멸종위기저어새, 송도에 새둥지생긴대요
Posted on April 13, 2015Continue reading이창호 기자( ych23@kihoilbo.co.kr) “세계적인 조류학자와 환경운동가 등이 멸종위기에 처한 저어새나 검은머리갈매기를 보러 송도에 올 겁니다.” 인천경제자유구역청은 오는 2022년까지 663억 원을 들여 저어새와 검은머리갈매기 등 조류 보호를 위한 인공섬을 조성한다고 2일 밝혔다. 저어새섬은 11공구 북동측 2천383㎡ 규모로 조성된다. 기존 남동유수지 내 저어새 서식지는 그대로 존치된다. 인천경제청은 11공구 매립과 상부 지구단위계획사업이 본격화될 경우 남동유수지 내 저어새 서식지의 고립화가 갈수록 […]
Metro Manila’s ‘secret’ wildlife sanctuary—and why it might disappear soon
Posted on April 13, 2015Continue readingBy Lu-Ann Fuentes and Mads Bajarias GMA News Online March 11, 2015 Hidden in the grimy, murky heart of Metro Manila is a pristine nature preserve that’s home to hundreds of species of rare flora and fauna—and it may all soon disappear before we know it. The Las Piñas Parañaque Critical Habitat and Ecotourism Area (LPPCHEA) […]
White-naped Crane news from China
Posted on April 6, 2015Continue readingNews on White-naped Cranes from Dr. Mo Xunqiang and Dr. Jia Yifei in China. Two White-naped Cranes with PTT trackers were found in a buckwheat field near Dugushanzi Village, Duolun County, China, among 131 other White-naped Cranes and 8 Common Cranes on 5 April 2015. In addition, more than 300 White-naped Cranes and 400 Common […]
Birdwatching in Cheonsu Bay, Seosan, South Korea
Posted on April 6, 2015Continue readingNine staff from the EAAFP Secretariat Office took a day off school, meeting up with Mr. Cho Heungsang from Seosan Birdland, to visit Cheonsu Bay (Flyway Network Site 046) on 3 April, hoping to see Hooded Cranes before they left on their northward migration. We were lucky to see about 180 Hooded Cranes, many giving […]
4대강사업 뒤 흑두루미 북상 경로 바뀌었다
Posted on April 6, 2015Continue reading김기범 기자 holjjak@kyunghyang.com 경향신문, 2015년 4월 2일 ㆍ주된 경로 낙동강유역 습지 훼손… 체류 개체수 격감 ㆍ순천만·천수만 등 서해안지역서 관찰된 숫자는 급증 낙동강 습지에서 쉬어가던 멸종위기종 흑두루미의 북상 경로가 4대강사업 후 천수만·순천만 등 서해안으로 바뀌었다는 분석이 나왔다. 일본에서 한국을 거쳐 시베리아·몽골로 가는 흑두루미의 북상 길을 4대강사업이 바꾼 것이다. 한국물새네트워크와 김신환 동물병원의 모니터링 결과 올해 3월 충남 […]
A translocated hand-reared Short-tailed Albatross is confirmed breeding successfully in Japan’s Ogasawara Islands
Posted on April 2, 2015Continue readingJohn Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 27 March 2015 In May last year a Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus chick was found on Nakodojima Island, five kilometres south of Mukojima Island in Japan’s Ogasawara Islands where a translocation project (70 chicks over the four years 2007-2011) was undertaken, but it was not possible to identify the parent birds (click here). In […]
Relevant Scientific Articles updated in Mar 2015
Posted on April 2, 2015Continue readingIf you need full scientific articles, please contact Dr Judit Szabo, the science officer. ANATIDAE Guillemain, M., M. Poisbleau, L. Denonfoux, M. Lepley, C. Moreau, G. Massez, G. Leray, A. Caizergues, C. Arzel, D. Rodrigues, and H. Fritz. 2007. Multiple tests of the effect of nasal saddles on dabbling ducks: combining field and aviary […]
The New Dove of Peace
Posted on March 30, 2015Continue readingJohn MacKinnon The dove of peace is still white and still carries an olive branch but it is rather large and has a curious long spoon-shaped bill! The Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor is one of the world’s most endangered bird species. A few years ago there were only a few hundred surviving but thanks to […]
10,000 Relict Gulls
Posted on March 30, 2015Continue readingby Terry Townshend It was as recently as 1970 that RELICT GULL (Larus relictus, ??) was confirmed as a valid species. Before that it was thought to be either an eastern race of Mediterranean Gull (Ichthyaetus melanocephalus) or a hybrid between Brown-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus) and Pallas’s Gull (Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus)! Since its rather late acceptance into the global ornithological fold […]
Planning Invisible Landscapes: Making Invisible Tidal Flat Landscapes Visible for Future Sustainability
Posted on March 27, 2015Continue reading???????? Dr. Hiromi Yamashita of the Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU) visited EAAFP Secretariat in the first week of March 2015 and gave an open lecture titled ‘Planning Invisible Landscapes: Making Invisible Tidal Flat Landscapes Visible for Future Sustainability‘ at G-Tower in Songdo, Incheon, South Korea, on March 6th. Around 20 people interested in tidal flats, wetlands and […]
