“International Workshop for Flyway Site Managers from the RO Korea”, Ulsan
In order to promote EAAFP Flyway Site Network in RO Korea, with the support of the Ministry of Environment and Ulsan Metropolitan City, the EAAFP Secretariat organized the international workshop and training for flyway site managers in Ulsan from 11 to 12, October 2018. Around 100 participants from the sites, government, national institutions, NGOs and […]
Continue readingA guide for farmers and crane to live together harmoniously by International Crane Foundation is now available
Landscapes and regions important to cranes worldwide also are areas important to agriculture production. Cranes have had a close relationship with arable and pastoral agriculture that goes back hundreds and thousands of years. However, rapid changes in agriculture over the last 100 years have become a key threat and an opportunity to the world’s cranes. […]
Continue readingConservation of wetlands and migratory waterbirds in the DPR Korea
During a side event at Ramsar COP13 on the implementation of the Ramsar Convention in the DPR Korea, the representative from the DPRK, Mrs. Ri Kyong Sim (Ministry of Land and Environment Protection) gave a presentation on the wetlands in the country and the actions being taken to conserve them [Eng presentation, Korean presentation]. Mrs. […]
Continue readingWetland Inventory for DPR Korea
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea released the second edition of their ‘Wetland Inventory for DPR Korea” at a side-event on 24 October during the 13th Conference of Parties to the Ramsar Convention which is being held in Dubai (United Arab Emirates). The inventory is based […]
Continue readingA board game for the EAAF!
What are the dangers faced by migratory birds on migration? How can invasive plants affect the homes of migratory birds? What kinds of threats can our skyscrapers pose to migrating birds? A new board game conceptualised by the BirdLife International (Asia) Secretariat and its Singapore and Malaysian partners, the Nature Society (Singapore) and the Malaysian […]
Continue readingEAAFP at Ramsar COP13 (Side events we and our Partners are organizing)
Ramsar COP13, 21 October 2018 – 29 October 2018, Dubai Sunday, 21 October Meeting of Ramsar Regional initiatives Lead Organizations: EAAFP, RRC-EA, IBRRI Time: 18:00 – 20:00 Room: 1 Monday, 22 October World Wetland Network pre-meeting Time: 09:00 – 12:00 Venue: Admiral Plaza Hotel Tuesday, 23 October (#12) Transboundary cooperation on […]
Continue readingCareer education for students of a middle school in RO Korea (15 Oct)
On 15th October 2018, two career lectures on international organization , lasting two hours, were delivered to 70 students of Majeon middle school in Incheon, RO Korea, by Ms. Yeonah Ku of EAAFP. The career education has contents as followed: Definition of IOs (International Organisations), structure of them and benefits of working for them, as […]
Continue readingClimate change, immigration and survival: Many unknowns in search of answers!
Adj. Prof. Peter M J Fisher, School of Architecture & Built Environment, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia. The IPCC’s Special report on global warming of 1.5°C invites serious consideration of the permanency of bird immigration as we now know it… . What impact might destabilisation of the world’s climate have on breeding, transit, and over-wintering sites? […]
Continue readingThe Avon-Heathcote Estuary/Ihutai as New Zealand’s new Flyway Network Site
On 14 October, a celebration was held at the Avon-Heathcote Estuary/Ihutai near Christchurch (New Zealand), to mark the site being designated as the newest Flyway Network Site under the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAF). The Avon-Heathcote Estuary/Ihutai is the summer home to some 1.8% of the EAAF population of bar-tailed godwit (kuaka), after having flown […]
Continue readingVisiting a local wetland park: Siheung Tidal Flat Park (14 Oct 2018)
Members of the EAAFP Secretariat visited the Siheung Tidal Flat Park on 14 Oct 2018, when the Siheung Tidal Flat Festival was being held. On the day, Mr. Seokhwan Gang, the Director of Siheung-si Council for Sustainable Development (Siheung CSD) kindly gave a lecture and guided the staff members to the festival. He has been […]
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