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22nd Meeting of the IUCN SSC Goose Specialist Group: Registration and Abstract Submission Now Open
Posted on October 22, 2026Continue readingThe 22nd Meeting of the IUCN SSC Goose Specialist Group (GSG 2027) will be held in Seosan City, Republic of Korea, from 27 to 31 January 2027. Seosan, on the west coast of Korea, is one of the country’s important wintering areas for geese, and the meeting will take place at the height of the […]
Surveying Yubu-do Tidal Flat for Spoon-billed Sandpiper Conservation: International Collaboration for the Future of a Threatened Species
Posted on October 15, 2026Continue readingⒸ Hyun-Min Lee From 27 September to 2 October 2026, the EAAFP Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force conducted a field survey on Yubu-do Tidal Flat, Seocheon-gun, Republic of Korea, to monitor the Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper and strengthen understanding of the island’s importance as a key stopover site for migratory waterbirds along the East Asian–Australasian Flyway […]

EAAFP 10th anniversary event
On 10th and 11th May, 2019, EAAFP celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Government of Republic of Korea hosting the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership Secretariat in Songdo, Incheon. Together with the 10th anniversary event, over 200 participants from our Partners, the diplomatic communities, Korean government agencies and local organizations attended the conference on migratory birds and their habitats along our flyway. The event also celebrated the World Migratory Bird Day highlighting the theme "Protect the birds : Be the solution from plastic pollution."
Some Key Species
For more information on these and other important waterbirds in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway visit our Migratory Waterbirds pages to learn about the various amazing species moving across our flyway every year.
To Our Winged Travellers
‘To Our Winged Travellers‘ is an interactive art project to celebrate the annual migration of migratory waterbirds. Since last May, over 1000 people participated in the project via online and at the local bird events in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway (EAAF). The project started in the Republic of Korea and messages were delivered to other countries in the EAAF, such as Australia, Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia. Please help us keep the greetings coming and ‘flying’ out to their next destination!
EAAFP Partners
National Governments (18)
Inter-Governmental Organisations (6)

Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (2006)

Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar Convention) (2006)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2009)

Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (2013)

Convention on Biological Diversity (2014)

ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (2014)
International Non-Governmental Organisations (13)

Australasian Wader Studies Group - BirdLife Australia (2006)

International Crane Foundation (2006)

Wetlands International (2006)

World Wildlife Fund (2006)

BirdLife International (2006)

Wild Bird Society of Japan (2007)

Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (2010)

Pukorokoro Miranda Naturalists Trust (2010)

Wildlife Conservation Society (2013)

Hanns Seidel Foundation (2016)

Paulson Institute (2018)

Hong Kong Bird Watching Society (2020)

Mangrove Foundation (2020)



































