Workshop on Migratory Bird Monitoring in the Geum Estuary
Posted by EAAFP Secretariat on December 24, 2014The Migratory Bird Monitoring Workshop was held at Seocheon Migratory Bird Center, Seocheon, South Korea on 1-4 September, organized by BirdLife International, hosted by the Seocheon County and supported…
Continue readingInternational Workshop on Intertidal Wetlands and Management in the Yellow Sea Provinces of China
Posted by EAAFP Secretariat on December 23, 2014The extent of intertidal wetlands in the Yellow Sea region has dramatically decreased over the past two decades, precipitating widespread declines in a number of migratory shorebird species that…
Continue readingThe Comprehensive Report of the Yellow Sea Ecoregion Support Project 2007-2014
Posted by EAAFP Secretariat on December 23, 2014Published by WWF and KIOST Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM) and Community-Based Management (CBM) approaches were applied to improve management effectiveness of high conservation…
Continue readingThe worst disaster in the Sundarban mangrove, Bangladesh
Posted by EAAFP Secretariat on December 22, 2014As a result of a collision between a tanker and a cargo ship, more than 350,000 litres of oil spilled into the Sela river which is part…
Continue readingService Protects Red Knot as Threatened Under the Endangered Species Act
Posted by EAAFP Secretariat on December 16, 2014News Release by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service December 9, 2014 Contact: Laury Parramore 703-358-2541 laury_parramore@fws.gov Designation highlights concern over impacts of climate change, development across…
Continue readingThe Bird of Legend: Chinese Crested Tern
Posted by EAAFP Secretariat on December 8, 2014Texts and video by OPCFHongKong Chinese Crested Tern is one of the most endangered birds in the world, with less than 50 adult individual left in…
Continue readingBirds Korea News from Jeollanamdo, South Korea
Posted by EAAFP Secretariat on December 1, 2014Written by Andreas Kim from Bird Korea After the strong rain the day before had brought the river visited had largely very brownish color and the water…
Continue readingThe Scaly-sided Merganser (Mergus squamatus) in North America
Posted by EAAFP Secretariat on November 28, 2014Written by Chuck Cerbini, Toledo Zoo/Associate Curator of Birds In 2004, the International Wild Waterfowl Association (IWWA) conducted a survey to assess the state of captive…
Continue readingThe International Black-faced Spoonbill Census Report 2014
Posted by EAAFP Secretariat on November 27, 2014The full report of the 2014 International Black-faced Spoonbill Census is now available, provided by the Hong Kong Bird Watching Society, and the BirdLife International Asia Division….
Continue readingProtection of most important stop over site in Dongtai and Rudong in China remains a big challenge
Posted by EAAFP Secretariat on November 10, 2014Jing Li (SBS in China) & Christoph Zöckler (SBS TF Coordinator) 29 October 2014 The Spoon-billed sandpiper Task Force (SBS TF) held its 10th anniversary…
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