Hanns Seidel Foundation Korea becomes 35th member of EAAFP
Posted on May 10, 2016Continue readingFelix J. GLENK Hanns Seidel Foundation Korea On April 14th, 2016, Hanns Seidel Foundation Korea became the 35th member of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP). “We are proud to be partners of the flyway partnership together with 15 national governments along the flyway, major international nature protection associations and NGO in the field of nature […]
Wader Quest The newsletter April 2016
Posted on May 4, 2016Continue readingWader Quest The newsletter is the main publication of Wader Quest, which is a charity that aims to involve local groups and communities in Wader conservation. The latest issue in April 2016 has recently been published. It includes birdwatching reports with beautiful photographs and bird ringing records. Below are some relevant news to EAAF and unique examples of […]
A visit to Slimbridge
Posted on May 4, 2016Continue readingSpike Millington, Chief Executive of EAAFP As a teenager growing up in England, a friend’s father used to take us on annual mid-winter trips to Slimbridge the home of the then Wildfowl Trust. The last time I visited was in 1969 and we saw Bewick’s Swan’s flighting into the lakes and White-fronted Geese on the […]
Baer’s Pochard (Aythya baeri)
Posted on April 19, 2016Continue readingTerry Townshend from Birding Beijing Latest updates: 14 April 2016: 83 counted at a lake in Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province. A video of some of the birds: 9 April 2016 6 at Miyun Reservoir before the observer was ejected by police. 20 March 2016 A pair at the Summer Palace (JH) A pair at Miyun Reservoir (TT, […]
New migratory shorebirds plan to help protect some of Australia’s favourite overseas visitors
Posted on April 11, 2016Continue readingThe Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for the Environment, Government of Australia Press release The Australian Government is today launching a new plan to help protect 35 species of shorebirds that regularly travel thousands of kilometres to visit our shores. Shorebirds such as the female Bar-tailed Godwit match the incredible long-haul range of an Airbus A380. We […]
Counting waterbirds at Shengjin Lake, China for the 50th International Waterbird Census count
Posted on April 8, 2016Continue readingLu Yong Senior Technical Officer -China Wetlands International The national Nature Reserve of Shengjin Lake [EAAF068] on the southern bank of the Yangtze River in the Anhui Province of China is designated as a Ramsar Site and is on the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Site Network due to its international importance for waterbirds. On 12 and […]
Urgent action to save shorebirds set for extinction in 30 years
Posted on April 8, 2016Continue readingBirdlife Australia Press release Today’s Shorebird Summit will agree on ambitious action to halt Australia’s looming shorebird extinction crisis. Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt will address international representatives local conservation groups and scientific experts who are meeting in Melbourne today to urgently address the massive population decline of migratory shorebirds who call Australia home. “These […]
MEA synergies
Posted on April 8, 2016Continue readingSpike Millington EAAFP Chief Executive EAAFP e-Newsletter March 2016 Introduction To our Partners and Supporters, By signing up to Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) countries are demonstrating a commitment to improving their national and global environmental conditions. Most countries have ratified multiple MEAs. For biodiversity-related conventions, these include CBD, Ramsar, CMS and CITES. Although the goals […]
Baer’s Pochard Task Force organises surveys for the 2016 breeding season
Posted on April 5, 2016Continue readingRichard Hearn Baer’s Pochard Task Force Global Coordinator Our current knowledge of the summer distribution of Baer’s Pochard is extremely limited; the species is known to occur regularly at fewer than five sites. These birds account for a small proportion of the number counted in winter 2014-15, when a minimum of 238 individuals were located. […]
Science officer attends shorebirds related meetings in Australia
Posted on April 4, 2016Continue readingEAAFP Secretariat Judit Szabo, Science Officer of the EAAFP Secretariat participated in the Migratory Shorebird Conservation Planning Summit and formal launch of the Wildlife Conservation Plan for Migratory Shorebirds organized by BirdLife Australia on 7 April 2016 in Melbourne, Australia. Besides several partners and colleagues from Yellow Sea Task Force, Monitoring Task Force, Australian and […]
