New protection for a key Spoon-billed Sandpiper site in Myanmar
26 May 2017 Christoph Zöckler, Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper The government of Myanmar has designated part of the Gulf of Mottama [EAAF117] in Mon State, a key site for Spoon-billed Sandpipers, as Myanmar’s fourth Ramsar site. It’s great news for Spoon-billed Sandpipers and wetland conservation in Myanmar. Myanmar is home to an extraordinary diversity of […]
Continue readingSpring tagging in Jiangsu, China: update from Dr. Guy Anderson
26 May 2017 Dr. Guy Anderson, Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper In October 2016, we fitted satellite transmitters to three Spoon-billed Sandpipers on their autumn moult and migration staging area in the south-west corner of the Yellow Sea; in Jiangsu province, China. The tags performed very well and tracked these birds south and west to their […]
Continue readingRed Knots Are Battling Climate Change—On Both Ends of the Earth
The tiny, threatened bird is an omen for how devastating ocean acidification can be. By Deborah Cramer for Audubon magazine May – June 2016 The vast, unbroken beach at Bahía Lomas stretches for about 30 miles along the Strait of Magellan in Tierra del Fuego, at the southern end of South America. I’ve stood for […]
Continue reading[Illustrated Aviary] Reimagining the Red Knot
Artist Claire Brewster uses pieces of the world to craft the birds that wander it. Claire Brewster summer 2016 Knife, pen, and tracing paper are Claire Brewster’s essential tools for crafting her nature-inspired paper sculptures. This iteration of Audubon’s Red Knot was cut from The Times Atlas of the World from the 1970s, given to […]
Continue readingThis Korean recipe could save Piper
On the west coast of the Republic of Korea, there is a precious mudflat remaining in a sea of coastal concrete. Following a BirdLife team visit with a nature-tourism focused county government, we tell the story of Yubu Island [EAAF101], its people, its renowned cuisine, and its millions of birds 11 May 2017 Samir Whitaker Military […]
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Enhancing the conservation of wetlands in Myanmar: the government designates part of the Gulf of Mottama [EAAF117] in Mon State as Myanmar’s fourth Ramsar site
Christoph Zöckler, EAAFP Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force Coordinator Myanmar is home to an extraordinary diversity of wetlands, from mountainous wetlands, large freshwater wetlands and lakes to coastal wetlands like mangroves, mudflats, and coral reefs. These ecosystems provide a wide range of food, water supply, flood protection, and other ecosystem goods and services that underpin local […]
Continue reading2017 World Migratory Bird Day Statement from CBD
MESSAGE OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY CHRISTINA PA?CA PALMER on the occasion of WORLD MIGRATORY BIRD DAY 10 May 2017 Convention on Biological Diversity “Their Future is Our Future” Every year, millions of migratory birds fly across continents and national borders. They can often involve incredible feats of navigation and endurance. These […]
Continue readingWorld Migratory Bird Day 2017 and Year of the Knots 2017-2018
Spike Millington, Chief Executive, EAAFP Secretariat World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) is here again. May 10th marks the official day, but we have had our exhibit up in our building for a couple of weeks already and it has attracted many visitors, who have coloured the bird cutouts, inscribed their personal messages and added them to […]
Continue reading‘금강하구’ 국내최대 도요·물떼새 서식지…갯벌 보호대책 시급
2017.04.02 박혜미 기자, 환경TV 새만금 간척사업 이전에 비해 아직 절반…복원 연구에 이목 집중 금강하구[EAAF100]가 국내 최대 규모의 도요새와 물떼새 등 이동성 물새 서식지로 확인됐다. 하지만 인근 새만금 간척 사업 이전에 비하면 찾는 물새들의 수는 절반 수준에 불과해 보전이 시급하다는 지적이다. 환경부 국립생태원은 2015년 3월부터 지난해 말까지 금강하구 인근 생태계를 대상으로 수행중인 ‘국제적 멸종위기 이동성 물새 […]
Continue reading이즈미 평야의 두루미
2017.03.22 이재희 라이프부 차장, 부산일보 눈앞에 경이로운 풍경이 펼쳐졌다. 수백 수천 마리의 두루미 무리가 넓은 들판에서 꾸룩꾸룩 노래를 하며 춤을 추거나 먹이 활동을 하고 있었다. 두루미는 옛날부터 우리나라에서도 십장생의 하나로 ‘학(鶴)’으로 부르던 영물. 2월에 일본 규슈올레 이즈미 코스 개장 행사를 취재하러 갔다가 가고시마 현 이즈미 시의 아라사키[EAAF030]에 있는 두루미 관찰 센터에서 보았다. 이곳 두루미는 […]
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