Wedge-tailed shearwaters and the killer weeds of Big Island
Posted by EAAFP communications on March 31, 2016Ann Jones Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) WEDGE-TAILED SHEARWATER CHICKS CAN GET SO FAT THEY CAN BARELY MOVE. © ABC…
Continue readingShorebirds are still being hunted, often legally
Posted by EAAFP communications on March 31, 2016<Introduction to this article by Spike Millington, Chief Executive of EAAFP> This article addresses the vulnerability of shorebirds to different hunting pressures across their migratory range in the Americas, both…
Continue readingHardship for Natural Monument 201, human’s next
Posted by EAAFP communications on March 29, 2016Read in Korean The survival of Whooper Swans is under threat, as wintering number have halved.
Continue readingEAAFP welcomes new Focal Point of Wildlife Conservation Society
Posted by EAAFP communications on March 29, 2016The EAAFP Secretariat welcomes new Focal Point of Wildlife Conservation Society, Martin Robards. Below is the short biography of him.
Continue readingSand mining threat to Siberian Cranes at Poyang Lake, China
Posted by EAAFP communications on March 28, 2016By Jim Harris Senior Vice President International Crane FoundationGrowing evidence points to intensive sand dredging as having a significant impact on water…
Continue readingThe 1st Asian Argos birds tracking workshop was held in Tokyo, Japan
Posted by EAAFP communications on March 25, 2016Yann Bernard Head, Environmental Monitoring Collecte Localisation Satellites(CLS) With 60 attendees, the 1st…
Continue reading2,700 Hooded Cranes arrived in Republic of Korea
Posted by EAAFP communications on March 24, 2016Kisup Lee, Waterbirds Network Korea Hooded Cranes are on the move! About 2,700 Hooded Cranes arrived in Republic of Korea from Japan on 20 – 21 March. We…
Continue readingMigration routes of Tundra Swans satellite-tracked from northern Japan
Posted by EAAFP communications on March 21, 2016Wenbo CHEN, Tomoko DOKO, Go FUJITA, Kan KONISHI, and Hiroyoshi HIGUCHI Tundra Swans (Cygnus columbianus) breed in tundra regions near the North Pole, wintering in temperate regions of…
Continue readingThe odyssey of the Bewick Swan – another route to Greece – Belgian Ringing Scheme
Posted by EAAFP communications on March 21, 2016Back to the north! Didier Vangeluwe Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences The first two Bewick’s Swans equipped with a GPS tag during past summer in the…
Continue readingBuilding capacity for waterbird ringing in Bangladesh
Posted by EAAFP communications on March 16, 2016Richard Hearn Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust …
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