Swinhoe’s Rail in Beijing
Birding Beijing Whilst I was in Dalian participating in the 2nd China International Birding Festival (more on that to come), I received an excited WeChat message from Zhao Qi informing me that Colm Moore had, just a few minutes earlier, seen a Swinhoe’s Rail at Shahe Reservoir, Beijing. Due to its secretive habits, this poorly-known […]
Continue readingSpoon-billed Sandpiper population revealed
19 October 2016 Olivia Bailey, Fauna & Flora International Scientists have estimated the world population of the Spoon-billed Sandpiper – a Critically Endangered shorebird – for the first time. For the first time, scientists have calculated the world population of the Spoon-billed Sandpiper, after overcoming a number of difficult challenges including limited knowledge about the […]
Continue readingSatellite tags to track critically-endangered Sandpipers
3 October 2016 Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper The smallest satellite tag ever made is set to play a vital role in the battle to conserve the Spoon-billed Sandpiper (Eurynorhynchus pygmeus). The species, classified as ‘Critically Endangered’ on the IUCN Red List, numbered fewer than 100 pairs in 2010. Now a conservation programme, set up in […]
Continue readingAustralasian Wader Studies Group Conference
Adrian Riegen, P?korokoro-Miranda Naturalists Trust (PMNT) Every two years the Australasian Wader Study Group (AWSG) holds a conference known as the Australasian Shorebird Conference (ASC). It is usually held in different Australian state capitals and a local group of shorebird people run the conference over a weekend usually in September. It was held in Nelson in 2005, the […]
Continue readingSpike attends the 10th INTECOL International Wetlands Conference
Spike Millington, Chief Executive, EAAFP Secretariat A workshop on the Conservation and Wise Use of Wetlands in North-east Asia, with a focus on the coastal wetlands of the Yellow Sea/West Sea, was held on September 21, 2016 during the 10th INTECOL International Wetlands Conference in Changsu, China. The meeting brought together representatives of the Governments […]
Continue readingSigning of Agreement on ‘Development of a Master Plan for Sustainable Use of Bako Buntal Bay [EAAF112] as Sarawak’s First EAAF Network Site’
Sarawak Forestry, 12th August 2016 Sarawak Forestry Corporation signed an agreement with Ms Rebecca Jothi D’Cruz on 12th August 2016 at Conference Room, Block A, Corporate Office to commission her on a project stated above. The objective of this agreement is to establish an effective working protocol for the development of a Master Plan for Sustainable […]
Continue readingRaising the bar for ecotourism
IUCN joins effort to align ecotourism with conservation goals Press Release Tropical Resources Institute September 12, 2016 – Honolulu, Hawaii — Among the landmark decisions emerging last week from the 2016 International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress is a bold decision to improve standards for ecotourism worldwide. Motion 65, “Improving standards in […]
Continue readingFrom the IUCN WCC 2016
Spike Millington, Chief Executive, EAAFP Secretariat I am writing this from the World Conservation Congress in Hawaii, a gathering of several thousand conservation and environmental organizations and individuals, convened every four years under the auspices of IUCN. A packed program of interactive events over the first five days included a session hosted by EAAFP and […]
Continue readingWorld Shorebirds Day 2016
Tomorrow – 6 September – is the World Shorebirds Day! It is an annual celebration of shorebirds, those extreme migrants, as well as people, who do the most for them. The Global Shorebird Counting Program (2-6 September 2016) is one of the key events of the World Shorebirds Day, an effort to raise awareness about the importance of regular […]
Continue readingEAAFP pre-MOP9 meeting: Shorebird Working Group and Far Eastern Curlew Task Force
Rick Lanctot, Shorebird Working Group Chair Mark Carey, Far Eastern Curlew Task Force Chair A one day meeting focused on the Shorebird Working Group and the Far Eastern Curlew Task Force prior to the EAAFP MOP9 meeting in Singapore will be held on 10 January 2017. For the Shorebird Working Group portion of the meeting, the Chair is looking […]
Continue reading
