인천 송도 갯벌 환경 나빠져 멸종위기 저어새 생존 위협
인천 송도 갯벌의 환경오염이 세계적 멸종위기종인 저어새(사진)의 생존을 위협할 수 있다는 지적이 제기됐다. 인천환경운동연합은 29일 인천 연수구와 함께 연 ‘2013 송도 갯벌 저어새 큰잔치’에서 “송도 갯벌의 건강상태는 1~7등급으로 나눌 경우 ‘나쁜’에 해당하는 5~6등급”이라며 “저어새 보호를 위해 갯벌 상태를 면밀히 관리·감독해야 한다”고 밝혔다. 저어새는 세계에 2000마리 정도만 남아 있는 것으로 확인된 국제적 희귀종이다. 한국에서 번식한 후 겨울에는 중국 […]
Continue readingVideo of Mai Po Inner Deep Bay that has the high ecological value of habitat and migratory waterbirds
Mai Po Inner Deep Bay listed EAAFP Flyway Network Site and Ramsar Site supports 400 species of waterbirds, mainly migratory waterbirds, as a stopover and wintering site. The one of the most characteristic species in Mai Po is Black-faced Spoonbill. The site supports almost 400 birds which is 15% of the world population of this […]
Continue readingVideo of Seocheon Tidal Flat full of migratory waterbirds
Seocheon Tidal Flat including Yubudo and Geum River Estuary has been designated as an EAAFP Flyway Network Site and a Ramsar Site to recognise the international importance of the site for many endangered species of migratory waterbirds such as Spoon-billed Sandpiper in the East Asian – Australasian Flyway. Yubudo supports 3% of the world population […]
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A hand-reared sandpiper travels 8,000km
Report by Wildlifeextra.com November 2013; A rare hand-reared spoon-billed sandpiper has been spotted for the first time in the wild, more than 8,000km from where it was released in Russia. Twenty-five of the critically endangered birds have been raised over two years by an Anglo-Russia conservation team on the Russian tundra, before being released to […]
Continue readingThe Importance of the Yellow Sea – Few mudflats are more important!
Author: Todd Peterson Report by BirdNote The Importance of the Yellow Sea to Migrating Shorebirds Featuring Nils Warnock, Ph.D. Interview by Todd Peterson. DOWNLOAD This is BirdNote. For shorebirds, like Bar-tailed Godwits, Black-bellied Plovers and Dunlin, mud matters. Few mudflats in the world are more important than those of the Yellow Sea along the […]
Continue readingWill Vertical Turbines Make More of the Wind?
Posted on: April 8, 2013 Author: Kevin Bullis Report by MIT Technology Review A Caltech researcher thinks arrays of tiny wind turbines could produce cheaper power than big ones. The remote Alaskan village of Igiugig—home to about 50 people—will be the first to demonstrate a new approach to wind power that could boost power […]
Continue reading습지생태 전문가 방문 줄잇는 ‘김해 화포천’
외국 습지생태 전문가들이 김해 화포천을 잇따라 찾고 있다. 김해시는 습지센터 관리자, 조경·경관 디자이너, 건축가, NGO로 구성된 영국, 캐나다, 중국 등 14개국 습지생태 전문가 30여 명이 지난 10일 화포천습지생태공원을 방문했다고 13일 밝혔다. 지난 10월 ‘람사르협약’ 국외 관계자 60여 명 방문에 이은 이번 방문은 지난 4일부터 5일간 충남 서산버드랜드서 개최된 국제습지워크숍에서 ‘습지센터 교육과 현장 프로그램’ 모범사례를 발표 […]
Continue readingGFN Bohai Report 2013 Published
Report by Global Flyway Network The GFN Bohai Report 2013 reports on the field work of Red Knot northward migration through Bohai Bay in China from April to June 2013. A total of 4,615 marked shorebirds in EAAF was recorded including 613 sightings of colourbanded birds from North West Australia. Bohai Bay is of […]
Continue readingGlobal Importance of China’s tidal-flats for Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper Recognised
Shanghai, (Seoul, Tokyo, Moscow, London, Berlin, Denver) 29 October 2013 A survey of the Chinese coastline by the conservation network “SBS in China” supported by 15 waterbird experts from the international Spoon-billed Sandpiper (SBS) Task Force (1) confirms the outstanding international conservation importance of intertidal wetlands in Jiangsu Province. The survey, conducted from October 15th-19th […]
Continue readingSpoon-billed sandpiper – they’re back! The first spoonie seen at Sonadia Island
Earlier this year, Sonadia Island was declared an Important Bird Area (IBA) due to its importance for shorebirds, especially the Critically Endangered spoon-billed sandpiper (Sonadia Island is the most important site in Bangladesh for this highly threatened species). The Bangladesh Spoon-billed Sandpiper Conservation Project (BSCP, see their Facebook page) is supported by the RSPB through […]
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