Spoon-billed Sandpiper population revealed
Posted by EAAFP communications on October 26, 201619 October 2016 Olivia Bailey, Fauna & Flora International Scientists have estimated the world population of the Spoon-billed Sandpiper – a Critically Endangered shorebird – for the…
Continue readingSatellite tags to track critically-endangered Sandpipers
Posted by EAAFP communications on October 21, 20163 October 2016 Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper The smallest satellite tag ever made is set to play a vital role in the battle to conserve the Spoon-billed…
Continue readingEAAFP Secretariat joins the Borneo Bird Festival
Posted by EAAFP Secretariat on October 8, 2016Eugene Cheah, Contributing Photographer The EAAFP Secretariat joined the Borneo Bird Festival (15-17 September 2016, Rainforest Discovery Center, Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia) and gave a talk about migratory…
Continue readingEAAFP Secretariat participates in the Ramsar Symposium in Yonago, Japan
Posted by EAAFP Secretariat on October 8, 2016Tomoko Ichikawa, Communication Officer The Ramsar Symposium was held in Yonago City, Tottori, Japan from 28 to 29 August 2016. It was jointly organized by a range…
Continue readingRound table for wind farm effects on waterfowls and the environmental assessment
Posted by EAAFP Secretariat on October 6, 2016Read in Japanese (日本語): Sachiko Moriguchi, Niigata University, Japan The round table…
Continue readingSpoon-billed Sandpiper observation in Yubu-do in Sept-Oct 2016
Posted by EAAFP Secretariat on October 5, 2016The Secretariat received a news from Mr. Ju Yung-Ki about the recent observation of Spoon-billed Sandpipers in Yubu-do Tidal Flat , Republic of Korea (RoK) as below. Total nine (9)…
Continue readingHow simple striped sheets could save seabirds
Posted by EAAFP Secretariat on October 5, 2016By Alex Dale, BirdLife International, 30 September 2016 Every year, 400,000 seabirds worldwide are estimated to…
Continue readingRaising the bar for ecotourism
Posted by EAAFP communications on September 27, 2016IUCN joins effort to align ecotourism with conservation goals Press Release Tropical Resources Institute September 12, 2016 – Honolulu, Hawaii —…
Continue readingWorld Shorebirds Day 2016
Posted by EAAFP communications on September 5, 2016Tomorrow – 6 September – is the World Shorebirds Day! It is an annual celebration of shorebirds, those extreme migrants, as well as people, who do the…
Continue readingThai Spoon-billed Sandpiper site being developed
Posted by EAAFP communications on August 22, 2016Birdguides 29 July 2016 A key wintering site for Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpipers in the Bay of Bangkok is currently being filled in to make way for a solar…
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