Separating Baird’s and White-rumped Sandpipers
Posted on: June 29, 2014 Author: Rick Simpson Report by Wader Quest If, like us, you’ve always thought that telling a Baird’s from a White-rumped Sandpiper was nigh on impossible and only for the experts, then this blog may help you. Although we haven’t seen these species in all plumages (notably not juvenile Baird’s), […]
Continue reading세계철새의 날 행사 보고서
2014년 5월 9일 인천 송도에 G타워에 위치한, EAAFP(동아시아-대양주 철새이동경로 파트너십) 사무국에 200명이 넘는 사람들이 모였다. ‘세계철새의 날 2014’은 이동성 물새와 그 이동경로에 대한 인식증진을 목표로 해 마련되었다. 본 행사에는 국제기구, 인천광역시, 환경부 관계자 및 인천체드윅국제학교 학생들이 참가하였다. EAAFP의 스파이크 밀링턴 국장은 철새들이 견뎌내는 고된 여정과, 자연관광자원으로서 그들이 불러일으키는 경제적 효과에 대해서 연설을 하였다. 이 밖에도 […]
Continue readingMyanmar wetland to be protected by the country’s first eco-tourism initiative
Posted on: June 19, 2014 Report by Wildlife Extra A bird-haven in northern Myanmar is to benefit from a government-led, community-based, eco-tourism initiative that will ensure visitors to the area help protect, not damage, its unique habitat. One of the biggest inland stretches of water in Southeast Asia, Indawgyi Lake, is a mecca for […]
Continue readingWhat do you do when you find a baby bird?
In most of the cases, the young bird doesn’t need actual help. If the bird is a fledgling – a bird that have just left the nest – they are still under the care of their parents. You can leave the bird there and observe from far so that the parent birds can take care. […]
Continue readingCourtship in Chukotka and Slimbridge
Posted on: June 19, 2014 Report by Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper Roland Digby has been in Chukotka, at the spoon-billed sandpipers’ breeding ground for the last two summers, hatching and hand-rearing chicks in what is known as “headstarting”. It helps stabilize the declining spoon-billed sandpiper population and he’s back there for a third time this […]
Continue readingHow Much Are the World’s Ecosystems Worth?
Posted on: June 16, 2014 Author: Rebecca J. Rosen Report by The Atlantic In 1997, ecologist Robert Constanza and a team of researchers estimated the value of the ecosystem services as around $33 trillion ($48.7 trillion in today’s dollars), more than the GDP of the entire globe at that time. Armed with data from […]
Continue readingDon’t I Know You From Somewhere?
Posted on: May 30th, 2014 Author: Nial Moores PhD Report by Birds Korea On April 29th, Mr Park Seong-Sik kindly showed me Baekryeong Island’s main Black-tailed Gull colony – a city of birds with probably 15,000 inhabitants inhabiting a long stretch of coastline near his home. There among the clamour of gulls we were delighted […]
Continue readingWorld Migratory Bird Day Birdwatching Event
10-05-2014, Songdo, South Korea In a World Migratory Bird Day event organised with the support of EAAFP Secretariat, around 100 local people attended. It was a day blessed with glorious sunshine, and a great turn-out of local families, with children of all ages getting the chance to experience their local wildlife. The day started with […]
Continue readingTracking the rapid loss of tidal wetlands in the Yellow Sea
A newly published study assesses the extent of tidal flat loss in the Yellow Sea area. It covers the coastal stretch from north Jiangsu province in China, around to the coast of DPR Korea to Busan in RO Korea. The study analysed old maps and more recent satellite images to assess change over a 50 […]
Continue readingWMBD Marks the Launch of Project Destination Flyways
Posted on: May 11, 2014 Report by Asia-Pacific Regional Coverage 11 May 2014: On this year’s World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD), 10-11 May 2014, the UN highlighted the role of sustainable tourism in conserving migratory birds along their flyways. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed support for raising awareness about the threats to migratory birds from habitat […]
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