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EAAFP Partners engagement at IUCN WCC in Marseille
From 3 to 11 September, 2021, the IUCN World Conservation Congress will be hosted by the French government in Marseille, France. The 8-day event will be the first hybrid in-person and virtual environmental event. Over 100 resolutions on nature and biodiversity conservation will be discussed, and more than 1300 interactive sessions would be held. Despite […]
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EAAFP CEPA Materials
EAAFP CEPA Materials promote, educate and raise awareness on the conservation of migratory waterbirds and their habitats in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway. These materials include the CEPA case studies from the EAA Flyway and EAAFP videos and webinars on World Migratory Bird Day and other topics. Click the blue buttons below to be directed to […]
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Baer’s Pochard
Name: Baer’s Pochard Scientific name: Aythya baeri Conservation status: IUCN – Critically Endangered, CMS – Appendix I Baer’s Pochard is a poorly known migratory diving duck endemic to the East Asian – Australasian Flyway (EAAF). It was uplisted to Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List in 2012. A Species Action Plan was developed […]
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Spoon-billed Sandpiper
Name: Spoon-billed Sandpiper Scientific name: Calidris pygmaea Conservation status: IUCN – Critically Endangered, CMS – Appendix I Spoon-billed Sandpiper is the rarest shorebird and endemic to the East Asian – Australasian Flyway (EAAF). It was uplisted to Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List in 2008. A Spoon-billed Sandpiper Recovery Team was set up […]
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Join the #legflagchallenge and contribute to migratory bird conservation!
This year, the EAAFP Secretariat is teaming up with the Oriental Bird Club, BirdLife International and the Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force, to launch the #legflagchallenge social media campaign. The #legflagchallenge campaign encourages birdwatchers, bird photographers and all kinds of citizen scientists to observe, document and report sightings of waterbirds in the countries of the East […]
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Gender and biodiversity: Gender analysis within EAAFP
Introduction Achieving gender equality is a universal issue that has been explicitly recognized and emphasized in UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, initiated as a standalone goal in SDG 5: Gender Equality. In 2018, the 13th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (COP13) adopted ‘Resolution 18: Gender […]
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IBRRI 4th Annual Meeting to share future opportunities for strengthening wetland ecosystems in the Indo-Burma Region
The EAAFP Secretariat participated in the Fourth Annual Meeting of Indo-Burma Ramsar Regional Initiative (IBRRI) virtually held on 18 February 2021. The aims were for the IBRRI parties to share the past events and to discuss potential future opportunities for strengthening wetland ecosystem services in the Indo-Burma region. Representatives from governments, academia, NGOs, and Ramsar […]
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Asian Waterbird Conservation Fund (AWCF): We’re part of the solution!
On today’s Biodiversity Day, WWF-Hong Kong is pleased to announce that 4 projects are awarded with the Asian Flyways Initiative Grant (AFI Grant) under Asian Waterbird Conservation Fund (AWCF). Mr. Doug Watkins, one of the Committee Members of AWCF and the Chief Executive of East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership Secretariat said “The Lianyungang-Ganyu coast in Jiangsu […]
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Successful Applicants of 2021 EAAFP WG/TF Small Grant Fund
* EAAFP Secretariat has deleted applicant’s personal information and bank details in the applications due to privacy matters *
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