a bird race as well as an international symposium entitled “Promoting Birdwatching Tourism in Namhae”. The 1st Korean Bird Fair aims to promote domestic birdwatching tourism and the […]
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Republic of Korea established a new Flyway Network Site – Aphaedo Tidal Flat
On 12th November 2019, Aphaedo Tidal Flat in the Republic of Korea was announced as a new Flyway Network Site (EAAF 146) during the Shinan International Symposium on Conservation Strategy for Migratory Birds and Their Habitats in the Yellow Sea. Located west of Mokpo and in Shinan County, Jeollanam Province, the tidal flat of Aphaedo […]
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First Swan Goose Festival in DPR Korea – Celebrating World Migratory Bird Day
Migratory birds link people across the Flyway. At the time of World Migratory Bird Day, our Partner in The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea held their first Swan Goose Festival on 13th October at Mundok Migratory Bird Reserve (EAAFP Flyway Network Site and Ramsar Site), to join the global celebration of the amazing journey of migratory […]
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