• Experts get together in Beijing to discuss conservation of key sites for migratory birds in the Yellow Sea

    Posted on November 10, 2014

    Article released by CMS Bonn, 23 September 2014 – Flyways around the world include key stopover sites that are essential for migratory birds to rest and refuel before continuing their journey. Delaware Bay in the Eastern Americas Flyway and the Wadden Sea in the African-Eurasian Flyway are good examples of such critical sites. In the […]

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  • UN biodiversity report highlights failure to meet conservation targets

    Posted on November 7, 2014

    Global Biodiversity Outlook 4 paints a damning picture of governments’ efforts to meet a set of targets agreed in 2010. Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/06/un-biodiversity-report-failure-meet-conservation-targets?CMP=twt_gu (c) Guardian News & Media Ltd

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  • Climate Change Will Disrupt Half of North America’s Bird Species, Study Says

    Posted on October 29, 2014

    The National Audubon Society has released Climate Change Report, which says more than half of 588 North American birds will face their habitat loss over the next 65 years. If no action is taken regarding to climate change in the future, they could be victims of it and ended up becoming extinct. Mr. Yarnold of […]

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  • Now back in the UK – Update from the Spoon-billed Sandpiper survey team

    Posted on October 24, 2014

    Written by Nigel Clark   A team lead by SBS in China and with five international wader experts: Nigel Clark from BTO, James Phillips from Natural England, Guy Anderson and Andy Schofield from RSPB and Rich Hearn from WWT, has come together to survey the autumn concentration of Spoon-billed Sandpiper on the Jiangsu coastline. The […]

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  • 연안 돌보기: 연안 습지 복원을 위해 제안된 선언문

    Posted on October 23, 2014

    [Read in english] 지난 10월 14일 동아시아 대양주 철새이동경로 파트너십 (EAAFP)는 람사르 협약 사무국, 생물다양성협약(CBD), 국제조류보호협회(Birdlife International)과 협업하여 평창에서 열린 제12차 생물다양성협회 당사국총회(CBD COP12)에서 EAAFP 스파이크 밀링턴 사무국장을 의장으로 ‘연안 돌보기(Caring for Coasts)’를 주제로 서식지 소실에 대해 대책을 촉구하는 새로운 제안(이니셔티브)을 공표했다. 이 자리에서 생물다양성협약(CBD) David Coates 씨는 연안지역에서 일어나는 생태계 서비스와 연안 보전의 중요성을, […]

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  • 동아시아-대양주 철새이동경로상의 이동성물새 생태학적 위기에 처하다

    Posted on October 23, 2014

    제12차 생물다양성협약 당사국총회(CBD COP12) 동아시아-대양주 철새이동경로 파트너십(이하 EAAFP) 부대행사 l Read in English l  지난 10월 8일 EAAFP는 동아시아-대양주 철새이동경로상의 이동성 물새가 심각한 생태학적인 위기에 있다는 국제 현황에 관해 평창에서 열린 제12차 생물다양성협약 당사국총회(CBD COP12)에서 부대행사를 개최했다. 동아시아-대양주 철새이동경로(EAAF)상에는 전 세계 45%의 인구와 도요물떼새, 오리기러기, 고니, 백로 및 두루미 등의 이동성 물새들이 있다. 최근 이 […]

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  • Vietnam becomes the 34th Partner of EAAFP

    Posted on October 23, 2014

      On October 19th, the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam became the 34th Partner of EAAFP with enthusiastic and unanimous support from all Partners. Vietnam is a very important country for migratory waterbirds, situated at the heart of the Flyway. The Government of Vietnam has been very active in conserving these species and […]

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  • Green Culture Festival in Incheon, South Korea

    Posted on October 22, 2014

    On 20 September, with the theme of ‘Welcome to Incheon – City of Migratory Birds’, EAAFP Secretariat participated in the Green Culture Festival (GCF) in Incheon, South Korea. GCF was held by the Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority to promote eco-friendly ways of living to the citizens and the visitors to the Asian Games, held […]

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  • Caring for Coasts: A Proposed New Initiative for Coastal Wetland Restoration

    Posted on October 21, 2014

    [Press release on EAAFP Side Event at CBD COP 12 in Pyeongchang] East Asian Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP), together with its Partners – Ramsar Convention Secretariat, CBD Secretariat and Birdlife International – convened a side-event at CBD COP 12 in Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea on 14th October to present a proposed new initiative on coastal wetland restoration, […]

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  • Ecological Crisis for Migratory Waterbirds in EAAF

    Posted on October 21, 2014

    [Press release on EAAFP Side Event at CBD COP 12 in Pyeongchang] l Read in Korean l   The East Asian – Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) held a side-event at the Twelfth Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity at Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea on 8th October to draw attention to the ongoing […]

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