• EAAFPの日本国内パートナーシップについて

    Read in English by EAAFP Secretariat   2015年8月17日、環境省 自然環境局野生生物課より辻田香織 湿地保全専門官が東アジア・オーストラリア地域フライウェイパートナーシップ事務局を訪問されました。この機会に、日本の国内パートナーシップについての発表を行っていただきました。概要は次の通りです。 日本には、32の東アジア・オーストラリア地域渡り性水鳥重要生息地ネットワーク参加地があります。その数は、フライウェイパートナーシップ参加国の中で最多です。日本では、それぞれの参加地は、その参加地が支えている水鳥の種類により、ガンカモ類、シギ・チドリ類、ツル類を対象とする国内ネットワークのいずれか、またはそのいくつかに属しています。 それぞれのネットワークではコーディネーターが指名されており、コーディネーターはニュースレターの発行などを通じて、情報共有や保全活動を促進しています。 また、環境省では、毎年ないし2年に一度、いずれかのネットワークを対象に、ネットワーク交流会を開いています。交流会には、専門家、ネットワーク参加地の管理者、参加地が位置する自治体の職員、湿地センターのスタッフ、関連NGOなどが集まり、課題や経験、情報の共有を行い、ネットワークの強化につながっています。費用は、日本国環境省が負担しています。 専門家やネットワーク参加地の管理者、関係団体等の国内交流のためのこのような仕組みは、国レベルでのEAAFPの目的の達成において重要な役割を担っています。また、環境省では、ネットワーク参加地の管理に寄与している地元NGOのリストを作成し、参加地のより効果的な保全に向けてそれらのNGOとの連携強化を図ろうとしているところです。 なお、辻田専門官は、事務局の所在地インチョン市周辺の主要な水鳥の生息地も視察されました。 発表のスライドはこちらからご覧いただけます。

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  • A presentation on Japan’s National Partnership

    Read in Japanese (日本語)  by EAAFP Secretariat Japan’s Focal Point, Ms. Kaori Tsujita, Wildlife Division, Nature Conservation Bureau, Ministry of the Environment, Japan, visited the EAAFP Secretariat on 17 August 2015 and gave us a presentation on the national partnership in Japan. She also visited several important wetlands in and around Songdo where the Secretariat […]

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  • First eleven Scaly-sided Mergansers hatched in China and 1000th in Russia

    by Dr. Diana Solovyeva, Scaly-sided Merganser Task Force Coordinator   The year of 2015 became extremely successful for Scaly-sided Merganser production in artificial nest sites. After 10 years of failure the Artificial nest box program in China provided first results: eleven ducklings hatched in Chevy Volt Battery box in Changbaishan. See links: Inhabitat: http://inhabitat.com/chevy-volt-battery-covers-recycled-as-adorable-nesting-boxes-for-endangered-birds/ Good Magazine: […]

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  • 브로셔 업데이트

    Read in English 이주희 (EAAFP, 인턴) EAAFP 발행물중 하나인 <철새들의 낙원, 인천> 브로셔가 업데이트 되었습니다. <철새들의 낙원, 인천> 브로셔는 인천지역의 중요한 갯벌, 서식지에 대한 정보와 인천에서 서식하는 철새정보를 제공함으로써 인천지역의 철새 서식지로서의 중요성을 알리기 위해 만들어진 발행물입니다. 기존의 브로셔는 2년전에 만들어진 자료이기 때문에 현재 상황을 반영할 업데이트가 필요했으며, 이에 따라 여러 전문가분들의 도움을 받아서 업데이트를 […]

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  • Brochure ‘Waterbird Paradise, Incheon’ updated

    Read in Korean Joohee Lee [EAAFP Intern] One of the EAAFP publications – the brochure Waterbird Paradise, Incheon – has been updated after consultation with experts. Waterbird Paradise, Incheon was first produced about two years ago, to publicise the importance of tidal flats in Incheon, Republic of Korea. The main changes are: Satellite pictures and habitat conditions are updated to reflect the increase in […]

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  • R.I.P Yangkou

    by Devaram T Yangkou also known as XiaoYangkou, the very famous coastal town for the Spoon-billed Sandpipers came into the light only in 2008. When Spoonies were found in good numbers since 2008, numerous birders and photographers came from every corner of the world to see this “Holy Grail.” Even before 2008, the mudflats were reclaimed for the […]

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  • Relevant Scientific Articles updated in August 2015

    If you need full scientific articles, please contact Dr Judit Szabo, the science officer. Anatidae Jankowiak, Ł., P. Skorka, Ł. Ławicki, P. Wylegała, M. Polakowski, A. Wuczynski, and P. Tryjanowski. 2015. Patterns of occurrence and abundance of roosting geese: the role of spatial scale for site selection and consequences for conservation. Ecological Research 30:833-842. Hupp, J. W., […]

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  • 갯벌 곳곳 썩은내 진동… 송도습지(람사르 등록 습지) ‘쓰레기 몸살’

    김주엽 기자, 경인일보     람사르 습지로 지정된 송도습지보호지역이 해양 쓰레기로 몸살을 앓고 있다. 지난달 31일 오전 10시께 인천 송도국제도시 11공구 인근 갯벌. 이곳은 지난해 7월 세계적으로 2천여 마리만 남아 있는 저어새와 1만여 마리가 생존해 있는 검은머리갈매기 서식지로 중요성을 인정받아 람사르 습지로 등록됐지만, 갯벌에선 코를 찌를 정도로 심한 악취가 났다. 갯벌 곳곳에서는 바다에서 떠밀려 온 […]

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  • Foster care rare birds return home to breed

    Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) News Spoonievision – first footage and behind-the-scenes interviews Rare Spoon-billed Sandpipers that were fostered by conservationists have returned home to breed in numbers for the first time. Five birds that were taken into captivity as eggs a year ago, and raised by WWT’s expert bird keepers till they fledged, have […]

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  • Conserving Seabirds in the Philippines’ Last Great Rookery

      By Gregg Yan, WWF Philippines / Wildlife Extra ‘Never look up with your mouth open,’ by Gregg Yan The combined stench of rotting fish and guano was incredible. Soaked and shivering, we shelter beneath a dripping grove of Argusia trees on Tubbataha’s South Islet and count birds. Chilly raindrops are the least of our concerns – more […]

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