Transnational Birds for Global Education, Tourism and Diplomacy
Written by Peter M J Fisher (Adj. Professor, School of Architecture & Built Environment, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia) Concept Transnational birds for education, tourism and diplomacy is an (applied) research and development initiative inspired by the remarkable immigration of Latham’s Snipe laid bare to an intrigued wider public by a tracker installed on a bird […]
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Strengthening actions to conserve the threatened migratory waterbirds and their habitats in the East Asian – Australasian Flyway
Today, at the 10th Meeting of the Partners (MOP10) to the East Asian – Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) in Hainan (China), participants from over 20 countries agreed on a new strategic plan to conserve threatened migratory waterbirds and their habitats in the East Asian – Australasian Flyway. The East Asian – Australasian Flyway (EAAF), stretching […]
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Flyway Site Network of East Asian-Australasian Flyway promote collaborative effort to safeguard migratory waterbirds
At the 10th Meeting of the Partners to the East Asian – Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP MoP10) in Hainan, China, a total of eight new Flyway Network Sites was announced. These sites are from Bangladesh, DPR Korea, Myanmar, New Zealand, RO Korea. There are now 141 EAAFP Flyway Network Sites and collectively, these sites formed […]
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Flyway Site Network of East Asian-Australasian Flyway promote collaborative effort to safeguard migratory waterbirds (Korean version)
동아시아-대양주 철새이동경로 파트너십 10차 총회, 중국 하이난에서 성황리에 열려 – 북한 등 2개 새로운 파트너 가입, 화성습지 등 8개의 철새이동경로 네트워크 사이트 등재 동아시아-대양주 철새이동경로 파트너십(East Asian – Australasian Flyway Partnership; 이하 EAAFP) 10차 총회가 12월 9일부터 14일까지 중국 하이난에서 개최되었다. EAAFP는 동아시아-대양주 철새이동경로 전반의 이동성 물새와 그 서식지를 보전하기 위하여 설립된 국제기구이며, EAAFP 10차 […]
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Promoting regional cooperation to conserve short-distance migratory waterbirds in Southeast Asia
At the 10th Meeting of the Partners to the East Asian – Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP MoP10) in Hainan, China, thirty-seven Partners of the EAAFP agreed to collaborate and promote the importance of the conservation of short-distance migratory waterbirds and their habitats in the Southeast Asian region. Mr How Choon Beng (NParks, Singapore) said, “Besides […]
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Climate change is adding to the threats to the migratory waterbirds in the East Asian – Australasian Flyway
The East Asian – Australasian Flyway (EAAF) is already the most threatened flyway for migratory waterbirds in the world and the threats are now compounded by the increasing impacts from climate change. Participants from over 20 countries are gathering for the 10th Meeting of Partners (MOP10) to the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) in Changjiang […]
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“Flyways – connecting people and migratory waterbirds” The Tenth Meeting of Partners for The East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership, Hainan, 10 to 14 Dec, 2018
Participants from over 20 countries are gathering for the 10th Meeting of Partners (MOP) to the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) in Changjiang City (Hainan, China) from 10th to 14th December. The purpose is to discuss the conservation of migratory waterbirds and their habitats along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway. During the opening ceremony, the EAAFP […]
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Strategic Planning for the Far Eastern Curlew
The Far Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis) is one of the largest migratory shorebirds in the world. It has experienced one of the most acute declines of any Australian shorebird species: a 5.8 per cent annual rate of decline. If this trend persists, the global population will fall to 10 per cent of its 1993 abundance […]
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Australian National Wildlife Biosecurity Guidelines
Good biosecurity helps to keep wildlife, people and domestic animals safe and healthy by minimising the impacts of disease on individual animals and wildlife populations. Everyone who works with, or interacts with, wildlife has a role to play in wildlife biosecurity. The Australian National Wildlife Biosecurity Guidelines acknowledge the wide range of circumstances under which […]
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2018: a successful year for Baer’s Pochard breeding in China
The population of Baer’s Pochard has rapidly declined in the past 20 years and assessment as Critically Endangered by IUCN. There has been no confirmed breeding of this endangered diving duck in its historical breeding area (northeast China and east Russia) since the 1990s. However, in recent years, new breeding sites have been discovered by […]
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