• Spoon-billed Sandpiper

      Name: Spoon-billed Sandpiper Scientific name: Calidris pygmaea Conservation status: IUCN – Critically Endangered, CMS – Appendix I Spoon-billed Sandpiper is the rarest shorebird and endemic to the East Asian – Australasian Flyway (EAAF). It was uplisted to Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List in 2008. A Spoon-billed Sandpiper Recovery Team was set up […]

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  • EAAF Shorebird Tracking Group 1st Webinar

    The EAAF Shorebird Tracking Group, established in 2021 following the 1st East Asian-Australasian Flyway Shorebird Science Meeting in 2020, held the first webinar on 13th April, 2021. It aims to gather scientists who are studying migratory shorebirds through tracking in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway. Four speakers from Alaska, China, Bangladesh and Australia shared their tracking […]

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  • Successful Applicants of WMBD Small Grant Fund May 2021

    Successful Applicants of WMBD Small Grant Fund May 2021 No.Principle Investigator Organization (Name)CountryTitle / Activity TypeFund Amount (USD)ApplicationReport 1Dr. Sergej A. SolovievEcological Watch of SiberiaRussia”birdwatching & monitoring(field trip) publication/exhibition(poster,leaflet) film watch, seminar”$1,000EAAFP WMBD Small Grant May 2021_Application_RussiaReceived (May 2021) 2Dr. Delower HossainSher-e-Bangla Agricultural Univeristy (SAU)Bangladeshonline discussion, photo exhibition, documentary presentation, publication/distribution$1,000EAAFP WMBD Small Grant May […]

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  • Partners

    The EAAF Partnership is made up of National Governments, International Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) and Inter-Governmental Organisations, that agree to endorse the text and supporting the objectives and actions under this Partnership. Membership is open to other Governments, International NGOs, Inter-Government organisations and members of the international business sector upon application and agreeing to endorse the […]

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  • The iconic Masked Finfoot of Indo-Burma’s forested wetlands is on the brink of extinction

    Few species of waterbirds in the Indo-Burma region are as threatened as the highly distinct Masked Finfoot (ranked 43 on the EDGE species list), currently listed as ‘Endangered’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The finfoot is also one of EAAFP’s key species. A new study published in the journal, Forktail: Journal of […]

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  • 2021 World Wildlife Day “Forests and Livelihoods: Sustaining People and Planet”

    On 3rd March every year, we celebrate UN World Wildlife Day, to raise awareness of the world’s wild animals and plants. This is the day of the signature of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in 1973. The 2021 theme of World Wildlife Day is “Forests and Livelihoods: Sustaining […]

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  • Flyway Youth Forum 2020

    Flyway Youth Forum 2020 The first-ever Flyway Youth Forum, organized by The East Asian – Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) and Youth Engaged in Wetlands (YEW)was held virtually with about 140 participants over two consecutive weekends from 28th November to 6th December, 2020. Young people were connected and empowered through Youth presentations, a series of five training workshops on Youth […]

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  • Declaration of the 2020 Flyway Youth Forum

    Preamble Wetlands are one of the most productive ecosystems on the planet, home to a great diversity of migratory waterbirds and providing countless ecosystem services to people and the environment. Yet, wetlands are in a state of global decline, disappearing three times faster than terrestrial forests, threatening the very ecosystems that we depend upon. For […]

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  • 1st East Asian-Australasian Flyway Shorebird Science Meeting Report

    Over 400 people from 39 countries/regions registered for the 1st East Asian-Australasian Flyway Shorebird Science Virtual Meeting (EAAFSSM) that took place from November 3rd to 5th, 2020. Participants joined live online discussions, workshops, 5 keynote talks and 80 presentations across 18 sessions that addressed a myriad of topics on shorebird research and conservation. Almost 100 […]

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