From MOP8 to MOP9 – January 2016 Newsletter
Spike Millington, Chief Executive To our Partners and Supporters, One year ago, following the Eighth Meeting of EAAFP Partners (MOP8) in Kushiro, Japan, the EAAFP Secretariat sent out the first monthly newsletter. Generally the newsletter, along with web postings and social media messages, has been well-received, although we still lack contributions from partners and collaborators. […]
Continue readingWorkshop on Yellow Sea Ecosystem Conservation held in the Republic of Korea
Minseon Kim, Program Officer The first workshop on Yellow Sea Ecosystem Conservation was held at the National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea in Seocheon on 15 December 2015. It was organised by the Ministry of Ocean and Fisheries (MOF), the Ornithological Society of Korea, Korea Marine Environment Management Corporation (KOEM), Korea Institute of Environmental Ecology […]
Continue reading황해, 철새에게 점점 좁아지는 병목 지역
다른 언어로 읽기: NIOZ보도 자료, 2016년 2월 2일 황해 연안 갯벌이 줄어들면서 시베리아와 호주를 오가는 철새에게 큰 위험이 닥쳤다. 네덜란드 왕립 해양 연구소(NIOZ, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research)의 수석 연구원이자 흐로닝언 대학의 국제 이동경로 생태학(Global Flyway Ecology) 교수인 데니스 피어스만(Theunis Piersma) 교수가 이끄는 국제 생태학 연구진은 3종의 조류가 감소하고 있는 공통된 원인으로, 중국 정부의 […]
Continue reading中国“湿地危机”：湿地保护迫在眉睫
江苏省滨海湿地区内潮间带淤泥质海滩（滩涂）为亚洲最大规模的同类型湿地，为勺嘴鹬、黑嘴鸥、小青脚鹬等濒危候鸟提供重要栖息地和迁徙通道，是其在东亚-澳大利西亚迁飞路线(EAAF)上重要的“加油站”。然而随着沿海开发建设速度加快，一些传统威胁因子对滨海湿地的负面影响逐步加大，同时又新增了一些威胁因素。正如《江苏省湿地保护规划（2015-2030年）》中提到的“（本省）滩涂围垦力度持续加大。本区（滨海湿地）滩涂围垦历史悠久，有效增加了可利用土地资源，促进了沿海经济发展，同时也导致滨海湿地面积急剧减少，重要野生动物栖息地不断缩减，湿地生物多样性受到威胁”。 正值一年一度世界湿地日，中华社会救助基金会下设的专项基金“让候鸟飞公益基金”发布了题为《抢救江苏东台条子泥》的关于东台滩涂保护纪录片；与此同时，澎湃新闻发文《中国“湿地危机”：大规模围填仍在进行，8亿亩红线或被突破》，强调江苏省滨海湿地正在面临着来自“百万滩涂”围垦项目的巨大威胁，其中就包括被联合国教科文组织认定为“太平洋西岸唯一未被污染的滨海湿地”的东台市沿海滩涂湿地，而东台条子泥围垦项目计划面积多达40多万亩，一期已围填10.12万亩，二期计划围垦12.67万亩，正在报备国家海洋局审批。EAAFP轮值主席、中国国家林业局野生动物保护司总工程师严旬，EAAFP首席执行官Spike Millington先生，EAAFP黄海生态区特别工作组中国代表张正旺教授，EAAFP中华秋沙鸭特别工作组主席雷光春教授分别就沿海滩涂围垦在采访中发表了自己的观点。点击查看澎湃新闻原文 “让候鸟飞公益基金”抢救江苏东台条子泥滩涂湿地纪录片| Tiaozini mudflats are facing huge threats from reclamation ©Let Birds Fly
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中华秋沙鸭越冬调查简介
Read in English 由阿拉善SEE基金会资助，中国观鸟组织联合行动平台（朱雀会）牵头组织的2014-2015全国中华秋沙鸭越冬同步调查在19个省市自治区的150多个县市区展开，2015-2016越冬季的调查，将扩展到21个省区市的更多县市。 上一年度参加调查的共计45个观鸟团体或机构，参加人数超过300人次，调查点超过200处；调查点的东西直线距离约2200公里，南北约2600公里，所发现的中华秋沙鸭分布点，也几乎从最东到最西，从最北到最南的调查点都有发现；调查涉足的水系：鸭绿江、辽河、滦河、海河、黄河、淮河、长江、澜沧江、珠江、东南沿海诸江（包括钱塘江、椒江、瓯江、闽江、韩江）；另有京杭大运河、引黄济青等人工河流。其中发现有中华秋沙鸭的水系是：鸭绿江、辽河、黄河、淮河、长江、珠江、瓯江、椒江、闽江，共发现中华秋沙鸭441只，分布在12个省区市（未包含中华秋沙鸭越冬大省江西省）的25个县（市、区）的30多个调查点上。 此次调查发现的中华秋沙鸭集中越冬地，除了以往有认识的湖南、浙江、福建等地，新发现的相对集中越冬地在鄂豫皖三省，其次是西南，如重庆、广西。 在中国中部的鄂豫皖三省，2014-2015越冬季共计发现207只中华秋沙鸭，其中河南100只，湖北61只（12只在正式调查数据之外），安徽46只，仅次于湖南省的110只，位列所有调查省份的第二至第四名。这些发现分属黄河（48只），淮河（98只），汉江-长江（48只）三大水系；作为江淮分水岭的大别山区，所发现的98只均在北坡至东麓的淮河支流，尤以河南商城县的灌河发现最多，共有38只。所发现中华秋沙鸭中，雄鸟约占1/3。 文字提供： 中国观鸟组织联合行动平台（朱雀会） 钟嘉 e-mail: rosefinchcentre@163.com
