World Migratory Bird Day 2018 – Indonesia
Event Title: World Migratory Bird Day 2018 Organizer: UKM HIMPUS (Himpunan Mahasiswa Pecinta Unggas) Number of Participants: 350 persons Summary: We UKM-Himpus have done some activities before the peak event World Migratory Bird Day 2018, the first one we carry out the distribution activities of 1000 stickers in the surroundings Banda Aceh City, Indonesia on 1 May […]
Continue readingCelebration again of the Black-faced Spoonbill birthday in 2018, Namdong Reservoir, Incheon, Republic of Korea
The Black-faced Spoonbill (BFS) has an quite incredible story of conservation. The population started to be counted around 1988, and fewer than 300 individuals were recorded in the world. Since then International BFS Census was initiated in 2002, and Incheon also attracted people’s attention as breeding habitats. That severe reduction is now considered that it […]
Continue readingWorld Migratory Bird Day 2018- Bangladesh
Event title:World Migratory Bird Day Event Organizer:Nature Conservation Society Participants: Nearly 1200. Most of them were school and college students & members of the local community Outcome:- Mass awareness for youth and local community for the conservation of wetlands and supported species, specifically migratory birds.- Motivation of policy makers, social and media personnel.- Conservation education program […]
Continue readingEAAFP at 2018 Secheon Biodiversity Day Event
To celebrate the twenty-fifth World Biodiversity Day on 2018 May 22nd, Ministry of Environment (MOE) of Republic of Korea (ROK) held an event from 17 – 19 May 2018 at the National Institute of Ecology (NIE) located in Seocheon; (ROK). This year with the slogan ‘Recovering ecology and rich biodiversity’, the event introduced important restoration […]
Continue readingHow did the EAAFP Secretariat celebrate WMBD in May 2018?
The East Asian – Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) has been celebrating the World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) from 2006 to raise awareness of the importance of the conservation of migratory waterbirds and the sustainable management of their habitats. This year, 2018, the EAAFP Secretariat held two major events under the global WMBD theme of “Unifying […]
Continue readingState of the Worlds’ Birds 2018
Birdlife International has just released their ‘State of the World’s Birds 2018’ report [link]. This provides statistics showing that at least 40% of bird species worldwide (3,967) have declining populations, compared with 44% that are stable (4,393). The cause of the decline was put on agricultural expansion, logging, overexploitation, urbanisation, pollution, disturbance and the effects of […]
Continue readingWelcoming a new Partner, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
We are very pleased to announce that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPR Korea) became the 36th Partner of the East Asian – Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) on 11 April 2018 and has nominated Kumya Wetland Reserve [EAAF044] and Mundok Migratory Bird Reserve [EAAF045] as their first two East Asian – Australasian Flyway Network Sites. […]
Continue readingYoo Jeong-bok, Incheon City Mayor, promised to strengthen the cooperation in natural environment conservation policies with EAAFP Chief Executive
Translated by EAAFP Secretariat Original article: 유정복 인천시장, EAAFP 사무국장과 자연환경보전 정책 협력 강화키로 On 4 April, Yoo Jeong-bok, Incheon City Mayor, had a pleasant talk with EAAFP Chief Executive, Lew Young who recently started for his new post in Incheon. EAAFP was adopted in the list of the World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002, […]
Continue readingTen Countries Agree The “HENGSHUI DECLARATION” To Save Baer’s Pochard (Aythya baeri) From Extinction In The Wild
21 MARCH 2018 On 19-20 March 2018, delegates from ten countries gathered at Hengshui Lake National Nature Reserve, in Hebei Province, China, for the first international workshop on the conservation of the Baer’s Pochard. This crucially important workshop was coordinated by the East Asian – Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP)’s Baer’s Pochard Task Force, which was […]
Continue readingSafe Passage: China Takes Steps to Protect Shorebirds Migrating from Australia to the Arctic
February 15, 2018. By Terry Townshend Every year, millions of shorebirds migrate to the Arctic to breed—some coming from as far away as Australia and New Zealand—and then head back again. Nearly all of the birds making this journey spend time in the food-rich intertidal mudflats of the Yellow Sea ecoregion, on the east coast of […]
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