• Capacity-building workshop for East Asia and Southeast Asia on achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 11 and 12

    by EAAFP Secretariat Spike Millington, Chief Executive of the East Asian–Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) gave a presentation on the conservation of migratory waterbirds and their habitats in the Flyway at the Capacity-building workshop for East Asia and Southeast Asia on achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 11 and 12 held in Yanji, Jilin Province, China 15-18 September 2015. EAAFP brings together […]

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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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  • Maintaining habitat for birds in Bako Buntal Bay [EAAF112], Malaysia

    Read in Bahasa Malaysia  Translated by Rosa Risdiana, EAAFP intern The situation of Buntal village in Bako Buntal Bay is different from other estuaries in eastern Malaysia. Hundreds of waterbirds visit this village, feeding on the lakes and breeding on the shore. The abundance of birds makes the village unique, and it attracts many tourists. The estuary […]

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  • Australian Pelicans stop over in Serangan, Bali, Indonesia

    Read in Indonesian Translated by Rossa Risdiana, EAAFP intern Denny Hatief, coordinator of the “World Migratory Bird Day 2015” was observing migratory waterbirds on Serangan Island, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, on 10 May 2015. He was with his friends from the Veterinary and Biology Faculty of Udayana University. The students started the observation on 8 May 2015 […]

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  • A Wader Ringing Program: Hitting the ground running….

    Nigel Clark (British Trust for Ornithology) and Jing Li (SBS in China) Together with ‘SBS in China’ I am leading a group of international wader experts (Guy Anderson from RSPB, Richard Hearn from WWT, Ewan Weston from Highland Ringing Group and David Melvile from New Zealand) who have come to China to help Professor Chang […]

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  • 정부, 갯벌 복원 추진…경제가치 16조원

    노승길 기자, 아주경제 정부가 간척과 매립 등으로 사라져가는 우리 갯벌을 복원하고 갯벌을 활용한 생태관광 활성화 등을 추진하기로 했다. 해양수산부는 지난 8월 25일 국무회의에서 ‘갯벌 복원을 통한 자원화 종합계획’을 보고했다. 해수부는 이번 계획에 대해 갯벌을 보전하는 데에서 한 걸음 더 나아가 갯벌 복원으로 경제적·생태적 가치를 극대화해 갯벌을 새로운 성장동력으로 활용하기 위함이라고 설명했다. 우리나라 갯벌은 2500㎢ 규모로 국토 면적의 […]

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  • EAAFP 사무국, 인천 국제기구-MICE 커리어 페어 참여하다

    Read in English 인턴 이주희 2015년 9월 11일 송도 컨벤시아에서 인천 국제기구-MICE 커리어 페어가 열렸다. 24개의 MICE기관과 23개의 국제기구가 참석한 가운데, EAAFP 사무국도 인턴십 프로그램 안내와 EAAFP 홍보를 위해 참석했다. 커리어 페어에 참석한 참가자들에게 EAAFP의 활동에 대해 안내하고 인턴쉽에 관심이 있는 참가자들에게는 인턴쉽 프로그램 안내서와 지원서를 제공했다. 100여명의 많은 고등학생과 대학생들이 EAAFP의 부스에 방문하였고, 인턴쉽 프로그램에 많은 […]

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  • EAAFP Secretariat Participates in Incheon International Organization-MICE Career Fair

    Read in Korean By Joohee Lee (EAAFP Intern) On 11 September, EAAFP Secretariat participated in the Incheon International Organization-MICE Career Fair held at Convensia in Incheon, Republic of Korea. We publicised the activities of EAAFP with our various publications and encouraged young people to apply for our internship program. Lots of high school and university […]

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  • Baer’s Pochard Task Force has been established

    The Baer’s Pochard is a Critically Endangered species on the edge of extinction in the wild. It has undergone a decline that has accelerated rapidly in recent years, and there may now be fewer than 300 individuals surviving in the wild. The exact causes of the decline are unclear. Recent surveys in the northern part […]

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  • The 5th WLI-Asia Conference held in Bangkok, Thailand

    by EAAFP Secretariat   The fifth Wetlands Link International-Asia Conference was held from 24 to 28 August 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand. The meeting was organized by the Ramsar Regional Center-East Asia, Wetlands Link International, Ramsar Convention, and EAAFP and hosted by the Ministry of the Environment, Korea and ONEP, Thailand. There were more than 50 participants […]

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