Continue readingSurvey on wintering Scaly-sided Mergansers in China
中文版本 ZHONG Jia, Chinese Bird Watching Societies Network (China Birdwatching Association), translated by EAAFP The Scaly-sided Merganser Census in China 2014-2015, led by the Chinese Bird Watching Societies Network (China Birdwatching Association) and sponsored by the Alashan SEE Foundation, was carried out in more than 150 different cities and counties of 19 provinces (including autonomous […]
Continue readingShorebirds gain new sanctuary in South Australia
By Sean Dooley, BirdLife International Paul Sullivan, CEO of BirdLife Australia, welcomed the announcement from South Australia (SA) Environment Minister, Mr Ian Hunter, that the Adelaide International Bird Sanctuary will be proclaimed a National Park. Mr Hunter told the crowd gathered at the Adelaide Flyway Festival in October that the government would also pursue a […]
Continue readingInternational Migratory Waterbird Conference Kicks Off in Bonn
UNEP Press Release Migratory waterbird populations in decline globally, but latest status review shows that concentrated conservation actions can turn the tide Bonn, 9 November 2015 – Waterbird populations across the African-Eurasian flyway are on a downward trend, with declining populations outstripping growing ones by almost 50 per cent, shows the latest conservation status report […]
Continue readingLet’s manage the estuary – [EAAF010] Hunter Estuary Ramsar Site
By Stuart Blanch for Fairfax Media HUNTER Wetlands Centre Australia turns 30 this weekend. It is an amazing achievement for our community, which restored and protected the site. Thousands of Novocastrians volunteered. Generous support flowed from governments, council, industry, service clubs and businesses. While celebrating and reflecting on these past three decades, I’ve had […]
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Scaly-sided Merganser: seeing the benefit of conservation efforts
Peiqi Liu, WWF China Scaly-sided Mergansers leave the Russian Far East, perhaps DPR Korea, and north-eastern China when the first cold nights come in late October, only to return to these breeding grounds the following March, as soon as winter is over. This year, a merganser family, whose chicks were raised in one of […]
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