• Welcome to Kashima – BFS, Asian friends

    Read in Japanese Dr. Shigeki Takano, Japan Black-faced Spoonbill Network Japan Black-faced Spoonbill Network has held a Black-faced Spoonbill (BFS) event on 8th November 2015 with Kashima City government in Saga, Japan. The event was an international exchange workshop about the migratory waterbird BFS between Korea; breeding sites and Kashima; wintering sites. In the first […]

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  • 대한민국의 가장 중요한 연안습지 보전하고자 서천군, 버드라이프 인터내셔널과 MOU 체결하다

    다른 언어로 읽기: 마이크 크로스비(Mike Crosby), 버드라이프 인터내셔널 버드라이프 인터내셔널(BirdLife International)과 충남 서천군이 대한민국의 금강하구 [EAAF100] 보전에 위한 새로운 MOU를 체결했다. MOU는 2015년 11월 9일, 영국 캠브릿지의 버드라이프 본부에서 노박래 서천군수와 패트리샤 주리타(Patricia Zurita) 버드라이프 인터내셔널 대표에 의해 체결되었다. 이 MOU를 통해 버드라이프와 서천군은 금강하구의 생물다양성 보호를 위한 협력을 약속했다. 서천군청은 그동안 친환경적인 지속 가능한 […]

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  • Final Update for Wader Conservation World Watch 2015

    Wader Quest Prize Draw: Winner 2015 Mike and Rose Clear New South Wales, Australia Wader Conservation World Watch is part of the Wader Conservation November initiative.   2015 results   Together we have seen 125 species   There have been 178 observers   In 33 countries   On 6 continents and all 9 flyways   […]

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  • The ICF Bugle November 2015

    Greetings from The International Crane Foundation (ICF) headquarters in Baraboo, Wisconsin! Click here to see a pdf file of the new issue of The ICF Bugle, quarterly newsletter of the International Crane Foundation. Past issues of The ICF Bugle are available here. Click on the image above to read the November 2015 issue of The ICF Bugle

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  • The First Ever Banded Chinese Crested Tern Chick has Fledged

    By Chung-Hang Hung (chrancor@gmail.com), Le-Ning Chang and Hsiao-Wei Yuan School of Forestry and Resource Conservation, National Taiwan University It was not until June 2000 that the first Chinese Crested Tern (Thalasseus bernsteini) breeding colony was discovered in Matzu archipelago by Liang Chieh-teh. Since then, the colonies at Matzu, Jiushan and Wuzishan archipelago were confirmed as […]

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  • EAAFP Participates in the Geum River Migratory Bird Festival

    Read in Korean Eunjin Yu, EAAFP intern From November 6th to 8th 2015, members of EAAFP Secretariat participated in the Geum River Migratory Bird Festival in Seocheon, Republic of Korea. The festival took place in the Bird Village, near the Geum River Estuary. Many government officials including the mayors of Seocheon and Gunsan city and Deputy Director joined the […]

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  • EAAFP 사무국, ‘서천∙군산 금강철새여행’에 참여하다

    Read in English EAAFP 인턴 유은진 2015년 11월 6일부터 8일, 3일간 개최된 ‘2015 서천∙군산 금강철새여행’에 EAAFP 사무국이 참여했다. 본 사무국이 참여한 행사는 금강하구에 있는 서천군 조류생태전시관에서 진행되었다. 서천 군수와 군산 시장 등의 정부인사들이 함께한 개막식에서 EAAFP의 장종옥 부국장은 겨울 철새를 맞이하고, 철새와 그 서식지의 중요성을 되새기는 이 행사의 개막을 축하하는 말을 남겼다. 이어 “금강 하구에서 […]

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  • New Agreement for the Conservation of the Republic of Korea’s Top Coastal Wetland

    Read in Korean By Mike Crosby, BirdLife International BirdLife International and the Government of Seocheon County have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding on the conservation of the Geum Estuary [EAAF100] in the Republic of Korea. The MoU was signed by Mr Pakrae Noh, the Mayor of Seocheon County, and Patricia Zurita, BirdLife’s Chief Executive […]

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  • International Migratory Waterbird Conference Kicks Off in Bonn

    UNEP Press Release Migratory waterbird populations in decline globally, but latest status review shows that concentrated conservation actions can turn the tide Bonn, 9 November 2015 – Waterbird populations across the African-Eurasian flyway are on a downward trend, with declining populations outstripping growing ones by almost 50 per cent, shows the latest conservation status report […]

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  • Let’s manage the estuary – [EAAF010] Hunter Estuary Ramsar Site

    By Stuart Blanch for Fairfax Media   HUNTER Wetlands Centre Australia turns 30 this weekend. It is an amazing achievement for our community, which restored and protected the site. Thousands of Novocastrians volunteered. Generous support flowed from governments, council, industry, service clubs and businesses. While celebrating and reflecting on these past three decades, I’ve had […]

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