The Korea Specialty Contractors Association – Incheon Metropolitan City Branch Donated 1 million KRW to EAAFP Foundation for Conservation of Migratory Waterbirds.
On 14th May, the EAAFP Foundation announced that Korea Specialty Contractors Association (KOSCA) – Incheon City branch donated 1 million KRW to conserve migratory waterbirds and their habitats in Incheon, Republic of Korea. The donation delivered by the KOSCA-Incheon branch will be used to promote the awareness of Korean citizens on values of the […]
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IBRRI 4th Annual Meeting to share future opportunities for strengthening wetland ecosystems in the Indo-Burma Region
The EAAFP Secretariat participated in the Fourth Annual Meeting of Indo-Burma Ramsar Regional Initiative (IBRRI) virtually held on 18 February 2021. The aims were for the IBRRI parties to share the past events and to discuss potential future opportunities for strengthening wetland ecosystem services in the Indo-Burma region. Representatives from governments, academia, NGOs, and Ramsar […]
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World Migratory Bird Day 2021 May Event – DPRK
Event title: World Migratory Bird Day 2021 event in DPRK Organizer: Ministry of Land and Environment Protection Participants: About 80 people including school students, teachers or parents, researchers, scientists, site managers for flyway site and wetlands, and decision or policy makers. Summary: Mundok Migratory Bird Reserve (MMBR) in Mundok County, South Phyongan Province in the […]
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World Migratory Bird Day 2021 May Event– Philippines (Misamis University)
Event title: Conservation of Wildlife Migratory Bird and Wetland Areas in Misamis Occidental, Philippines through Advocacy and Capacity Development Organizer: Misamis University, Philippines Date: 8th May, 2021 Participants: About 1500 participants including Sangguniang Kabataan, Barangay Officials, PNP-Maritime, DENR Employees, Faculty, staff, students, and Alumni of Misamis University. Summary: The Misamis University, Philippines has partnered East […]
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World Migratory Bird Day 2021 May Event– Australia (FAIBS)
Event title: ‘Winaityinaityi Pangkara – The Country of the Birds’ – A short film by Adelaide International Bird Sanctuary in South Australia Organizer: Friends of Adelaide International Bird Sanctuary (FAIBS) Participants: FAIBS contacts, BirdsSA members, four local government Councils, Green Adelaide, and Northern and Yorke Landscape Board, local newspapers and local environment centres, and the […]
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World Migratory Bird Day 2021 May Event– Russia (Ecological Watch of Siberia)
Event title: World Migratory Bird Day 2021 event in Russia Organizer: Omsk Regional Youth Public Organization «Ecological Watch of Siberia», Omsk Branch of the Union for the Conservation of Birds of Russia and other stakeholders. Participants: On May 8, 2021, the event «World Migratory Bird Day 2021» was held on the Specially Protected Natural […]
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New site in the Gulf of Tonkin coast of northern Vietnam for Spoon-billed Sandpiper
Introduction The coastal wetlands along the shallow Gulf of Tonkin spanning northern Vietnam and southern China (including the island of Hainan) are known to provide critical wintering habitat for several species of globally threatened waterbirds in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway (Pedersen & Nguyen 1996; Li et al. 2020). These include significant congregations of Saunders’s Gull […]
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2021 South China Spoon-billed sandpiper (SBS) winter census
Abstract China SBS winter census is conducted annually to assess the distribution and population of this critically endangered species. This year, the census was conducted on January 15-18, covering most of the SBS wintering sites from Hanghzou Bay in the north to Beibu Gulf in the southwest. We recorded a total of 61 SBS individuals […]
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20-Year Population Trends of Wintering Waterbirds in Deep Bay, South China
Along the East Asian-Australasian flyway (EAAF), waterbirds are threatened by a wide range of environmental and anthropogenic factors. Habitat transformation along the coast of China, especially in the Yellow Sea area, has caused prominent declines of several species. Besides, waterbirds of the EAAF also experience a wide range of other threats, including hunting, alien invasive […]
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Recent work on seabird conservation in Northeast Asia – Summary of Northeast Asia seabird conservation committee meeting
In conjunction with the Pacific Seabird Group Annual Meeting held virtually from 22 to 26 February, 2021, the Northeast Asia Seabird Conservation Committee (NEASCC) meeting, as one of the working committees, was organized on 22 February Pacific Standard Time. A total of 37 participants from USA, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Republic of Korea, the […]
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