• Signing of Agreement on ‘Development of a Master Plan for Sustainable Use of Bako Buntal Bay [EAAF112] as Sarawak’s First EAAF Network Site’

    Posted on September 28, 2016

    Sarawak Forestry, 12th August 2016 Sarawak Forestry Corporation signed an agreement with Ms Rebecca Jothi D’Cruz on 12th August 2016 at Conference Room, Block A, Corporate Office to commission her on a project stated above. The objective of this agreement is to establish an effective working protocol for the development of a Master Plan for Sustainable […]

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  • Raising the bar for ecotourism

    Posted on September 27, 2016

    IUCN joins effort to align ecotourism with conservation goals Press Release Tropical Resources Institute September 12, 2016 – Honolulu, Hawaii — Among the landmark decisions emerging last week from the 2016 International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress is a bold decision to improve standards for ecotourism worldwide. Motion 65, “Improving standards in […]

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  • From the IUCN WCC 2016

    Posted on September 9, 2016

    Spike Millington, Chief Executive, EAAFP Secretariat I am writing this from the World Conservation Congress in Hawaii, a gathering of several thousand conservation and environmental organizations and individuals, convened every four years under the auspices of IUCN. A packed program of interactive events over the first five days included a session hosted by EAAFP and […]

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  • HSF attends 6th Rason International Trade Exhibition in DPRK

    Posted on September 6, 2016

    EAAFP Partner Hanns Seidel Foundation Korea (HSF Korea) attended the 6th Rason International Trade Exhibition in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), 8-11 August 2016. The DPRK has many important habitats for migratory waterbirds such as Scaly-sided Merganser, Swan Goose and Black-faced Spoonbill. The EAAFP Secretariat worked together with HSF Korea in developing CEPA materials for the […]

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  • World Shorebirds Day 2016

    Posted on September 5, 2016

    Tomorrow – 6 September – is the World Shorebirds Day! It is an annual celebration of shorebirds, those extreme migrants, as well as people, who do the most for them. The Global Shorebird Counting Program (2-6 September 2016) is one of the key events of the World Shorebirds Day, an effort to raise awareness about the importance of regular […]

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  • EAAFP pre-MOP9 meeting: Shorebird Working Group and Far Eastern Curlew Task Force

    Posted on August 31, 2016

    Rick Lanctot, Shorebird Working Group Chair Mark Carey, Far Eastern Curlew Task Force Chair A one day meeting focused on the Shorebird Working Group and the Far Eastern Curlew Task Force prior to the EAAFP MOP9 meeting in Singapore will be held on 10 January 2017. For the Shorebird Working Group portion of the meeting, the Chair is looking […]

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  • Thai Spoon-billed Sandpiper site being developed

    Posted on August 22, 2016

    Birdguides 29 July 2016 A key wintering site for Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpipers in the Bay of Bangkok is currently being filled in to make way for a solar farm. Situated in the Samut Sakhon province to the south-west of Bangkok, the saltpans at Khok Kham [EAAF122] are world-renowned among the birding world for holding large numbers […]

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  • Farmers choose solar farm over our endangered Spoon-billed Sandpipers

    Posted on August 16, 2016

    Phuket Gazette 29 July 2016 SAMUT SAKHON: Given a choice between renewable energy and wildlife conservation, the people of Samut Sakhon have opted for a solar farm. Tractors and trucks loaded with soil were seen busily working in a field yesterday to fill a salt basin in Ban Khok Kham [EAAF122], where a three-megawatt solar […]

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  • National workshop on the conservation and management of the migratory shorebirds and coastal wetlands of the Republic of Korea

    Posted on August 11, 2016

    Spike Millington, Chief Executive, EAAFP Secretariat Following the adoption of the Resolutions 28 and 51 on the conservation of the Yellow Sea, its migratory waterbirds and habitats at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Jeju in September 2012, the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Korea and IUCN held a national workshop at Incheon on 26-27 […]

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  • New video and posters on wild birds and Avian Influenza

    Posted on August 11, 2016

    Spike Millington, Chief Executive, EAAFP Secretariat The relationship between wild birds and the spread of the avian influenza (AI) virus has resulted in much misunderstanding and misinformation, with wild birds being blamed for introducing and spreading the disease. In fact, we know that the role of wild birds is quite limited and they are the […]

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