Oriental Stork breeding in eastern Japan, after more than a century
Continue readingOn 7 June 2020, two Oriental Stork chicks were confirmed on an artificial nest tower at Watarase-yusuichi, a Ramsar Site at Tochigi Prefecture in eastern Japan. This is the first case of Oriental Stork hatching in the wild in eastern Japan for more than a century. The four-year old father stork was a released bird […]
Hand-made original “Kamishibai (story telling slide show)” download free
Continue readingYatsu Higata Nature Observation Center of Narashino City [EAAF059] Kamishibai “Gambare Chibita! (Hang in there, Chibita, a Red-necked Stint)” is now available to download and play for children at home and in the visitor centres. “Gambare Chibita” is a story of a juvenile Red-necked Stint called Chibita (which means “small boy”), that visits Yatsu-higata Tidal […]
Updates of worldwide avian influenza situation by FAO/EMPRES-AH (Mar- Jun 2020)
Continue readingFAO/EMPRES-AH is constantly monitoring the avian influenza situation worldwide and compiles information from multiple national and international sources as well as peer-reviewed scientific articles. Close collaboration with country and regional offices, the implementation of avian influenza field surveillance projects, and networks of expertise like OIE/FAO’s OFFLU (www.offlu.net) provide access to timely information on outbreaks, surveillance […]
Working coastal wetlands used widely by EAAF shorebirds
Continue readingIt is well-known that extensive loss and degradation of wetlands has occurred worldwide and is a major contributor to the decline of shorebirds in the EAAF. Artificial (i.e. human-made) wetlands such as aquaculture ponds, saltworks and rice paddies occur widely throughout the EAAF and have replaced natural wetlands in many cases. Interestingly, shorebirds have been […]
Literature list (January-June, 2020)
Continue readingThe EAAFP Science Unit is highlighting some key journal publications in the flyway. The abstract of each journal article is placed following the literature list below. 1) Biology & ecology Recent changes in the number of spoon-billed sandpipers Calidris pygmaea wintering on the Upper Gulf of Mottama in Myanmar Aung, Pyae-Phyo, Moses, Saw, Clark, Nigel […]
WWF Asian Flyways Initiative Grant 2020 are announced on World Environment Day
Continue readingOn the occasion of World Environment Day, WWF-Hong Kong is pleased to announce the successful award of WWF Asian Flyways Initiative (AFI) Grant to the Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal and to two shorebird sites in Indonesia. The Grant under the Asian Waterbird Conservation Fund (AWCF) support WWF’s work to build the capacity of wetland stakeholders throughout […]
A hotspot map of seabird bycatch in gillnet fisheries developed in Japan
Continue readingIn March 2020, BirdLife International and Wild Bird Society of Japan have published a nationwide-scale hotspot map of seabird bycatch in gillnet fisheries in collaboration with a seabird scientist from the University of Tokyo. The map suggested four areas, including Eastern and Northwestern Hokkaido, as hotspots for seabird bycatch in gillnet fisheries. Bycatch in fisheries […]
Revealing migration patterns of five goose species in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway
Continue readingAmong the nine global flyways, the East Asian-Australasian Flyway (EAAF) is the most threatened one. Over 15% of the migratory waterbirds are threatened. In particular to some geese species in which the populations showed drastic decline in the past 50 years. To get more ecological information about the geese on EAAF, which would then strengthen […]
Flyway Network Site “Nandagang Wetland and Bird Nature Reserve” in China took part in 2020 International Day for Biological Diversity
Continue readingTo celebrate the 2020″ International Day for Biological Diversity “, the Management Office of the Nandagang Wetland Nature Reserve (EAAFP Flyway Network Site EAAF 086), Cangzhou City, Hebei Province, China, held a Handwriting Leaflets Design Contest on the theme of “Keeping All Things Alive through the Way of Nature “, aiming to raise public awareness […]
Hwaseong City-EAAFP MOU: Ongoing COVID-19 but Strengthening of Conservation
Continue readingOn 7th of May, 2020, Hwaseong City of Republic of Korea and EAAFP Secretariat signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Hwaseong Wetlands [EAAF 142] and its migratory waterbirds of the East Asian – Australasian Flyway. Hwaseong Wetlands joined the Flyway Site Network during the opening ceremony of MOP10 of EAAFP, in December 2018. This […]
