北 ‘라선철새보호구’, “세계조류학계 관심”
Posted on July 7, 2014Continue reading“현재까지 약 200종의 바다새 관찰” 북한 ‘라선철새보호구’가 세계조류학계의 관심을 끌고 있다고 조선중앙통신이 26일 보도했다. 통신은 “라선철새보호구는 굴포지역의 호수인 만포와 동번포, 서번포 그리고 라선시로부터 8㎞ 떨어져 있는 알섬이 있으며, 면적이 32㎢에 생태환경이 아주 좋은 지역”이라고 전했다. 특히 “이 보호구의 만포와 서번포는 세계적으로 정한 철새들의 습지조건에 매우 부합되는 지역으로 북한의 30여개 철새보호구 가운데 하나로 세계보호연맹(IUCN)의 보호구로 지명됐다”고 […]
First hand-reared spoon-billed sandpiper returns to breed
Posted on July 3, 2014Continue readingPosted on: June 25, 2014 Report by Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper The first hand-reared spoon-billed sandpiper has returned to breed in Chukotka, Russia, where it was hatched two years ago. The spoon-billed sandpiper is unique in the animal kingdom for being born with a spoon-shaped beak. Numbers have declined by a quarter year on […]
Separating Baird’s and White-rumped Sandpipers
Posted on July 3, 2014Continue readingPosted on: June 29, 2014 Author: Rick Simpson Report by Wader Quest If, like us, you’ve always thought that telling a Baird’s from a White-rumped Sandpiper was nigh on impossible and only for the experts, then this blog may help you. Although we haven’t seen these species in all plumages (notably not juvenile Baird’s), […]
세계철새의 날 행사 보고서
Posted on June 27, 2014Continue reading2014년 5월 9일 인천 송도에 G타워에 위치한, EAAFP(동아시아-대양주 철새이동경로 파트너십) 사무국에 200명이 넘는 사람들이 모였다. ‘세계철새의 날 2014’은 이동성 물새와 그 이동경로에 대한 인식증진을 목표로 해 마련되었다. 본 행사에는 국제기구, 인천광역시, 환경부 관계자 및 인천체드윅국제학교 학생들이 참가하였다. EAAFP의 스파이크 밀링턴 국장은 철새들이 견뎌내는 고된 여정과, 자연관광자원으로서 그들이 불러일으키는 경제적 효과에 대해서 연설을 하였다. 이 밖에도 […]
Myanmar wetland to be protected by the country’s first eco-tourism initiative
Posted on June 23, 2014Continue readingPosted on: June 19, 2014 Report by Wildlife Extra A bird-haven in northern Myanmar is to benefit from a government-led, community-based, eco-tourism initiative that will ensure visitors to the area help protect, not damage, its unique habitat. One of the biggest inland stretches of water in Southeast Asia, Indawgyi Lake, is a mecca for […]
What do you do when you find a baby bird?
Posted on June 20, 2014Continue readingIn most of the cases, the young bird doesn’t need actual help. If the bird is a fledgling – a bird that have just left the nest – they are still under the care of their parents. You can leave the bird there and observe from far so that the parent birds can take care. […]
Courtship in Chukotka and Slimbridge
Posted on June 20, 2014Continue readingPosted on: June 19, 2014 Report by Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper Roland Digby has been in Chukotka, at the spoon-billed sandpipers’ breeding ground for the last two summers, hatching and hand-rearing chicks in what is known as “headstarting”. It helps stabilize the declining spoon-billed sandpiper population and he’s back there for a third time this […]
How Much Are the World’s Ecosystems Worth?
Posted on June 19, 2014Continue readingPosted on: June 16, 2014 Author: Rebecca J. Rosen Report by The Atlantic In 1997, ecologist Robert Constanza and a team of researchers estimated the value of the ecosystem services as around $33 trillion ($48.7 trillion in today’s dollars), more than the GDP of the entire globe at that time. Armed with data from […]
Don’t I Know You From Somewhere?
Posted on June 4, 2014Continue readingPosted on: May 30th, 2014 Author: Nial Moores PhD Report by Birds Korea On April 29th, Mr Park Seong-Sik kindly showed me Baekryeong Island’s main Black-tailed Gull colony – a city of birds with probably 15,000 inhabitants inhabiting a long stretch of coastline near his home. There among the clamour of gulls we were delighted […]
World Migratory Bird Day Birdwatching Event
Posted on May 27, 2014Continue reading10-05-2014, Songdo, South Korea In a World Migratory Bird Day event organised with the support of EAAFP Secretariat, around 100 local people attended. It was a day blessed with glorious sunshine, and a great turn-out of local families, with children of all ages getting the chance to experience their local wildlife. The day started with […]
