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EAAFP MoP7 held in Alaska
Posted on June 14, 2013Continue readingThe Seventh Meeting of the Partners of the East Asian – Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) was held in Anchorage and Seward, Alaska, USA on 10-14th June 2013, hosted by EAAFP Partner, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Three new Partners were welcomed at the Meeting: the Government of Malaysia, Wildlife Conservation Society and the Secretariat for […]
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New cooperation for conservation of Arctic breeding birds migrating along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway
Posted on June 10, 2013Continue readingJune 10, 2013, Anchorage, Alaska: Today, the Secretariats of the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) and the Partnership for the East Asian-Australasian Flyway (EAAFP) signed a Resolution of Cooperation to better coordinate efforts to promote and protect birds along a migratory flywaythat is home to over 50 million waterbirds. The East Asia-Australasian Flyway […]
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Slipping Away: Baer’s Pochard on the verge of extinction
Posted on May 31, 2013Continue readingBaer’s Pochard Aythya baeri was formerly a relatively common and widespread duck in Asia, although it has possibly not been abundant for a long time, and in fact there has never really been a good understanding of its population size. This species has always been somewhat overlooked by ornithologists, partly owing to difficulties visiting and […]
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EAAFP사무국, 검은머리갈매기 대체서식지 회의 열다
Posted on May 22, 2013Continue reading‘EAAFP(동아시아 대양주 철새이동경로 파트너십)사무국’은 21일 오후2시 멸종 취약종인 검은머리갈매기의 번식지 보존을 위한 연구결과 발표 및 토론과 대체서식지에 대한 추진계획 회의를 가졌다. 회의에는 EAAFP사무국장 스파이크 밀링턴씨와 주딧사보 철새연구관을 비롯해 송도의 검은머리갈매기의 번식현황과 이동경로를 공동으로 연구하기 위해 방문한 일본 야마시나 조류연구소와 중국 임업국 국가야생동물연구개발센터,국립생물자원관을 포함한 조류전문박사, 환경단체장 및 인천시관계자 등 20여명이 참석했다. 검은머리갈매기는 우리나라에서도 환경부 멸종위기2급으로 […]
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The Arctic Biodiversity Assessment – Migratory Birds
Posted on May 16, 2013Continue readingOn May 15th 2013, the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), the biodiversity working group of the Arctic Council has released the “Arctic Biodiversity Assessment (ABA),” a report containing the best available science informed by traditional ecological knowledge on the status and trends of Arctic biodiversity and accompanying policy recommendations for biodiversity conservation. For […]
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Secretariat Celebrates World Migratory Bird Day 2013 in Incheon
Posted on May 9, 2013Continue readingOn May 4th, EAAFP Secretariat team organized an event to celebrate World Migratory Waterbird Day in Songdo. For this occasion, 30 families of Incheon government officers and 20 Songdo Migratory Bird keepers from elementary schools (?? ?? ???) were invited to join this birdwatching celebration. Main species participants observed were curlews, gulls, ducks and egrets […]
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China Coastal Waterbird Census wins Ford Green Award
Posted on May 3, 2013Continue readingBy Martin Fowlie, Tue, 05/03/2013 – 16:34 The China Coastal Waterbird Census is a long-term project to monitor the distribution, numbers and seasonal movements of waterbirds along the Chinese coast (Marcus Ho) China lies at the centre of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway, and vast numbers of migratory birds pass through the country every year on […]
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Birds Korea Birdathon on May 11th-12th 2013
Posted on May 1, 2013Continue readingCelebrate this year’s World Migratory Bird Day (or weekend!) by spending time bird watching and fundraising for a host of long-distance migrant species – including the beautiful and Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper, a shorebird that depends on tidal-flats here in East Asia during its migration. Open to members and non-members, experts and first-time birdwatchers, the […]
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Incheon – Waterbird Paradise (Information Brochure) published
Posted on April 30, 2013Continue readingIncheon Tidal Flat is critically important for a large number of migratory waterbirds using the habitat for feeding and recuperation during their long journeys, as well as being supporting important populations of breeding waterbirds dependent on the tidal flats. The EAAFP Secretariat has recently produced an information brochure, entitled Incheon – Waterbird Paradise increase awareness, […]
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Bohai Update, April 2013
Posted on April 30, 2013Continue readingShorebird numbers remained steady throughout. Red Knot numbers seemed to rise but a drop in Great Knot meant that the overall numbers changed little and, at the moment, numbers are down on this time last year. Interestingly, many of the Knot seem to be feeding in a small area of mud between Zuidong and Nanpu, […]
