Bird of the Year Godwit gets Chinese habitat protection deal
TVNZ, New Zealand View the TVNZ ‘One News’ Video of this report here: www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news New Zealand has reached a memorandum of understanding with China, which has agreed to protect the habitat of the Godwit. The Bar-tailed Godwit (known as Kuaka in New Zealand), was recently declared Bird of the Year in New Zealand. During their […]
Continue readingGlobal Flyway Network: Catching report for satellite transmitter project October 2015
by Global Flyway Network Catching birds on the northern shores of Roebuck Bay is relatively easy, not easy but relative to other sites. However the minute I need to catch a specified species as opposed to ‘birds’ it all seems a bit trickier. The first planned catch day was postponed as I couldn’t reccy on […]
Continue readingAI Situation Update: Asia (July to October 2015)
Since the 1st of July 2015, there have been 133 confirmed avian influenza outbreaks in Asia. Between the 1st of July and 21st of October, the following subtypes of avian influenza outbreaks were observed in Asia: H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N2 HPAI H5N6 HPAI H5N8 HPAI H7N9 low pathogenicity avian influenza (LPAI) Countries were affected […]
Continue readingAEWA MOP 6, Bonn, Germany : 9-14 November 2015
Press Release, UNEP-AEWA The 6th Meeting of the Parties to the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) will be held from 9 – 14 November 2015, at the United Nations Campus in Bonn, Germany. The conference will bring together over 200 participants from more than 70 national governments, intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizations to […]
Continue readingBird watching with SangIncheon Middle School students in Cheonsu Bay, Seosan, RoK
Joohee Lee, EAAFP Intern On 24 October 2015, Tomoko Ichikawa (EAAFP Communication Officer) along with Joohee Lee (Intern) and Eugene Cheah (Photographer) participated in a birdwatching trip to Seosan Birdland, Republic of Korea organised for SangIncheon Middle School students. This trip was led by Sunjeong Nam school teacher, a member of Incheon-Gyenggi Task Force and the leader of the Black-faced […]
Continue readingThe Black-faced Spoonbill: Asia’s beloved wading bird fights for space
Doug Meigs, Mongabay This charismatic wading bird saw its numbers soar from just 288 individuals in the 1980’s, to over 3,000 in 2015, but coastal developers will need to find a way to share intertidal areas with these birds if they are to survive. The Black-faced Spoonbill, with its fascinating feeding behaviors, has won the […]
Continue readingChina safeguards future for godwit, Red Knot
Adam Hollingworth, MediaWorks TV There’s more good news for the extraordinary migratory bird, the godwit. Fresh from being voted bird of the year, the tiny traveller which divides its time between New Zealand and Alaska is celebrating an agreement with the Chinese which will help safeguard its future and that of its cousin, the Red […]
Continue readingSigning of the MOU between the Chinese State Forestry Administration and WWF-China
Spike Millington, EAAFP Chief Executive, attended the signing of the MOU between the Chinese State Forestry Administration and WWF-China at Chongmin Dongtan nature reserve on 26 October 2015 for cooperation on migratory waterbirds and their habitats. The WWF-China Flyways program is supported by WWF-Netherlands and the King of the Netherlands was present to witness the […]
Continue readingSpike participates in the final meeting of the China Coastal Blueprint project
Spike Millington, Chief Executive of the EAAFP, participated in the final meeting of the China Coastal Blueprint project, a cooperative endeavor between the Chinese State Forestry Administration, Chinese Academy of Sciences and the US-based Paulson Institute. Mr. Yan Xun, EAAFP Focal Point and Chair spoke at the meeting, emphasizing the role of EAAFP. Following the […]
Continue readingEAAFP Seabird Working Group Update
Robb Kaler (Chair), Mark Carey and Yat-tung Yu (Coordinators) EAAFP Seabird Working Group 06 October 2015 Seabird Colony Database In collaboration with the New Zealand Department of Conservation and BirdLife International, we have added seabird colony data from New Zealand (including Campbell, Auckland, Adams, Chatham, Pitt, Forty-Fours, Raoul Islands) and islands in the South Pacific (Vanuatu, […]
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