• Scaly-sided Merganser: seeing the benefit of conservation efforts

    Posted on November 9, 2015

    Peiqi Liu, WWF China   Scaly-sided Mergansers leave the Russian Far East, perhaps DPR Korea, and north-eastern China when the first cold nights come in late October, only to return to these breeding grounds the following March, as soon as winter is over. This year, a merganser family, whose chicks were raised in one of […]

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  • Monitoring improves conservation action – October 2015 Newsletter!

    Posted on November 9, 2015

    As November advances, we see the arrival of many migratory waterbirds in their non-breeding quarters. Here in the Republic of Korea, thousands of Bean and Greater White-fronted Geese are thronging the harvested rice fields. Shorebirds are settling into their favoured spots in the southern part of the Flyway, such as Australia and New Zealand. Several […]

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  • Bird of the Year Godwit gets Chinese habitat protection deal

    Posted on November 5, 2015

    TVNZ, New Zealand  View the TVNZ ‘One News’ Video of this report here: www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news New Zealand has reached a memorandum of understanding with China, which has agreed to protect the habitat of the Godwit. The Bar-tailed Godwit (known as Kuaka in New Zealand), was recently declared Bird of the Year in New Zealand.  During their […]

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  • Seeking Articles and Reports on the Effects of Building Structures on Waterbirds

    Posted on November 5, 2015

    Satoshi Maekawa, WWF Japan Please send us information and case studies about the effects of disturbance (such as change in the behavior, distribution or flying routes of birds) caused by construction of structures. Worldwide, there are several ongoing constructions in important waterbird habitats. We would like to gather such case studies from the scientific literature […]

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  • Global Flyway Network: Catching report for satellite transmitter project October 2015

    Posted on November 5, 2015

    by Global Flyway Network Catching birds on the northern shores of Roebuck Bay is relatively easy, not easy but relative to other sites. However the minute I need to catch a specified species as opposed to ‘birds’ it all seems a bit trickier. The first planned catch day was postponed as I couldn’t reccy on […]

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  • AI Situation Update: Asia (July to October 2015)

    Posted on November 4, 2015

    Since the 1st of July 2015, there have been 133 confirmed avian influenza outbreaks in Asia. Between the 1st of July and 21st of October, the following subtypes of avian influenza outbreaks were observed in Asia: H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N2 HPAI H5N6 HPAI H5N8 HPAI H7N9 low pathogenicity avian influenza (LPAI) Countries were affected […]

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  • AEWA MOP 6, Bonn, Germany : 9-14 November 2015

    Posted on November 4, 2015

    Press Release, UNEP-AEWA The 6th Meeting of the Parties to the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) will be held from 9 – 14 November 2015, at the United Nations Campus in Bonn, Germany. The conference will bring together over 200 participants from more than 70 national governments, intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizations to […]

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  • Bird watching with SangIncheon Middle School students in Cheonsu Bay, Seosan, RoK

    Posted on November 4, 2015

    Joohee Lee, EAAFP Intern On 24 October 2015, Tomoko Ichikawa (EAAFP Communication Officer) along with Joohee Lee (Intern) and Eugene Cheah (Photographer) participated in a birdwatching trip  to Seosan Birdland, Republic of Korea organised for SangIncheon Middle School students. This trip was led by Sunjeong Nam school teacher, a member of Incheon-Gyenggi Task Force and the leader of the Black-faced […]

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  • The Black-faced Spoonbill: Asia’s beloved wading bird fights for space

    Posted on November 4, 2015

     Doug Meigs, Mongabay This charismatic wading bird saw its numbers soar from just 288 individuals in the 1980’s, to over 3,000 in 2015, but coastal developers will need to find a way to share intertidal areas with these birds if they are to survive. The Black-faced Spoonbill, with its fascinating feeding behaviors, has won the […]

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  • China safeguards future for godwit, Red Knot

    Posted on November 4, 2015

    Adam Hollingworth, MediaWorks TV There’s more good news for the extraordinary migratory bird, the godwit. Fresh from being voted bird of the year, the tiny traveller which divides its time between New Zealand and Alaska is celebrating an agreement with the Chinese which will help safeguard its future and that of its cousin, the Red […]

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