• 2017 World Wetlands Day Statement from CBD

    Posted on February 2, 2017

    MESSAGE OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY BRAULIO FERREIRA DE SOUZA DIAS on the occasion of WORLD WETLANDS DAY 2 February 2017 Convention on Biological Diversity “Wetlands for disaster risk reduction” All around the world, wetlands provide huge benefits, including clean water, ensuring a stable water supply, and providing important habitat […]

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  • A short report on the EAAFP MOP9, Singapore

    Posted on February 2, 2017

    Spike Millington, Chief Executive, EAAFP Secretariat After months of preparation, EAAFP MOP9 finally took place on 11-15 January 2017 at the Copthorne King’s Hotel in Singapore. Of the 35 Partners, 31 attended the meeting, including representatives from all country Partners, with up to 110 participants all told. The Partner certificate was received by Hanns Seidel […]

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  • 국내 연안·하구 절반이 막혀…”닫힌 하구 열고 해수 순환해야”

    Posted on February 2, 2017

    Read in English  2016.11.16 박혜미 기자, 환경TV 4대강 사업 등 꽉 막힌 강줄기에 바닷길도 하구둑으로 가로막혀 우리나라 하구의 절반이 방조제와 하구둑, 항만 개발, 매립 등으로 인해 닫혀 있는 것으로 나타났다. 이는 자연적인 물 순환을 차단해 생태계 단절 등 되돌리기 어려운 환경파괴로 이어질 수 있는 만큼 복원이 시급하다는 지적이다. 16일 국회 의원회관 제1소회의실에서 열린 ‘연안 및 하구 […]

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  • Counteracting wetland overgrowth increases breeding and staging bird abundances

    Posted on February 1, 2017

    Aleksi Lehikoinen, Academy Research Fellow, Monitoring Team, The Helsinki Lab of Ornithology The paper “Counteracting wetland overgrowth increases breeding and staging bird abundances” was published in Scientific Reports. It deals about different wetland management actions and how they affect different waterbird guilds including dabbling and diving ducks during breeding and migration season. Abstract Human actions have led to loss and […]

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  • Threatened seabird successfully breeds using artificial nests for first time

    Posted on February 1, 2017

    Yoko Teshima 23 January 2017 The Japanese Murrelet Synthliboramphus wumizusume is a small seabird with an equally small range to match; it can be found only in warm current waters close to Japan. The birds’ breeding range is even smaller still, concentrated mainly on the ground of rock reefs or isolated islands from Kanto region […]

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  • The International EAAFP SBS Task Force met in Mawlamyine, Myanmar for their 11th meeting, 12-22 January 2017

    Posted on January 31, 2017

    January 2017 Pyae Phyo Aung, Biodiversity And Nature Conservation Association, and Christoph Zöckler, Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force Coordinator About every two years the Task Force (TF) members come together somewhere along the flyway to exchange information on their activities and discuss urgent conservation issues. The concept of the Spoon-billed Sandpiper (SBS) TF for the biennial […]

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  • Australian Government funds successful restoration of shorebird Key Biodiversity Area

    Posted on January 31, 2017

    January 2017 Dr Golo Maurer, Important Bird and Biodiversity Area Program Manager, BirdLife Australia A  grant by the Australian Government’s Threatened Species Commissioner made all the difference to thousands of birds using an artificial wetland near Geelong, Victoria. The area known as Snake Island is part of the Werribee-Avalon Key Biodiversity Area (KBA) and lies […]

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  • Experience World Class Yellow Sea Migration And Support The Local Conservation Effort

    Posted on January 31, 2017

    Birding Beijing Are you free in mid-April, want to experience the world-class migration along the Yellow Sea coast AND support the local conservation effort?  If so, keep reading… A local NGO called Spoon-billed Sandpiper in China (SBSC) is organising a special eleven-day tour for birders to showcase the spectacular migration of the Yellow Sea, connecting […]

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  • Waterbird training for the Asian Waterbird Census in Penang, Malaysia

    Posted on January 31, 2017

    Sonny Wong, Malaysian Nature Society (MNS) This year’s Asian Waterbird Census (AWC) training was hosted by the MNS Penang Branch on 21-22 January 2017. The training was sponsored by the AWC Funds, Hong Kong. The training was held in the Kampung Benggali village’s community center which is situated in Teluk Air Tawar, an Important Bird […]

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  • Mud, glorious mud! Mapping tidal flats globally

    Posted on January 26, 2017

    Mud, Glorious Mud! Mapping Tidal Flats Globally Dr Nick Murray, University of New South Wales, and A/Prof Richard Fuller, University of Queensland In a project funded by Google, the University of Queensland and the University of New South Wales are making a global, 30-m map of the intertidal zone. This map will mark a major leap […]

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