새만금 물막이 10년, 조류 86% 사라져…생태재앙 수준
2017.02.21 문주현 기자 새만금 물막이 10년 평가 토론회, “새만금에서 사리진 새들, 세계에서 자취 감춰” “새만금에서 14년이라는 비교적 긴 시간 모니터링을 하고 보니 새만금이 어떻게 파괴되고 사람들의 삶이 어떻게 피폐해졌는지 알 수 있었다.” 새만금 물막이와 방조제·방수제, 갯벌 준설 등으로 새만금 일대를 찾는 멸종위기종이 포함된 조류들의 개체수가 급감했다는 조사 결과가 나왔다. 전북지역 시민사회단체들과 전북도의회가 […]
Continue reading서해안 찾은 저어새, 가마우지 등쌀에 번식지 잃을라
2017. 03. 13 윤순영, 한국야생조류보호협회 서해안이 유일한 번식지인 세계적 멸종위기종, 번식지 부족 심각 온순한 성격 탓 김포 유도 번식지 민물가마우지에 빼앗겨, 대책 시급 순백색 몸 깃털에 밥주걱을 닮은 큰 부리, 부리가 얼굴까지 폭넓게 연결 되어 마치 검은 가면을 쓴 것 같은 모습…. 저어새다. 3월 중순이면 동남아 월동지에서 우리나라에 번식하러 오는 귀한 새이다. 1988~1990년 […]
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“Farewell to Godwit” Events in New Zealand
David Lawrie, P?korokoro Miranda Naturalists Trust A number of events are held in New Zealand during late February or early March to celebrate the journey of Bar-tailed Godwits and Red Knots as they leave on migration to their breeding grounds in the Arctic by way of stopover points around the Yellow Sea. The first was […]
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Transboundary collaboration to save Far Eastern Curlew
Mark Carey (Chair) and Connie Warren (Coordinator) Far Eastern Curlew Task Force The Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis is one of the largest shorebirds in the world. Its very large size (900 g) and very long bill (19cm) distinguishes it from other similar species in Australia and the East Asian–Australasian Flyway (Flyway). It is endemic to […]
Continue readingThe Convention on Biological Diversity welcomes new Executive Secretary
PRESS RELEASE: Cristiana Paşca Palmer assumes position as Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity 20 March 2017 Convention on Biological Diversity Cristiana Paşca Palmer today assumed office as the new Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the principal global treaty on biodiversity. Adopted by governments in 1992 in Rio de […]
Continue readingThe Economic Value of Wetlands (video)
Read in Chinese: 15 November 2016, The Paulson Institute China’s wetlands aren’t just about birds. As this short video shows, they have significant economic value, providing some $30 billion USD in ecosystem services to the millions of people who live in the country’s coastal regions. In other words, the wetlands not only provide habitat for migratory […]
Continue readingTundra Swan re-sighting
Dr. Diana Solovyeva & Prof. Cao Lei With joint effort of Chinese and Russian Academies of Science the thirty Bewick’s Swans, the fourteen Bean Geese and two Greater White-fronted Geese were colour banded and tagged to follow their migration from breeding sites around Chaun Bay, Chukotka, Russia in August 2016. Bewick’s Swans are wearing red […]
Continue readingPesta Sayap 2016 – Welcome to the Birds
[Press Release] 22 October 2016, Malaysian Nature Society The Malaysian Nature Society (MNS), with the support of Majlis Daerah Kuala Selangor and See Hoy Chan Sdn Bhd as its main partner, celebrated the arrival of migratory birds and its amazing fireflies at Kuala Selangor at its annual Pesta Sayap 2016 (Festival of Wings) event at the […]
Continue readingSatellite tagged bird spotted and photographed in China
17 November 2016 Rebecca Lee, Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper Today, Jonathan Martinez managed to catch-up with one of the satellite tagged Spoon-billed Sandpipers, HU, near the port town of Xitou in Guangdong province, China. HU has been at this site since the end of October, arriving a few weeks after being tagged on the Jiangsu coast. Jonathan shares […]
Continue readingWhy ET, HU or CT might lead us to missing spoonie sites
15 November 2016 Rebecca Lee, Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper With the third Spoon-billed Sandpiper on the move, Prof. Rhys Green gives us his insights on why these three birds could lead us to as yet unknown sites, and how that could have important implications for conservation efforts. From Prof. Rhys Green The journeys of the three tagged […]
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