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A board game for the EAAF!
What are the dangers faced by migratory birds on migration? How can invasive plants affect the homes of migratory birds? What kinds of threats can our skyscrapers pose to migrating birds? A new board game conceptualised by the BirdLife International (Asia) Secretariat and its Singapore and Malaysian partners, the Nature Society (Singapore) and the Malaysian […]
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Raising Awareness about Biodiversity and the East Asian – Australasian Flyway, DPR Korea
Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF) is active in Rason Special Economic Zone (SEZ) since 2009 and promotes the conservation of the area. In cooperation with the EAAFP Secretariat we created an exhibition to introduce the nature reserve and to unveil the significance of DPR Korea as a stopover site for migratory birds. HSF is active in […]
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EAAFP Strategic Planning Workshop for 2019 – 2028
On 11 – 13 June 2018, under the coordination of EAAFP Strategic Plan Task Force (Martin Spray – Chair, Alison Russell French – Vice Chair, Doug Watkins – Coordinator), around 20 representatives from national governments, international non-governmental partners and the EAAFP Secretariat gathered in the Copthorne King’s Hotel, Singapore to develop the EAAFP Strategic Plan […]
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How did the EAAFP Secretariat celebrate WMBD in May 2018?
The East Asian – Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) has been celebrating the World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) from 2006 to raise awareness of the importance of the conservation of migratory waterbirds and the sustainable management of their habitats. This year, 2018, the EAAFP Secretariat held two major events under the global WMBD theme of “Unifying […]
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Red Knot Travelling Exhibition at the Second Tianjin International Bird-watching Competition
Shuya Huang, Linda Wong, Jinfeng Zhou, CBCGDF On March 16th-18th, 2018, the Second Tianjin International Bird-watching Competition was officially launched at Tianjin Binhai New Area (Bohai Bay) in the Northern China. The Competition was hosted by the China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (CBCGDF) along with Tianjin authorities. This Competition also attracted numerous local […]
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New initiative in the ASEAN, the heart of the EAAF
How Choon Beng, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve The ASEAN region lies at the heart of the East – Asian Australasian Flyway and the cooperation of the member states is critical for the conservation of wetlands and migratory waterbirds. The ASEAN Working Group on Nature Conservation and Biodiversity has endorsed the establishment of an ASEAN […]
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Sister Sites
The Flyway Site Network not only identifies and includes sites of international importance for migratory waterbirds to promote improved protection and management, but also aims to link those sites through sharing information and capacity building. The EAAFP Sister Site Program brings together Flyway Network sites in different countries that share species to encourage increased awareness […]
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Welcome, Yoon Kyung Lee, Fundraising Manager
Spike Millington, Chief Executive of EAAFP The EAAFP Finance Committee established at MOP8 in Japan has been discussing how to increase and diversify funding sources to put EAAFP on a more stable and sustainable footing, notably for the functioning of the Secretariat. At MOP9 in Singapore earlier this year, Partners agreed to the recruitment of […]
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Farewell to Songdo
Spike Millington recently finished his service as Chief Executive to Secretariat of EAAFP. The following is a note from him on his six years in the position. It was a cold February evening in 2012 when I first arrived in Incheon and took the bus over the impressive suspension bridge and into Songdo, in preparation […]
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Chair and Vice Chair of the EAAFP
Chair Peter Probasco (USA) Assistant Regional Director Migratory Birds and State Programs United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service 1011 E Tudor Road Anchorage, Alaska 99503-6199 peprob@mtaonline.net, pete_probasco@fws.gov Vice Chair How Choon Beng (Singapore) Director (Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve) National Parks Board, 301 Neo Tiew Crescent, 718925 Singapore HOW_CHOON_BENG@nparks.gov.sg
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