• Avian Influenza (AI) Situation Update: East and Southeast Asia (October to December 2015)

    Between the 1st of October and the 28th of December 2015, there have been 42 confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreaks in poultry, three (3) positive low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) surveillance findings in poultry, one (1) positive wild bird case and three (3) human cases in East and Southeast Asia. The following subtypes […]

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  • How to Protect the Birds That Fly the Farthest

    By Becca Cudmore, Audubon Magazine A new study in Science shows that almost all migratory birds are threatened somewhere along their ranges. In autumn of 1792, English ornithologist Gilbert White was prying into an old thatched roof in his town of Selborne, England in search of sleeping birds. He was trying to find out where local swallows […]

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  • Wetlands Institute Faces Critical Challenges to Wetland Habitats

    Climate Change, Rising Sea Levels, Loss of Biodiversity and Wetlands The Wetlands Institute As a regional leader in wetlands conservation for almost 50 years, The Wetlands Institute located outside of Stone Harbor, NJ, remains at the forefront of vital wetlands research and education as it faces crucial conservation challenges to marine life and healthy wetlands. […]

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  • 中华秋沙鸭越冬调查简介

    Read in English 由阿拉善SEE基金会资助,中国观鸟组织联合行动平台(朱雀会)牵头组织的2014-2015全国中华秋沙鸭越冬同步调查在19个省市自治区的150多个县市区展开,2015-2016越冬季的调查,将扩展到21个省区市的更多县市。 上一年度参加调查的共计45个观鸟团体或机构,参加人数超过300人次,调查点超过200处;调查点的东西直线距离约2200公里,南北约2600公里,所发现的中华秋沙鸭分布点,也几乎从最东到最西,从最北到最南的调查点都有发现;调查涉足的水系:鸭绿江、辽河、滦河、海河、黄河、淮河、长江、澜沧江、珠江、东南沿海诸江(包括钱塘江、椒江、瓯江、闽江、韩江);另有京杭大运河、引黄济青等人工河流。其中发现有中华秋沙鸭的水系是:鸭绿江、辽河、黄河、淮河、长江、珠江、瓯江、椒江、闽江,共发现中华秋沙鸭441只,分布在12个省区市(未包含中华秋沙鸭越冬大省江西省)的25个县(市、区)的30多个调查点上。 此次调查发现的中华秋沙鸭集中越冬地,除了以往有认识的湖南、浙江、福建等地,新发现的相对集中越冬地在鄂豫皖三省,其次是西南,如重庆、广西。 在中国中部的鄂豫皖三省,2014-2015越冬季共计发现207只中华秋沙鸭,其中河南100只,湖北61只(12只在正式调查数据之外),安徽46只,仅次于湖南省的110只,位列所有调查省份的第二至第四名。这些发现分属黄河(48只),淮河(98只),汉江-长江(48只)三大水系;作为江淮分水岭的大别山区,所发现的98只均在北坡至东麓的淮河支流,尤以河南商城县的灌河发现最多,共有38只。所发现中华秋沙鸭中,雄鸟约占1/3。 文字提供: 中国观鸟组织联合行动平台(朱雀会) 钟嘉 e-mail: rosefinchcentre@163.com  

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  • Survey on wintering Scaly-sided Mergansers in China

    中文版本 ZHONG Jia, Chinese Bird Watching Societies Network (China Birdwatching Association), translated by EAAFP The Scaly-sided Merganser Census in China 2014-2015, led by the Chinese Bird Watching Societies Network (China Birdwatching Association) and sponsored by the Alashan SEE Foundation, was carried out in more than 150 different cities and counties of 19 provinces (including autonomous […]

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  • 2016 ‘The Migration of Red Knot’ Calendar

    2016 marks the 10th anniversary of the launch of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership. To celebrate our journey with our partners and supporters, we have produced a 2016 ‘the Migration of Red Knot’ calendar in collaboration with Global Flyway Network. Why have we made this calendar? Red Knot is an iconic species. It represents the […]

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  • Eurasian Spoonbill Seen at Geolmaeri in Asan, ROK

    Read in Korean By Yoonseon Namgung of Naeil News Translated by EAAFP Secretariat President Sangsub Kim of Korean Association for Bird Protection’s Asan Office has spotted 7 Eurasian Spoonbills, a Black-winged Stilt and a Chinese Pond Heron while monitoring at Geolmaeri Mudflat in Asan, the Republic of Korea. It is a rare occasion to see […]

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  • 아산 걸매리에서 노랑부리저어새 관찰돼

    Read in English 남궁윤선 리포터, 내일신문 한국조류보호협회 아산시지회 김상섭 회장은 11월 1일 걸매리 갯벌 조류모니터링 중 천연기념물 205-2호인 노랑부리저어새 7마리와 희귀 여름 철새인 장다리물떼새 1마리, 흰날개해오라기 1마리를 발견했다. 월동을 위해 이미 이동해야 하는 천연기념물인 저어새와 겨울 철새 노랑부리저어새가 한 지역에서 함께 서식하고 있는 경우는 매우 드문 일이다. 또한, 장다리물떼새는 도내 천수만[EAAF046] 인근에서 관찰되는 희귀 여름 철새로 […]

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  • World Failing to Protect its Migratory Birds

    By Ade Long of BirdLife International A new study published in Science has called for a greater international collaborative effort to save the world’s migratory birds, many of which are at risk of extinction due to loss of habitat along their flight paths. More than 90 per cent of the world’s migratory birds are inadequately […]

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  • International Cooperation to Conserve Migratory Waterbirds

    By Spike Millington, Chief Executive of EAAFP One of the principal rationales behind the creation of EAAFP is the need for international cooperation to conserve migratory waterbirds and the habitats they depend on throughout the migratory cycle. No matter how well-protected populations are in certain parts of their range, if these birds face migratory bottlenecks […]

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