Spike participates in the final meeting of the China Coastal Blueprint project
Posted on November 4, 2015Continue readingSpike Millington, Chief Executive of the EAAFP, participated in the final meeting of the China Coastal Blueprint project, a cooperative endeavor between the Chinese State Forestry Administration, Chinese Academy of Sciences and the US-based Paulson Institute. Mr. Yan Xun, EAAFP Focal Point and Chair spoke at the meeting, emphasizing the role of EAAFP. Following the […]
EAAFP Seabird Working Group Update
Posted on November 3, 2015Continue readingRobb Kaler (Chair), Mark Carey and Yat-tung Yu (Coordinators) EAAFP Seabird Working Group 06 October 2015 Seabird Colony Database In collaboration with the New Zealand Department of Conservation and BirdLife International, we have added seabird colony data from New Zealand (including Campbell, Auckland, Adams, Chatham, Pitt, Forty-Fours, Raoul Islands) and islands in the South Pacific (Vanuatu, […]
2015 changes to IUCN Red List for birds
Posted on November 2, 2015Continue readingJudit Szabo, Science Officer The IUCN Red List is the world’s most comprehensive information source on the conservation status of plant and animal species. BirdLife is the Red List Authority for birds for the IUCN Red List. Species with “Least Concern” status are doing relatively well, and don’t need as much conservation attention as threatened species. “Near […]
우리 갯벌 ‘바닷새의 생태계 보고’로 밝혀져
Posted on November 2, 2015Continue reading해양수산부 보도자료 – 전국 연안 바닷새 정밀조사 최초 실시…총126종 최대 40만 개체 수 관찰 – 국제 보호조류이자 우리나라 법정보호종인 청다리도요사촌, 넓적부리도요, 흑기러기, 고대갈매기 등 11종을 포함해 총 126종의 바닷새가 우리 갯벌에 서식하고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 해양수산부(장관 유기준)는 정부차원에서 처음으로 지난해 8월부터 1년간 전국 연안에 대한 바닷새 정밀조사를 실시한 결과를 이같이 밝혔다. 조사결과 우리나라 연안습지는 […]
World’s biggest seabird tracking database shows their incredible journeys
Posted on November 2, 2015Continue readingBen Lascelles, BirdLife International The Global Seabird Tracking Database – one of the biggest marine conservation collaborations in the world – has just passed 5 million data points. The announcement was made at the World Seabird Conference, taking place in Cape Town, South Africa. The database, originally called ‘Tracking Ocean Wanderers’, was established in 2003, when data […]
Fonterra and DOC supporting international effort to protect godwits and Red Knots
Posted on October 31, 2015Continue readingPress Release Fonterra and the Department of Conservation, New Zealand Fonterra and the Department of Conservation, through their Living Water partnership, are supporting an international partnership to secure a safe flight path for New Zealand’s bird of the year – the Bar-tailed Godwit. Today (28 October 2015), Conservation Minister Maggie Barry and Chinese Ambassador Wang […]
Seeking Banding Records and Resight Observations of Beringian Dunlin throughout the EAAF
Posted on October 30, 2015Continue readingRick Lanctot, Shorebird Working Group Chair Information on banding efforts and resightings of the four subspecies of Dunlin (Calidris alpina actites, arcticola, kistchinski, pacifica and sakhalina) that breed in Russia or Alaska, and migrate through or winter in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway (EAAF) are needed for a migratory connectivity study. The goal of this project is […]
Headstarting continued: more great news from further along the flyway
Posted on October 29, 2015Continue readingby Roland Digby, Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper The physical component of headstarting for me finished on 2 August, but the reality is that work never stops with any aspect of this project. There is always planning and preparation for the next year and, most excitingly for me, there are the reports from further along the […]
일제 강점 후 서울면적 3배의 갯벌이 간척·매립으로 사라져
Posted on October 29, 2015Continue reading김기범 기자, 경향신문 쪼그라든 갯벌도 위험하다 일제강점기 이후 한국 갯벌의 역사는 간척과 매립, 두 축의 파괴로 점철돼 있다. 경제논리 앞에 줄어들어 갯벌 면적은 사람의 손을 타기 전과 비교해 절반 수준에 불과한 것으로 추정된다. 한국 서남해안에 ‘세계 최고’ 자리를 빼앗길까 두려워하던 유럽 와덴해 갯벌국립공원 측이 언젠가부터 마음을 놓았다는 얘기가 들려올 정도로 한국의 갯벌은 원형을 잃었다. 학자마다 […]
Habitat Management Plan and Conservation of Threatened Waterbirds in Sonadia Island
Posted on October 29, 2015Continue readingMd. Golam Rabbi (Bangladesh Forest Department) rabbi_rk@yahoo.com INTRODUCTION Sonadia Island[EAAF103] is located in south eastern Bangladesh, north-west of Cox’s Bazaar. Island was declared an Ecologically Critical Area (ECA) by the Government of Bangladesh in 1999 which includes Sonadia Island in its entirety and most of Ghotivanga Mouza in adjacent Moheshkhali Island. Around 4916 ha in […]
