2015 World Wetlands Day Statement from Ramsar
Posted on January 30, 2015Continue readingStatement from Dr. Christopher Briggs, Secretary General of the Ramsar Convention on the occasion of World Wetlands Day I am delighted to be joining you to celebrate World Wetlands Day! This year I will be seeing again how Uganda, which is a key Party to the Ramsar Convention, makes this day special and makes […]
Roughing it gives great rewards!
Posted on January 29, 2015Continue readingWritten by Nigel Clark We are just back in Yangon having spent the last 8 days on an expedition to resurvey the waders that winter on the upper Bay of Martaban. The team consisted of Nigel Clark from the BTO, Guy Anderson, Graeme Buchanan and Rhys Green from the RSPB, Geoff Hilton from WWT […]
EAAFP “갯벌 관리 인천‧경기 공동 모니터링 시행해야”
Posted on January 20, 2015Continue reading[Read in English] (인천=뉴스1) 주영민 기자 2015.01.07 UN 산하기구인 동아시아대양주철새이동경로파트너십(EAAFP)은 이동성 물새 및 서식지 보전을 위한 행동계획’을 통해 “인천 연안 갯벌’을 체계적으로 관리하기 위해서는 인천시와 경기도가 연계한 공동 모니터링을 시행해야 한다”고 7일 밝혔다. EAAFP는 “인천의 송도갯벌, 영종갯벌, 강화남단갯벌과 경기도의 소래―시흥 갯골, 오이도 갯벌이 포함된 ‘인천 연안 갯벌’은 하나의 생태계로 이뤄져 있기 때문에 통합적인 관리가 필요하다”며 ”관할 […]
Scientific Task Force on Avian Influenza and Wild Birds statement on 19th December 2014
Posted on January 9, 2015Continue readingRead in other languages: Scientific Task Force on Avian Influenza and Wild Birds statement on: H5N8 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in poultry and wild birds 19th December 2014 This statement, from the UN CMS/FAO Co-Convened Scientific Task Force on Avian Influenza and Wild Birds is released in response to the recent H5N8 HPAI […]
Global Flyway Network’s Satellite Tracking Project
Posted on January 6, 2015Continue readingby Global Flyway Network (GFN) In the last week of October GFN and the AWSG spent a week catching shorebirds for the EAAF satellite transmitter project. Catching started off very well with all the Great Knot that we needed being caught on October 22nd. 20 of these birds were taken in to captivity for an experiment in […]
EAAFP Information Brochure 2015 has been published
Posted on January 5, 2015Continue readingThe latest version of EAAFP Information Brochure in English is downloadable now here. It includes newly joined partners, updated list of Flyway Site Network, activities took place in 2014 and other news. New Partners: Myanmar, Vietnam, ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity New Flyway Network Site : 1 Mongolia, 2 Japan, 3 Myanmar, 2 Thailand, 1 Australia New Activities: Arctic Migratory […]
New educational materials: Post-it notes and postcards
Posted on December 26, 2014Continue readingTo introduce EAAFP’s works and some threatened migratory waterbirds to public, EAAFP Secretariat made post-it and postcards of Baer’s Pochard and Chinese Crested Tern, both are categorised as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, and one-legged Kentish Plover highlighting injuries from fishing debris. The postcards were printed on 100% recycled paper. The Chinese Crested […]
SBS T-shirts: Save the Spoon-billed Sandpiper
Posted on December 26, 2014Continue readingWithout our efforts, SBS could disappear from the world. It is one of the most threatened species of the East Asian – Australasian Flyway. EAAFP Secretariat made a T-shirts to raise awareness on SBS and the crisis they are facing. Please wear this T-shirts to support their survival and distribute our message to your family, […]
Information and Experience Sharing and Training Workshop for Wetland and Flyway Site Managers in East and Southeast Asia, Jakarta, Indonesia
Posted on December 26, 2014Continue readingFlyway and Wetland Site Manager Workshop in East and Southeast Asia was held in Jakarta, Indonesia on 25-29 August to share information and experience. It was co-organised by the EAAFP and the Ramsar Regional Center East Asia (RRC-EA), and sponsored by the Ministry of Environment, Republic of Korea and hosted by the Ministry of Forestry, […]
Workshop on Migratory Bird Monitoring in the Geum Estuary
Posted on December 24, 2014Continue readingThe Migratory Bird Monitoring Workshop was held at Seocheon Migratory Bird Center, Seocheon, South Korea on 1-4 September, organized by BirdLife International, hosted by the Seocheon County and supported by EAAFP. The workshop was to bring together those with an interest, past data and/or experience in migratory bird monitoring in the Geum Estuary with the […]
