기름범벅 됐던 태안해안에 물새들 돌아온다
Posted on June 1, 2015Continue reading장규석 기자(hahoi@cbs.co.kr) 공원관리공단, “태안해안 해양생태계 점차 회복되고 있는 증거” 지난 2007년 12월 대규모 기름유출사고가 발생한 충남 태안해안에서 물새 번식지가 늘어나고 있는 것으로 확인됐다. 기름으로 오염됐던 태안해안의 생태계가 점차 회복되고 있는 신호로 해석된다. 국립공원관리공단 철새연구센터는 이달들어 태안해안의 바람아래해변에서 쇠제비갈매기 번식둥지를 처음으로 발견한데 이어, 기지포해안과 몽산포해안에서 흰물떼세 번식지를 다수 발견됐다고 31일 밝혔다. 태안해안에서는 사고발생 5년만인 […]
Following Spoonies to migrate, Spoon-billed Sandpiper Flyway Exchange
Posted on May 29, 2015Continue readingby Jason Loghry from Birds Korea May 28 2015 Each year, Spoon-billed Sandpipers fly from their breeding ground in Siberia and pass through Japan, Korea and China, down to Southeast Asia for wintering. The main threat this species faces is increasing habitat loss (inter-tidal wetlands) all throughout its migratory and wintering range, in addition to […]
인천시, 철새와 함께 하는 생태서비스 여건 조성
Posted on May 28, 2015Continue reading박흥서 기자(phs0506@ajunews.com) 철새 서식지·번식지 보호, 철새 도래지 국제인증 추진, 국제협력 강화 등 추진 인천시(시장 유정복)는 인천 도래 이동철새 자원과 도시, 갯벌, 섬이 어우러진 인천만의 가치 재창조와 국민소득 3만불 시대 도래에 따른 생활패턴을 반영해 철새와 함께하는 생태서비스 기반여건을 조성하기 위해 ‘철새 및 서식지 보전 종합계획’을 수립했다고 밝혔다. 인천은 지리적으로 동아시아-대양주 철새 이동경로 상 중앙에 위치해 […]
We need to get smarter to save shorebirds from rising seas
Posted on May 27, 2015Continue readingSam Nicol, Iadine Chadès, Richard Fuller, and Takuya Iwamura The world record for the longest non-stop unpowered flight is held by a Bar-tailed godwit that travelled 11,600 km from Alaska to New Zealand in just over eight days. This bird’s remarkable journey was part of one of nature’s marvels, the annual migration of five million shorebirds […]
Best Wishes To Our Winged Travellers!
Posted on May 27, 2015Continue reading‘To Our Winged Travellers’ is an interactive art project run by the EAAFP Secretariat to accompany our #welcomewaterbirds initiative and our celebration of World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) 2015. Participants are invited to write a personal message to migratory waterbirds during this migration season as they travel to and arrive at breeding grounds. You […]
Australia lists Far Eastern Curlew and Curlew Sandpiper as critically endangered
Posted on May 27, 2015Continue readingDr Mark Carey Department of the Environment, Australian Government The Australian Government’s Minister for the Environment has decided to list the following migratory shorebirds as critically endangered under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act): Numenius madagascariensis (Far Eastern curlew) Calidris ferruginea (Curlew sandpiper) These species will remain listed ‘migratory’ and ‘marine’ […]
세계 5대 갯벌 강화
Posted on May 26, 2015Continue reading김성호 기자 (ksh96@kyeongin.com) 수줍게 드러난 바다의 속살 그안에 생동하는 자연의 美 천연기념물 번식·풍부한 자원·바다 자정 등 가치 높아 조력발전소 건설땐 면적 30% ↓… 펜션건설에 ‘몸살’ 해외선 국립공원 관리 반면 국내 행·재정적 지원 부족 지난 15일 오전 9시 강화군 화도면 여차리 강화갯벌센터 앞. 하루 두 번 찾아오는 간조 시간 바닷물이 모두 빠지자 드넓은 강화 남단 […]
What is a world-class birding site near Beijing?
Posted on May 21, 2015Continue readingWritten by Terry Townshend, Birding Beijing It’s time to reveal a secret. There is a world-class birding site, visited by very few birders, just an hour from downtown Beijing. Its name is Miyun Reservoir. Historically, most birders visiting Beijing have headed to the coast to visit the well-known birding spots of Beidaihe and Kuaile Dao (Happy Island). This […]
New Spoon-billed Sandpiper site and monitoring at Sonadia Island in Bangladesh
Posted on May 21, 2015Continue readingMd. Foysal & Sayam U. Chowdhury Along with monthly monitoring of shorebirds on Sonadia Island, Bangladesh Spoon-billed Sandpiper Conservation Project (BSCP) conducts surveys in previously unsurveyed areas such as the Sundarbans (2012). As part of the new area search BSCP carried out a detailed survey around Sandwip, Chittagong between 3 and 11 February 2015. […]
WMBD 2015 celebration at Chadwick International School in Songdo, Incheon, Republic of Korea
Posted on May 18, 2015Continue readingTo celebrate World Migratory Birds Day (WMBD) 2015, Tomoko Ichikawa, Communication Officer of EAAFP Secretariat, gave a lecture “Do You Know About Migratory Birds?” at Chadwick International School in Songdo, Republic of Korea on 6th of May. This lecture fit in the section ‘We have responsibilities to protect living things and share the environment’ of the ‘Sharing the Planet’ […]
