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Linking environmental educators from Hong Kong and Incheon for conservation of migratory waterbirds
Continue readingEnvironmental education is key to conservation efforts. Exchanging knowledge and skills along the migratory routes of waterbirds is especially essential. Therefore, on the 20th – 21st August 2022, WWF-Hong Kong and local NGO Black-faced Spoonbill & Friends (BFS & Friends) from Incheon, with support from EAAFP Secretariat, led an Environmental Education Training Workshop at the […]
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Tracking Nordmann’s Greenshanks from Schaste Bay, Russian Far East with Druid Nano GPS devices
Continue readingSummary During the boreal summer of 2021, the project team tagged 10 Nordmann’s Greenshank (Tringa guttifer) with 3.5 g Nano GPS tracking devices developed by Druid Technology Co., Ltd (Image 1) on their breeding grounds in western Schaste Bay, Khabarovsk Krai, Russian Far East. The team was awarded these tracking devices from a competition at […]
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Updates of Worldwide Avian Influenza Situation by FAO/EMPRES-AH (Jun 2022 – Sept 2022)
Continue readingFAO/EMPRES-AH is constantly monitoring the avian influenza situation worldwide and compiles information from multiple national and international sources as well as peer-reviewed scientific articles. Close collaboration with country and regional offices, the implementation of avian influenza field surveillance projects, and networks of expertise like OIE/FAO’s OFFLU (www.offlu.org) provide access to timely information on outbreaks, surveillance […]
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“Birds and Schools” for the East Asian-Australasian Flyway – 2022 World Migratory Bird Day activities
Continue readingIntroduction World Migratory Bird Day is an annual global awareness-raising campaign. To educate and raise awareness of the conservation of migratory waterbirds and their habitats, we are inviting groups of school children in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway to visit a wetland, learn about bird migration, wetlands and relate to the theme of the World Migratory […]
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EAAFP X YSFAC Bird Meets Arts Project International Workshop Successfully Concludes
Continue readingOn September 14th, 2022, <Bird Meets Arts> online international workshop was completed. This workshop concluded the <Bird Meets Arts> series, with the workshop focused on discussing the role and possibilities of art as means to strengthen the conservation of migratory waterbirds and their habitats. Four environmental artists from Ro Korea, Australia and Hong Kong, as […]
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Farewell to Programme Assistant, Mr. Yong June Kim
Continue readingIn the words of Yong June Kim, “Even though I have spent more than 5 years in Songdo, Incheon (where the EAAFP Secretariat is located) for my undergraduate studies, nobody had introduced me to the Black-faced Spoonbill (BFS), the flagship migratory waterbird species that breed in the islands at the Namdong Reservoir. Joining the EAAFP […]
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4th Training Workshop of Youth Think Tank Competition for EAA Flyway Conservation Communication and Storytelling
Continue readingObjectives Communication and storytelling play a key role in conservation. To better equip youth, especially future conservation leaders, with skills in storytelling and scientific communication while enhancing their understanding of the importance of communication in conservation, the 4th and final workshop for the Youth Think Tank Competition for the EAA Flyway will focus on communication […]
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Ministry of Environment of Ro Korea Celebrated 2022 World Migratory Bird Day
Continue readingOn 19th May 2022, the Ministry of Environment, Republic of Korea (MOEK), hosted an event to jointly celebrate World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) and International Day of Biological Diversity at the NIE Ecorium in Janghang, Ro Korea. The event was supported by the National Institute of Ecology, Ro Korea (NIE) and the Korea Environment Preservation […]
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Farewell to Programme Assistant, Ms. Hyoeun Kim
Continue readingIn the words of Hyoeun Kim, “To write this article, I am now recalling my first field trip to the Hwaseong Wetlands, which happened soon after I had joined the Secretariat. During the trip, I watched Black-faced Spoonbills for the first time in my life, which helped me to understand the motivation for the work […]
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Welcoming Gochang Getbol from the Republic of Korea as Flyway Network Site, EAAF 153
Continue readingOn 28th August 2022, the East Asian-Australasian Partnership welcomed a new addition to the Flyway Site Network – Gochang Getbol in Ro Korea — as Flyway Network Site (FNS) EAAF153, marking the 19th FNS in the country. It is now adding one more brand to its list of names: Gochang Tidal flat Wetland Protected Area […]
