Celebration of World Migratory Bird Day 2022 in Malaysia – The Wonders of Bird Migration Around the Globe
Continue readingThe International Centre from University Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA), in collaboration with the Malaysian Nature Society (MNS), Terengganu Branch and the University of Tripoli, Libya, organized an outing in conjunction with the annual World Migratory Bird Day 2022 (WMBD). The event took place on the UniSZA Gong Badak Campus, Kuala Nerus where 50 participants spent […]
World Migratory Bird Day 2022 in Hong Kong: Fishpond For Flyway – 10th Anniversary Exhibition of Fishpond Conservation
Continue readingSince 2012, Hong Kong Bird Watching Society (HKBWS) has been implementing Hong Kong Fishpond Conservation Scheme, which aims to promote fishpond conservation through habitat management, research and education. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the scheme. To celebrate the anniversary and also World Migratory Bird Day, a 3-week exhibition was held from 29 September […]
Celebrating World Migratory Bird Day in coastal communities around Nijhum Dweep National Park – an EAAFP Flyway Network Site in Bangladesh.
Continue readingJagannath University in Bangladesh has been organizing small to large-scale awareness campaigns to motivate and enlighten school students, teachers, and the local community about the importance of conserving migratory birds and their habitats, threats to migratory birds and their ecological importance. One of them is celebrating World Migratory Bird Day. We celebrated World Migratory Bird […]
World Migratory Bird Day in Nanthar Island Marine National Park, Rakhine State
Continue readingNature Conservation Society-Myanmar (NCS) in cooperation with Rakhine Biodiversity and Nature Conservation Association(RBANCA) and the Forest Department organized the second World Migratory Bird Day(WMBD) event for 2022 at the Buddhist monastery, Aung Daing village, Sittwe Township near Nanthar Island and Mayu Estuary Ramsar Site in Myanmar with financial support from East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) […]
World Migratory Bird Day 2022 in Indonesia with HIMPUS
Continue readingThe World Migratory Bird Day 2022 celebration this October was organized by HIMPUS (Poultry Lovers Association) Veterinary Medicine students at Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh, Indonesia, implementing various awareness activities that focus on community awareness and approaches for children in Aceh, Indonesia. HIMPUS aimed to raise awareness in the community from an early age, to […]
Mr. Doug Watkins, ending his tenure as Chief Executive of the EAAFP Secretariat
Continue readingDoug Watkins, CE of the EAAFP Secretariat delivering congratulatory remarks ©Shinan County The Chief Executive of EAAFP Secretariat, Mr. Doug Watkins will complete his term on 31st of March, 2023. The EAAFP and Secretariat thank him for his contribution to the Partnership after serving for three and a half years in the position. Mr. Watkins […]
“Tackling Impact on Seabirds by Light Pollution at Sea” Webinar
Continue readingFollowing the 2022 World Migratory Bird Day theme highlighting the impact of Light Pollution on migratory waterbirds, more discussion on tackling the impact of Light Pollution has been inspired. In this webinar, we invited the Government representative of New Zealand as well as USFWS Alaska to share with us their recent conservation actions, with a […]
1st Anniversary Ceremony of the Shinan Tidal Flat World Natural Heritage Listing and the Shinan International Symposium on Migratory Birds
Continue readingGroup photo of attendees ©Shinan-gun Shinan County celebrated the 1st Anniversary of World Natural Heritage inscription from 28th -29th September in Jaeun Island, Shinan, Jeollanam-do, RoK. In line with the 1st Anniversary Ceremony of Shinan Getbol UNESCO World Heritage Site was the Shinan International Migratory Bird Symposium by the Ornithological Society of Korea and Seoul […]
EAAFP Partners engagement at Ramsar COP14
Continue readingThe 14th Conference of the Parties (COP14) of The Convention on Wetlands will take place from 5 to 13 November 2022, with the theme “Wetlands Actions for People and Nature”. Hosted by China and taking place in both Wuhan, China and Geneva, Switzerland, this Hybrid Conference will convene all Contracting Parties and Observers of the Ramsar Convention to […]
Belief in People’s Power, Citizen Ecological Survey Group Activities in 2022, Hwaseong Wetland, Ro Korea
Continue readingAs conservationists, we believe in people’s power. One of the fields where you can see this is “Citizen Science”, which means scientific research with citizens involved, such as data collection or analyzing scientific data by trained citizens, typically as part of a collaborative project with professional scientists. We’d like to introduce one example of citizen […]
