국제조류보호협회(BirdLife International), 국제중요철새서식지 보전사업을 위해 서천군과 양해각서 체결하다.
Posted on August 4, 2014Continue reading리오틴토(Rio Tinto)는 오스트레일리아 서부지역의 천일염 사업장 부근에서 발견되었던 도요·물떼새류7종에 대한 보호와 생물 다양성 순수이득효과(Net Positive Impact) 실현을 목표로 국제조류보호협회(Birdlife International)과의 파트너십 프로그램을 통해 2015년 말까지 동아시아-대양주 철새이동경로(East Asian-Australasian Flyway; EAAFP)상에 철새에 대한 시범 보전사업을 위한 기금을 제공하기로 했다. 국제조류보호협회의 기초계획을 기반으로 여러 고려사항들을 분석한 후 철새와 서식지가 갖는 중요성, 정치적 환경 그리고 생태관광사업 발전을 통한 […]
Myanmar Becomes the 32nd Partner of EAAFP
Posted on August 4, 2014Continue readingOn July 27th, the Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar became the 32nd Partner of EAAFP with enthusiastic and unanimous support from all Partners. Despite not being a formal Partner, Myanmar has been active in supporting EAAFP and EAAFP activities for many years. The country is critically important for a variety of […]
Yalu Jiang International Bird Festival, Dandong, China
Posted on August 4, 2014Continue readingThe mouth of the Yalu River (Yalu Jiang) in Liaoning Province of NE China forms the border between China and DPRK and is probably the most important remaining inter-tidal mudflat in the Yellow Sea supporting tens of thousands of .staging shorebirds, particularly Bar-tailed Godwit and Great Knot. Part of the area is a National Nature […]
China Coastal Blueprint Project Launched
Posted on August 4, 2014Continue readingThe China Coastal Wetland Blueprint Project, jointly implemented by the State Forestry Administration, the Paulson Institute and the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research (IGSNRR) of the Academy of Sciences, held its Inception Workshop on 17-18 April 2014 in Beijing. The Blueprint project aims to assess the current status, trend and threats of […]
Endangered Chinese crested tern calls Penghu home
Posted on August 4, 2014Continue readingPosted on: July 31, 2014 by Taiwan Today The Chinese crested tern, a seabird species numbering less than 50 worldwide, continues nesting in Taiwan’s outlying Penghu County, according to Wild Bird Society of Penghu July 31. “We are extremely excited to see the endangered species making Penghu one of its homes,” a society representative […]
Appraisal of the international policy framework for the conservation of migratory shorebirds in the East Asia-Australasian Flyway (EAAF)
Posted on August 1, 2014Continue readingA report by Ed Gallo-Cajiao, EAAFP intern. After some months in Australia’s southeast from January through April, six weeks in the Republic of Korea from May, and two weeks in China in late June, here is a bit of a story about what I have been up to as part of my internship project on […]
World Wetlands Day (WWD) Festival in South Korea
Posted on July 31, 2014Continue reading“13th WWD Festival” took place on July 10-11 at Convensia, Songdo, Incheon, South Korea. The festival was supported by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF). In recognition of the important relationship between wellbeing and wetlands, the theme for WWD 2014 was “Wellbeing with Wetlands.” Nearly 1000 participants attended the festival, including members of government […]
WWF recommends to put off the Pivotal Project of Poyang Lake Water Conservancy
Posted on July 30, 2014Continue readingPosted on: July 25, 2014 Report by WWF China WWF recently was informed that the Pivotal Project of Poyang Lake Water Conservancy (hereinafter referred to as the pivotal project) has been submitted to the National Development and Reform Commission and is about to enter the stage of approval. WWF has been highly concerned about […]
Singapore students visited Seocheon, Republic of Korea, as part of Flyway Sister Sites and Sister Wetland Affiliations Programme
Posted on July 30, 2014Continue readingMr. Mohamad Azlin, National Parks Board, Singapore As part of the Sister Wetland Affiliations Programme and Flyway Sister Sites activity, linking Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve (SBWR) and Geum River Estuary of Seocheon County, a group of 22 students and three teachers from River Valley High School embarked on a one-week exchange programme to the Republic […]
Trip to encourage Myanmar to join EAAFP
Posted on July 30, 2014Continue readingOn June 14, Spike Millington, Chief Executive, and Minseon Kim, Program Officer, headed to Myanmar to support and follow up Myanmar’s application to join EAAFP and its nomination of Flyway Network Sites. Meetings were held with Director Win Naing Thaw and Mr. Pyi Soe Aung of the Nature and Wildlife Conservation Division of the Ministry […]
