August 2016 - Eaaflyway

EAAFP pre-MOP9 meeting: Shorebird Working Group and Far Eastern Curlew Task Force

Posted by EAAFP communications on August 31, 2016

Rick Lanctot, Shorebird Working Group Chair Mark Carey, Far Eastern Curlew Task Force Chair A one day meeting focused on the Shorebird Working Group and…

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Thai Spoon-billed Sandpiper site being developed

Posted by EAAFP communications on August 22, 2016

Birdguides 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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Farmers choose solar farm over our endangered Spoon-billed Sandpipers

Posted by EAAFP Secretariat on August 16, 2016

Phuket Gazette 29 July 2016 Land is prepared for construction of a solar farm in Samut Sakhon to meet its…

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National workshop on the conservation and management of the migratory shorebirds and coastal wetlands of the Republic of Korea

Posted by EAAFP Secretariat on August 11, 2016

Spike Millington, Chief Executive, EAAFP Secretariat Following the adoption of the Resolutions 28 and 51 on the conservation of the Yellow…

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New video and posters on wild birds and Avian Influenza

Posted by EAAFP Secretariat on August 11, 2016

Spike Millington, Chief Executive, EAAFP Secretariat The relationship between wild birds and the spread of the avian influenza (AI) virus has resulted in much misunderstanding and misinformation, with…

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International Youth Skype Meeting on Black-faced Spoonbill between Taiwan and Incheon

Posted by EAAFP Secretariat on August 11, 2016

Kyeonga Shin, Senior Intern, EAAFP Secretariat A ‘Black-faced Spoonbill International Youth Skype Meeting’ was held…

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Critically Endangered Chinese Crested Terns appear on a deserted island in South Korea

Posted by EAAFP Secretariat on August 10, 2016

Spike Millington, Chief Executive, EAAFP Secretariat The Critically Endangered Chinese Crested Tern, thought to number only a hundred individuals nested in 2016 on a small, uninhabited island off…

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The Yellow Sea: The Highest Conservation Priority In East Asia

Posted by EAAFP Secretariat on August 5, 2016

31 July 2016 Birding Beijing In the fun company of Paul Holt and Marie Louise, I have just made my 15th visit to Nanpu, a small…

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Evidence suggests migratory birds are not a reservoir for highly pathogenic flu viruses

Posted by EAAFP Secretariat on August 3, 2016

Spike Millington, EAAFP Chief Executive A recent article “Evidence suggests migratory birds are not a reservoir for highly pathogenic flu viruses” discusses the results of a scientific study…

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EAAFP全国ツル類ネットワーク交流会

Posted by EAAFP Secretariat on August 3, 2016

Read in English 日本国環境省　辻田香織 2016年5月26日から27日にかけて、EAAFPの渡り性水鳥重要生息地ネットワークに参加するツル類サイトの管理者（自治体及び関係NGO/NPO）を対象として、環境省主催で「全国ツル類ネットワーク交流会」を北海道根室市において開催しました。2014年にはガンカモ類サイトやシギ・チドリ類サイトの管理者を対象とした交流会を開催していますが、ツル類サイトの管理者を対象とした交流会としては初の開催となりました。交流会の目的は、①ツル類の保全に関する国際・国内の動向を共有し、②サイト管理者間での経験共有・情報交換を促進し、③サイト間の連携強化に関する検討を行うことです。交流会には、国内のツル類の全７サイトのうち６サイトから自治体職員７名と関係NGOの職員６名が参加し、専門家やオブザーバー等も合わせて合計32名が参加しました。

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