New book “THE NARROW EDGE”, by Deborah Cramer, telling the story of Red Knots
Introduction of the book The Narrow Edge Each year tiny sandpipers—Red Knots—undertake a near miraculous 19,000 mile journey from one end of the…
Continue readingConnecting Wetland Education and Formal Education
On 17th and 18th October 2020, 40 teachers from primary and secondary schools in Yancheng, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Haikou, Beihai City of China, as well as staffs from coastal wetland…
Continue readingThe southern Jiangsu coast is an important ‘dressing room’ for Spoon-billed Sandpipers and Nordmann’s Greenshanks
If you are lucky to see the Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpipers or Endangered Nordmann’s Greenshanks on the southern Jiangsu coast, they are probably busy gobbling up seafood on the…
Continue readingYSFAC-EAAFP Joint Capacity Building Seminar is Successfully Held
On December 11, 2020, the EAAFP…
Continue readingRed-crowned Crane Welcoming Party at Donggeom Island. Ganghwa, Incheon ROK
The closing ceremony of the morning session at the Crane Welcoming Party: People are holding papers written “The representing…
Continue readingUpdate about Kumya Wetland Reserve (EAAF044) in DPRK
Translation of the Original Source: Kumsugangsan, December 2020
Continue readingThe “Year of the Cranes” story series #7 – Sarus Crane Nest Adoption in Thailand
Sarus Crane (Antigone antigone) has three disjunct populations in the Indian subcontinent, South-East Asia (occurs in Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia) and northern Australia. Unlike most of other species of cranes…
Continue readingResearchers discover how migratory shorebirds travelling from Southeast Asia cross the Himalayas to breeding grounds in China and Russia
Singapore revealed to be at the intersection of the Central Asian Flyway and East Asian-Australasian Flyway These new insights give researchers, policymakers and conservation biologists a more robust…
Continue readingAnnual summary of Alaska Shorebird Group field studies
The Alaska Shorebird Group produces annual summary to document new and ongoing field studies of shorebirds in Alaska. This…
Continue reading2020 International Symposium for Hwaseong Wetlands: Getting the Benefits of Conservation – Hwaseong Wetlands
On 1st December, 2020, together with Hwaseong City in Republic of Korea, the EAAFP Secretariat co-hosted the International Symposium for Hwaseong Wetlands to promote the importance and values of…
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