2026 Gochang Tidal Flats Birdwatchers’ Day: An Ecocultural Festival Celebrating Nature with the Community
ⓒ Gochang County From 17–18 July, the 2026 Gochang Tidal Flats Birdwatchers’ Day was held in Gochang County, Republic of Korea, where Gochang Tidal Flats [EAAF153], one of the East Asian–Australasian Flyway Partnership’s (EAAFP) Flyway Network Sites, are located. Gochang Tidal Flats [EAAF153] ⓒ EAAFP The event was jointly hosted by the Korea Heritage Service, […]
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Protecting Indonesia’s Seabirds: Local Action for a Global Flyway
Webinar World Seabird Day 2026 in Indonesia Fransisca Noni Tirtaningtyas, coordinator of Seabirds Indonesia/member of Seabird Working Group EAAFP Stretching across more than 17,000 islands, Indonesia is a nation defined by the sea. More than 74 percent of its territory is ocean, placing the archipelago at the heart of the East Asian–Australasian Flyway—one […]
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Protecting Sejarah Beach: Conserving Migratory Shorebirds in North Sumatra, Indonesia
The Minister of Forestry of the Republic of Indonesia, Mr. Raja Juli Antoni, together with the Regent of Batu Bara, Mr. Baharuddin Siagian, observing migratory shorebirds during a birdwatching activity at Sejarah Beach, a proposed Flyway Network Site (FNS) under the East Asian–Australasian Flyway Partnership. 10 September 2025 (©WHIS Indonesia) Author: Chairunas Adha Putra […]
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From Bogor to the Future: 20 Years of Partnership, Growth and Global Connection, Woven by People, Carried on Wings
Jennifer George, Chief Executive, EAAFP Secretariat Twenty years ago, in Bogor, Indonesia, a partnership became a promise. Governments, international conventions, scientists, conservation organisations and site networks came together around one urgent truth: migratory waterbirds cannot be protected by one country alone. Their survival depends on a chain of wetlands, tidal flats, rivers, lakes, coasts and islands stretching across borders, cultures and hemispheres. […]
Continue readingCommunity science leading the inland wetland conservation in central Myanmar
Author: Thiri Sandar Zaw (BANCA) Report: Link Since the Pyu Dynasty, which is older than the Bagan period, water has been stored in man-made wells in central Myanmar for agricultural purposes. In the late 1860s, man-made wells were converted into reservoirs, dams, and lakes to store more water for agriculture and for agricultural development […]
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Updates of Avian Influenza situation by FAO/EMPRES-AH (March 2026 – June 2026)
Map. Distribution of avian influenza events reported in animals and humans from 3 March 2026 to 8 June 2026. Note: The H5 HPAI virus detection of Heard Island, Australia is not included on the map. Disclaimer: The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on these map(s) do not imply the expression of any […]
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EAAFP and GCF Co-host Interns’ Bird-Watching Day to Strengthen Environmental Conservation Efforts
Interns at EAAFP and GCF On Tuesday, 26 May, the EAAFP and GCF co-hosted an Interns’ Day Birdwatching Event to celebrate World Migratory Bird Day 2026 under the theme, “Every Bird Counts: Your Observations Matter!” and their joint efforts in biodiversity conservation and climate change awareness. The program began with an icebreaking session and […]
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The Aerial Surveys over the East Asian Arctic and Subarctic
Author: Dr Sonia Rozenfeld Report: Link The impact of a rapidly growing human population of billions on the Earth’s natural environment is leading to a decline in the numbers of most animal species and a reduction of available habitat. Waterfowl are no exception. Even in a country like Russia, where some of the last […]
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Global Flyway Network Nanpu 2026 – Update 4
Kentish Plover, Pied Avocet and Black-winged Stilt nest and eggs 02 06 2026 © Chris Hassell Chris Hassell and Katherine Leung, we hope to return in 2027. 4 June 2026 And already it is the end of the month’s work at Nanpu. I feel these Updates are all rather similar but that is […]
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Global Flyway Network Nanpu 2026 – Update 3
Chris Hassell and Katherine Leung, 30 May 2026 OK, let’s make the opening a bit more upbeat. The weather has been glorious, for 3 days. The White-winged Black Terns feeding over the salt ponds are nothing but stunning. As previously mentioned, it has felt frustrating, that we haven’t seen as many colourbanded individual Red […]
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