Asian Waterbird Census 2016 Notice
IWC 50 Team, Wetlands International The Asian Waterbird Census (AWC) started back in 1987 and forms part of the global International Waterbird Census that marks its 50th count in 2016. Over the last half century, the IWC has evolved into the largest coordinated biodiversity monitoring programme on Earth expanding from a small number of Western […]
Continue reading희귀 바닷새 폐사율 20% 감소를 위한 필사의 노력
다른 언어로 읽기: 이철수 기자, 일간투데이 칠발도[EAAF107] 기점 반경 500m 해상 출입금지 설정 부표 설치 국립공원관리공단(이사장 박보환)은 바다제비, 슴새, 바다쇠오리 등 바닷새 수만 쌍이 집단 번식하는 다도해해상국립공원 칠발도[EAAF107](전남 신안군 비금면)에서 바닷새들의 생명을 위협하는 위해식물을 제거하고 그 자리에 염생식물인 밀사초를 이식하는 복원사업을 추진하여 바다제비 폐사율을 20% 낮췄다고 밝혔다. 칠발도는 목포에서 서쪽으로 64㎞떨어진 무인도(무인 등대)로 면적 36,993㎡, 최고봉 […]
Continue readingSuccessful Effort to Reduce Mortality Rate of Rare Seabirds by 20%
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Continue reading“생태 복원” vs “농사 피해” … 낙동강 하굿둑 개방 갈등
Read in English 위성욱 기자, 중앙일보 부산시 “2025년 수문 완전 개방” 파괴됐던 을숙도 철새 서식지 복구 바닷물 때문에 농사에는 지장 피해 농민 1만8000명 설득해야 ‘낙동강 하굿둑’의 수문을 여는 문제가 논란이 되고 있다. 서병수 부산시장이 최근 “2025년까지 하굿둑 수문을 완전 개방하는 것을 목표로 2017년부터 단계적으로 개방을 하겠다”고 밝히면서다. 낙동강 하굿둑 인근 농민들은 “하굿둑을 개방하면 염분 때문에 농사를 […]
Continue reading“Ecosystem Restoration” vs “Agricultural Damage” … Conflicts on the Opening of Nakdong Estuary Bank
Read in Korean By Seonguk Wi of Joongang News Translated by EAAFP Secretariat Busan City “Full opening of floodgate expected by 2025” Restoration of the once-damaged Eulsukdo migratory bird habitat Seawater affecting agriculture Persuasion of 18,000 farmers needed Opening Nakdong Estuary Bank’s floodgate has recently become controversial. Mr. Byeongsu Seo, the mayor of Busan City […]
Continue readingAvian Influenza (AI) Situation Update: East and Southeast Asia (October to December 2015)
Between the 1st of October and the 28th of December 2015, there have been 42 confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreaks in poultry, three (3) positive low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) surveillance findings in poultry, one (1) positive wild bird case and three (3) human cases in East and Southeast Asia. The following subtypes […]
Continue readingHow to Protect the Birds That Fly the Farthest
By Becca Cudmore, Audubon Magazine A new study in Science shows that almost all migratory birds are threatened somewhere along their ranges. In autumn of 1792, English ornithologist Gilbert White was prying into an old thatched roof in his town of Selborne, England in search of sleeping birds. He was trying to find out where local swallows […]
Continue readingWetlands Institute Faces Critical Challenges to Wetland Habitats
Climate Change, Rising Sea Levels, Loss of Biodiversity and Wetlands The Wetlands Institute As a regional leader in wetlands conservation for almost 50 years, The Wetlands Institute located outside of Stone Harbor, NJ, remains at the forefront of vital wetlands research and education as it faces crucial conservation challenges to marine life and healthy wetlands. […]
Continue readingEurasian Spoonbill Seen at Geolmaeri in Asan, ROK
Read in Korean By Yoonseon Namgung of Naeil News Translated by EAAFP Secretariat President Sangsub Kim of Korean Association for Bird Protection’s Asan Office has spotted 7 Eurasian Spoonbills, a Black-winged Stilt and a Chinese Pond Heron while monitoring at Geolmaeri Mudflat in Asan, the Republic of Korea. It is a rare occasion to see […]
Continue reading아산 걸매리에서 노랑부리저어새 관찰돼
Read in English 남궁윤선 리포터, 내일신문 한국조류보호협회 아산시지회 김상섭 회장은 11월 1일 걸매리 갯벌 조류모니터링 중 천연기념물 205-2호인 노랑부리저어새 7마리와 희귀 여름 철새인 장다리물떼새 1마리, 흰날개해오라기 1마리를 발견했다. 월동을 위해 이미 이동해야 하는 천연기념물인 저어새와 겨울 철새 노랑부리저어새가 한 지역에서 함께 서식하고 있는 경우는 매우 드문 일이다. 또한, 장다리물떼새는 도내 천수만[EAAF046] 인근에서 관찰되는 희귀 여름 철새로 […]
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