EAAFP Foundation organized the Small Grant Reporting Workshop
Continue readingOn 27th May, the EAAFP Foundation organized its first Small Grant Programme Reporting Workshop online. The Foundation launched its own Small Grant Programme last year in 2020 to support the efforts of the civil society organizations through providing a small grant to implement projects that aim to conserve migratory waterbirds and their habitats in the […]
EAAFP Foundation released “Bird-Meets-Arts” Ep.1 Migratory Birds in Yeonsu, Incheon
Continue readingThe EAAFP Foundation has released their first video of ‘Bird-Meets-Arts’ series project (새며들다 in Korean title) on 21st May 2021. As the first joint product of collaboration with the Yeonsu Foundation for Arts and Culture (YSFAC) under the MOU signed in March 2021, the Bird-Meets-Arts series was produced to celebrate 2021 World Migratory Bird Day […]
Getting Getbol (intertidal mudflats) of the Republic of Korea into World Natural Heritage Site inscription
Continue readingThe West/Yellow Sea, lies at the heart of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway, a migratory route for 50 million migratory waterbirds traverse on an annual basis which stretches from Russia Far East and Alaska, U.S.A. south to Australia and New Zealand covering 22 countries. This region is surrounded by three countries: The People’s Republic of […]
The Korea Specialty Contractors Association – Incheon Metropolitan City Branch Donated 1 million KRW to EAAFP Foundation for Conservation of Migratory Waterbirds.
Continue readingOn 14th May, the EAAFP Foundation announced that Korea Specialty Contractors Association (KOSCA) – Incheon City branch donated 1 million KRW to conserve migratory waterbirds and their habitats in Incheon, Republic of Korea. The donation delivered by the KOSCA-Incheon branch will be used to promote the awareness of Korean citizens on values of the […]
IBRRI 4th Annual Meeting to share future opportunities for strengthening wetland ecosystems in the Indo-Burma Region
Continue readingThe EAAFP Secretariat participated in the Fourth Annual Meeting of Indo-Burma Ramsar Regional Initiative (IBRRI) virtually held on 18 February 2021. The aims were for the IBRRI parties to share the past events and to discuss potential future opportunities for strengthening wetland ecosystem services in the Indo-Burma region. Representatives from governments, academia, NGOs, and Ramsar […]
World Migratory Bird Day 2021 May Event – DPRK
Continue readingEvent title: World Migratory Bird Day 2021 event in DPRK Organizer: Ministry of Land and Environment Protection Participants: About 80 people including school students, teachers or parents, researchers, scientists, site managers for flyway site and wetlands, and decision or policy makers. Summary: Mundok Migratory Bird Reserve (MMBR) in Mundok County, South Phyongan Province in the […]
World Migratory Bird Day 2021 May Event– Philippines (Misamis University)
Continue readingEvent title: Conservation of Wildlife Migratory Bird and Wetland Areas in Misamis Occidental, Philippines through Advocacy and Capacity Development Organizer: Misamis University, Philippines Date: 8th May, 2021 Participants: About 1500 participants including Sangguniang Kabataan, Barangay Officials, PNP-Maritime, DENR Employees, Faculty, staff, students, and Alumni of Misamis University. Summary: The Misamis University, Philippines has partnered East […]
World Migratory Bird Day 2021 May Event– Australia (FAIBS)
Continue readingEvent title: ‘Winaityinaityi Pangkara – The Country of the Birds’ – A short film by Adelaide International Bird Sanctuary in South Australia Organizer: Friends of Adelaide International Bird Sanctuary (FAIBS) Participants: FAIBS contacts, BirdsSA members, four local government Councils, Green Adelaide, and Northern and Yorke Landscape Board, local newspapers and local environment centres, and the […]
World Migratory Bird Day 2021 May Event– Russia (Ecological Watch of Siberia)
Continue readingEvent title: World Migratory Bird Day 2021 event in Russia Organizer: Omsk Regional Youth Public Organization «Ecological Watch of Siberia», Omsk Branch of the Union for the Conservation of Birds of Russia and other stakeholders. Participants: On May 8, 2021, the event «World Migratory Bird Day 2021» was held on the Specially Protected Natural […]
New site in the Gulf of Tonkin coast of northern Vietnam for Spoon-billed Sandpiper
Continue readingIntroduction The coastal wetlands along the shallow Gulf of Tonkin spanning northern Vietnam and southern China (including the island of Hainan) are known to provide critical wintering habitat for several species of globally threatened waterbirds in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway (Pedersen & Nguyen 1996; Li et al. 2020). These include significant congregations of Saunders’s Gull […]
