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Australia’s Wildlife Conservation Plan for Seabirds
At the national level in Australia, the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Act 1999 (EPBC Act) provides for the development and implementation of wildlife conservation plans. The Australian Government Department of the Agriculture, Water and the Environment, in consultation with interested stakeholders, has developed a Wildlife Conservation Plan for Seabirds. A wildlife conservation plan sets out the research […]
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“Year of the Terns” World Seabird Day Webinar Series
“Year of the Terns” World Seabird Day Webinar Series Brief Introduction To raise awareness among EAAFP Partners, researchers, conservationists, and the general public about seabirds in the East Asian – Australasian Flyway (EAA Flyway), while promoting the exchange of information and collaboration on seabird conservation in the Flyway, the EAAFP Secretariat and the Seabird Working […]
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Ms. Yoon Lee, the External Relations Manager of the EAAFP Secretariat awarded the 2022 Incheon Metropolitan City Mayoral Citation
The EAAFP Secretariat is very pleased to announce that Ms. Yoon Lee, our External Relations Manager has received the Mayoral Citation Award from Incheon Metropolitan City, Republic of Korea, in recognition of her efforts to conserving biodiversity during the celebratory ceremony for the World Environment Day held on 3rd June. The The Incheon City Mayoral Citation […]
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Celebrating World Wetlands Day in Boseong, Ro Korea
The year 2021 was a great year for Tidal Flats in Ro Korea, as four Tidal flats in Ro Korea were inscribed as UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site (WHS), after over 10 long years of preparations by the Ro Korean government, various experts, organizations and civil society. To recognize this momentous achievement, the Ministry of […]
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Official Launching of the Regional Flyways Initiative Webpage
The EAAFP Secretariat is pleased to announce the release of a webpage built up for the Regional Flyway Initiative (RFI). The page was set up to archive RFI-related documents, articles, media, and events for information sharing. A brief introduction of RFI, key documents (RFI Technical Assistance Report and EAAFP Strategic Plan 2019-2028), a list of […]
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YSFAC X EAAFP PROJECT 2022 Bird Meets Arts 3rd Education Program
On 18th June, the third public event of the education program of 2022 <Bird Meets Arts> proceeded successfully. Ms. Ah-ra Cho, a performance artist gave a “Black-faced Spoonbill dancing” session to the participants. Before starting the session, the participants learned about the Endangered Black-faced Spoonbill. Each Participant then act as he or she is a Black-faced Spoonbill. […]
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EAAFP Foundation 2021-2022 Small Grant Winter Project Reporting Workshop
On 26th May, the EAAFP Foundation organized the 2021-2022 Small Grant Winter Project Reporting Workshop online. The 2021-2022 Small Grant Programme was sponsored by the Korea South-East Power Co., Ltd. Yeongheung Power Division (KOEN) with support from Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF). Following the first workshop last year in 2021, the Foundation have implemented its own […]
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2022 Black-faced Spoonbill Birthday Party in Namdong Reservoir, Ro Korea
In recent years, Black-faced Spoonbill (BFS) have come back to breed on the small artificial islets in Namdong Reservoir, Incheon, Ro Korea, thus becoming a flagship species for Incheon. To raise awareness to the general public about migratory waterbirds, especially the key species Black-faced Spoonbill, on 21st May 2022, the Incheon Black-faced Spoonbill Network hosted […]
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Mark Barter Travel Award and Australasian Shorebird Conference 2022
Following the announcement of the Australasian Shorebird Conference (ASC) organized by Australasian Wader Study Group and Queensland Wader Study Group, to be held virtually on 29-30 October 2022 (link), please mark the date and stay tuned for further information about the program, registration arrangements, and call for abstracts will be forthcoming in the near future. […]
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Youth Think Tank Competition for EAA Flyway – 2nd Training workshop
On 28th – 29th May, the Youth Think Tank Competition in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway (EAAF) engaged youth participants with a webinar and in-depth training workshop on Engaging Local Communities in Conservation of Migratory Waterbirds and Wetlands. One in a series of workshops that aims to build capacity for young conservationists on wetland and migratory […]
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