• Update from the Mongolia Crane Project

    Just in from an unseasonably 3? warm November in Mongolia, the latest update from the Mongolia Crane Project. The Summer/Autumn update includes details on crane monitoring and migration updates, including the tracking of ‘Mongol’, the first Siberian Crane marked in the country. There’s also a favourable report of the 2015 Mongolian Crane Festival, news of the many capacity […]

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  • Signing of the MOU between the Chinese State Forestry Administration and WWF-China

    Spike Millington, EAAFP Chief Executive, attended the signing of the MOU between the Chinese State Forestry Administration and WWF-China at Chongmin Dongtan nature reserve on 26 October 2015 for cooperation on migratory waterbirds and their habitats. The WWF-China Flyways program is supported by WWF-Netherlands and the King of the Netherlands was present to witness the […]

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  • Spike participates in the final meeting of the China Coastal Blueprint project

    Spike Millington, Chief Executive of the EAAFP, participated in the final meeting of the China Coastal Blueprint project, a cooperative endeavor between the Chinese State Forestry Administration, Chinese Academy of Sciences and the US-based Paulson Institute. Mr. Yan Xun, EAAFP Focal Point and Chair spoke at the meeting, emphasizing the role of EAAFP. Following the […]

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  • Relevant Scientific Articles updated in October 2015

    If you need full scientific articles, please contact Dr Judit Szabo, the science officer. Anatidae Shao, M., H. Guo, P. Cui, J. Jiang, and B. Chen. 2015. Habitat Selection of Wintering Chinese Merganser, Mergus squamatus. Pakistan Journal of Zoology 47:1421-1426. Enstipp, M. R., J. Frost, T. E. Hollmén, R. D. Andrews, and C. Frost. 2015. […]

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  • EAAFP Seabird Working Group Update

    Robb Kaler (Chair), Mark Carey and Yat-tung Yu (Coordinators) EAAFP Seabird Working Group 06 October 2015 Seabird Colony Database In collaboration with the New Zealand Department of Conservation and BirdLife International, we have added seabird colony data from New Zealand (including Campbell, Auckland, Adams, Chatham, Pitt, Forty-Fours, Raoul Islands) and islands in the South Pacific (Vanuatu, […]

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  • 2015 changes to IUCN Red List for birds

    Judit Szabo, Science Officer The IUCN Red List is the world’s most comprehensive information source on the conservation status of plant and animal species. BirdLife is the Red List Authority for birds for the IUCN Red List. Species with “Least Concern” status are doing relatively well, and don’t need as much conservation attention as threatened species. “Near […]

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  • 우리 갯벌 ‘바닷새의 생태계 보고’로 밝혀져

    해양수산부 보도자료   – 전국 연안 바닷새 정밀조사 최초 실시…총126종 최대 40만 개체 수 관찰 – 국제 보호조류이자 우리나라 법정보호종인 청다리도요사촌, 넓적부리도요, 흑기러기, 고대갈매기 등 11종을 포함해 총 126종의 바닷새가 우리 갯벌에 서식하고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 해양수산부(장관 유기준)는 정부차원에서 처음으로 지난해 8월부터 1년간 전국 연안에 대한 바닷새 정밀조사를 실시한 결과를 이같이 밝혔다. 조사결과 우리나라 연안습지는 […]

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  • World’s biggest seabird tracking database shows their incredible journeys

    Ben Lascelles, BirdLife International The Global Seabird Tracking Database  – one of the biggest marine conservation collaborations in the world – has just passed 5 million data points. The announcement was made at the World Seabird Conference, taking place in Cape Town, South Africa. The database, originally called ‘Tracking Ocean Wanderers’, was established in 2003, when data […]

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  • Fonterra and DOC supporting international effort to protect godwits and Red Knots

    Press Release Fonterra and the Department of Conservation, New Zealand Fonterra and the Department of Conservation, through their Living Water partnership, are supporting an international partnership to secure a safe flight path for New Zealand’s bird of the year – the Bar-tailed Godwit. Today (28 October 2015), Conservation Minister Maggie Barry and Chinese Ambassador Wang […]

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  • Seeking Banding Records and Resight Observations of Beringian Dunlin throughout the EAAF

    Rick Lanctot, Shorebird Working Group Chair Information on banding efforts and resightings of the four subspecies of Dunlin (Calidris alpina actites, arcticola, kistchinski, pacifica and sakhalina) that breed in Russia or Alaska, and migrate through or winter in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway (EAAF) are needed for a migratory connectivity study.  The goal of this project is […]

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