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Russian rescued Oriental Stork came to RoKorea
An Oriental Stork, Listed as Endangered by IUCN and as Endangered wildlife species class I in the Republic of Korea, which was rescued and released in Russia in 2020, was found in the Southernmost tip of the Korean Peninsula. On January 4, 2021, the National Institute of Ecology under the Ministry of Environment Korea announced […]
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The EAAFP Foundation is established in RO Korea
On 21 December, Mr. Pete Probasco, the Chair of EAAFP announced that the EAAFP Foundation is established in Republic of Korea with endorsement of the EAAFP Management Committee and Finance Sub-Committee. In his email to the Partners, he noted that: “Adopted at the 9th EAAFP Meeting of Partners (MOP9) in 2018, the EAAFP Sustainable Financing […]
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EAAFP Secretariat visited Ulsan City in RO Korea
The EAAFP Secretariat visited the Ulsan Metropolitan City on 10th and 11th November, 2020. Located in the Southeast part of Ro Korea, Ulsan Metropolitan City is famous for being the industrial powerhouse of Ro Korea. Yet, the government of the City works hard to improve the air and water quality of the city over the […]
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Suncheon Roundtable Meeting – Building Inter-Korea Cooperation
On 30th of October 2020, Suncheon City hosted the “Roundtable Meeting on Building Inter-Korea Cooperation” with the Mayor of Suncheon City, Mr. Heo Seok at the Suncheon Bay International Wildlife Center in Suncheon City, Republic of Korea (ROK). The meeting was attended by the Ramsar Regional Centre – East Asia (RRCEA), Hanns Seidel Foundation, Korea […]
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2020 International Conference on the Restoration of Coastal and Estuary Ecosystems, RO Korea
On 12th of October 2020, the 2020 International Conference on the Restoration of Coastal and Estuary Ecosystems was held in Yeosan county, Republic of Korea (ROK) hosted by Chungcheongnam-do Province. Coastal ecosystems are one of the major natural assets in the ROK, but human activities such as large-scale agriculture, industrial expansion, and extensive reclamation of […]
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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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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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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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Introduction of Getbol, Korean Tidal Flat for the inscription in World Heritage List
Getbol, or Tidal Flats in Korean, is one of the most productive and species-diverse ecosystems in the world. The government of the Republic of Korea is now nominating the country’s Southwestern coast of the Yellow Sea as the candidate of UNESCO’s World Heritage listing in 2020, as it represents an example of a rare and […]
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