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Raising awareness: 922 Korean students take part in Black-faced Spoonbill Nature School
EAAFP Secretariat The Black-faced Spoonbill (BFS) Nature School began in April 2016 with the goal of raising awareness of students in Incheon, Republic of Korea, on the importance of migratory waterbirds and their habitats. The School, run by local science teachers, is led by Ms. Sunjeong Nam of the Incheon BFS Network, with the technical […]
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This Korean recipe could save Piper
On the west coast of the Republic of Korea, there is a precious mudflat remaining in a sea of coastal concrete. Following a BirdLife team visit with a nature-tourism focused county government, we tell the story of Yubu Island [EAAF101], its people, its renowned cuisine, and its millions of birds 11 May 2017 Samir Whitaker Military […]
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Half of Korean estuaries blocked by dams… “They should be open to let seawater flow in”
Read in other languages: Park Hyemi, Eco TV 16 November 2016 Translated by the EAAFP Secretariat Half of Korean estuaries have been blocked by seawalls, dams and harbor and reclamation developments, a report said. Continuous disconnection of the flow of an estuary can lead to irreversible and devastating implications for ecological services. Therefore restoration is […]
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HSF at the Workshop for World Heritage Nomination – The Wadden Sea and Korean Tidal Flats
Read in Korean: 20 October 2016 Felix Glenk, Hanns Seidel Foundation There are 1,052 World Heritage Sites in the world – natural or cultural sites of outstanding universal values, which are designated by the UNESCO. On the Korean Peninsula, there are a total of 14 designated World Heritage Sites – 12 in the Republic of […]
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Critically Endangered Chinese Crested Terns appear on a deserted island in South Korea
Spike Millington, Chief Executive, EAAFP Secretariat The Critically Endangered Chinese Crested Tern, thought to number only a hundred individuals nested in 2016 on a small, uninhabited island off the southern coast of the Republic of Korea. This is the first breeding record outside of coastal China and marks a significant range expansion for the species […]
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Lest we forget the tragedy that was Saemangeum, South Korea 10 years ago
5 June 2016 Wader Quest Ten years ago, one of the biggest environmental tragedies of all time occurred. If you have not heard of Saemangeum that is a real tragedy in itself; that name should be etched on the lips of everyone who cares about the environment, birds and especially waders. The estuary at Saemangeum […]
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Yeongjongdo Mudflat, Key Site for Far Eastern Curlew in South Korea
Translated from Korean Joohee Park, Secretary General of GREENKOREA INCHEON There have been a lot of changes to habitats in the Republic of Korea due to the unprecedented speed of economic growth. It might be that people have been too busy managing their own lives that they do not have time to look after minority […]
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EAAFP Secretariat supports HSF Korea in developing materials for Rason International Trade Exhibition in DPRK
by EAAFP Secretariat The EAAFP Secretariat supported Hanns Seidel Foundation Korea (HSF Korea) in developing CEPA materials for the poster session at the Rason International Trade Exhibition (RITE) in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), as reported in the article from HSF Korea below. The DPRK has many important habitats for migratory waterbirds such as […]
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Tomoko gives two lectures at Green Climate Frontier camp of SUNY, Korea
by Sumin Kim, EAAFP intern EAAFP Communication Officer Tomoko Ichikawa gave two lectures about migratory waterbirds and global warming to Korean students aged 9 to 10 who participated in the Green Climate Frontier summer camp in the last week of July. The camp was a three-day environmental education program organised by The State University of New […]
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Korea must regulate invasive species
By Kim Se-jeong, The Korea Times An American ecology scholar advised the Korean government, Tuesday 7 July, to set up regulations to counter the trade of “invasive species” here and protect Korea’s biodiversity. Speaking at the World Leaders’ Conservation Forum on Jeju Island, Prof. Daniel Simberloff from the University of Tennessee said piranhas recently […]
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