Russian rescued Oriental Stork came to RoKorea
Continue readingAn Oriental Stork, Listed as Endangered by IUCN and as Endangered wildlife species class I in the Republic of Korea, which was rescued and released in Russia in 2020, was found in the Southernmost tip of the Korean Peninsula. On January 4, 2021, the National Institute of Ecology under the Ministry of Environment Korea announced […]
The EAAFP Foundation is established in RO Korea
Continue readingOn 21 December, Mr. Pete Probasco, the Chair of EAAFP announced that the EAAFP Foundation is established in Republic of Korea with endorsement of the EAAFP Management Committee and Finance Sub-Committee. In his email to the Partners, he noted that: “Adopted at the 9th EAAFP Meeting of Partners (MOP9) in 2018, the EAAFP Sustainable Financing […]
Shifting the Paradigm: A Universal Declaration of the Rights of Wetlands (#RightsOfWetlands)
Continue readingThe global climate destabilization and biodiversity loss crises, of which global wetland loss and deterioration is a part, call out for a fundamental paradigm shift in the human-wetlands/human-Nature relationship. This shift is supported by the growing rights of Nature movement that acknowledges Nature/elements of Nature as living beings entitled to rights similar to rights held […]
2021 International Black-faced Spoonbill Census announcement
Continue readingThe annual International Black-faced Spoonbill Census is scheduled on 15-17 January 2021. This event has been one of the core activities of Black-faced Spoonbill conservation since the commencement in 1993, as it can provide an annual comparable figure of the species to understand its abundance and distribution. This census is one of the successful cases […]
Launch of the Coordinated survey in middle and lower reaches of Yangtze River 2020/2021
Continue readingThe extensive wetlands of the middle and lower reaches of Yangtze River are critical to the function of the whole Yangtze ecosystem, which in turn provides essential services to the hundreds of millions of people that live within the basin. The middle and lower Yangtze River floodplain is a globally important wintering area for waterbirds […]
Incheon-Hong Kong International East Asian – Australasian Flyway Black-faced Spoonbill Conservation Cooperation Forum
Continue readingTo follow up with the Sister Site Agreement between Incheon Metropolitan City, Republic of Korea (Ro Korea) and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People’s Republic of China, signed in 2019, On 14 December 2020, an International East Asian-Australasian Flyway Black-faced Spoonbill (BFS) Conservation Forum: Cooperation between Incheon-Hong Kong on Conserving Migratory Waterbirds and Their Habitats […]
“Spoon-billed Sandpiper Conservation Alliance Annual Meeting” was held in Tiaozini
Continue readingOn November 21st, the “2020 Spoon-billed Sandpiper Conservation Alliance Annual Meeting” was held in Tiaozini, Dongtai, Jiangsu Province, China. More than 80 representatives, including attendees online from research institutes, Local civil society organizations and members of the Spoon-billed Sandpiper Conservation Alliance, attended the meeting to address the conservation of World Natural Heritage Sites and endangered […]
Discuss the GREEN with Youths: UAC meets Green Conference
Continue readingOn 20th November 2020, Mr. Doug Watkins, the Chief Executive and staff members of EAAFP Secretariat participated in a conference at University of Utah Asia Campus, titled: ‘UAC meets Green: Towards a Green New Deal through Urban Ecology’ which was hosted by the University of Utah Asia Campus (UAC), Incheon Songdo, Republic of Korea (ROK). […]
Environmental Educational activities during the COVID pandemic in Japan: Sharing by the Wild Bird Society of Japan
Continue readingDue to the COVID pandemic, many stores and facilities were temporarily closed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus infection since this spring. Seven facilities, including the Ramsar site which Wild Bird Society of Japan (WBSJ, EAAFP Partner) operates, were also closed until June. Although many facilities reopened during summer, we had to take various […]
Declaration of the 2020 Flyway Youth Forum
Continue readingPreamble Wetlands are one of the most productive ecosystems on the planet, home to a great diversity of migratory waterbirds and providing countless ecosystem services to people and the environment. Yet, wetlands are in a state of global decline, disappearing three times faster than terrestrial forests, threatening the very ecosystems that we depend upon. For […]
