World Failing to Protect its Migratory Birds
By Ade Long of BirdLife International A new study published in Science has called for a greater international collaborative effort to save the world’s migratory birds, many of which are at risk of extinction due to loss of habitat along their flight paths. More than 90 per cent of the world’s migratory birds are inadequately […]
Continue readingInternational Cooperation to Conserve Migratory Waterbirds
By Spike Millington, Chief Executive of EAAFP One of the principal rationales behind the creation of EAAFP is the need for international cooperation to conserve migratory waterbirds and the habitats they depend on throughout the migratory cycle. No matter how well-protected populations are in certain parts of their range, if these birds face migratory bottlenecks […]
Continue readingAnnual Visitors Flock to Flinders, Western Port [EAAF066]
By Keith Platt on Mornington Peninsula News Group JUST as many families pride themselves on an annual visit to a favourite holiday spot so it is for thousands of birds that regard Western Port [EAAF066] as one of their homes. The large bay and its islands include internationally recognised wetlands which governments have an obligation […]
Continue reading국제 멸종위기종 알락꼬리마도요, 영종도갯벌에서 이렇게 사라질 순 없다!
다른 언어로 읽기: 박주희, 인천녹색연합 사무처장 걷잡을 수 없이 빠른 경제성장으로 지난 50년동안 한국의 서식지들은 많은 변화가 있었습니다. 주로 먹고 살기 바쁘다는 이유로 우리 사회 속의 약자까지 돌볼 겨를이 없었나 봅니다. 한국뿐만 아니라 전 세계적으로 빈곤계층 및 야생동물 등 약자들은 늘고 있으며 멸종위기종들도 이중에 큰 부분을 차지합니다. 인천은 광대한 갯벌부터 크고 작은 산까지 생물다양성이 풍부한 […]
Continue readingYeongjongdo Mudflat, Key Site for Far Eastern Curlew in South Korea
Translated from Korean Joohee Park, Secretary General of GREENKOREA INCHEON There have been a lot of changes to habitats in the Republic of Korea due to the unprecedented speed of economic growth. It might be that people have been too busy managing their own lives that they do not have time to look after minority […]
Continue readingFrom the Manager: A Pilgrimage in Search of E7
By Keith Woodley on Pukorokoro Miranda News Manager Keith Woodley takes Lee Tibbitts, the Alaskan scientist who tracked E7’s recordbreaking flight to New Zealand, on a pilgrimage to Maketu Estuary in search of our most famous Bar-tailed Godwit The shallow pools on the sandflats and among the seagrass presented us with a cloudless sky at […]
Continue readingPlan to Save the Far Eastern Curlew
By David Lawrie on Pukorokoro Miranda News When a Far Eastern Curlew visited Pukorokoro last summer it was a rare event because it’s numbers are declining rapidly. Pukorokoro Miranda Naturalists’ Trust (PMNT) ’s international representative David Lawrie reports on a plan to save the world’s largest shorebird. Sightings of the Far Eastern Curlew at Pukorokoro Miranda […]
Continue reading2015 Truly is the Year of the Godwit: Ministerial Visit
By Jim Eagles on Pukorokoro Miranda News The future of godwits, Red Knots and other migratory birds looks a little more secure following a visit to the Shorebird Centre by Conservation Minister Maggie Barry to formally announce the creation of a huge reserve in the key stopover area of Bohai Bay and to signal the […]
Continue reading50 Years of the International Waterbird Census – Let’s Make it Count!
by Taej Mundkur, Wetlands International Management of wetlands and their biodiversity worldwide has been central to the aims of the International Waterbird Census (IWC) in all the world’s major flyways. Information generated through the census has enabled 5 million km2 of critical areas for waterbirds to be identified. The status of 871 waterbird species is […]
Continue readingA Brief Analysis of AEWA MOP6: Fueling (and Funding) Long-haul Flight
Earth Negotiations Bulletin published by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) In the twenty years since the adoption of the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA), more and more parties in the African-Eurasian flyway region have acceded to the Agreement, to a total of 75 by MOP6. Although the increase is worth celebrating, […]
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