Seocheon County Committed To Conservation and Management of Migratory Waterbird Habitats
Seocheon International Migratory Waterbird Symposium was held on 16 November in Seocheon, South Korea to explore options and learn from international best practice to ensure the conservation and management of migratory waterbird habitats for Seocheon, including appropriate ecotourism development. There were 100 international and domestic participants, including delegates from National Parks Board of Singapore, WWF-Hong […]
Continue readingStudents in tourism business visit Mai Po Nature Reserve – Hong Kong
To mark the Year of Wetland and Tourism for Ramsar, over 60 students from the Institute for Tourism Studies of Macau joined a guided visit to Mai Po Nature Reserve (MPNR) to learn about sustainable tourism practices in early November 2012. This visit for students was to experience first-hand how a sustainably-managed wetland can accommodate […]
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Malaysia becomes 28th Partner of EAAFP
On 11 November 2012, the Government of Malaysia became the 28th Partner of EAAFP. All Partners warmly welcomed Malaysia to the Partnership. Malaysia is a very important country along the Flyway for migratory waterbirds and has made significant progress in assuring their continued conservation. Malaysia is in the process of nominating Bako Buntal Bay as […]
Continue readingYukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge Becomes the First USA site to join the Flyway Site Network of the EAAFP
The Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge (YDNWR) in the Alaska was approved by the Chair of the EAAFP on 10 October and has been added to the Flyway Site Network as the 109th Network site. The designated area includes the coastal portion of YDNWR, Nunivak Island as well as the surrounding waters and seafloor for […]
Continue readingGFN Bohai Report 2012 from Global Flyway Network
The Global Flyway Network (GFN) is a partnership between researchers worldwide that is devoted to long term, usually demographic, work on long distance migrating shorebirds. The aim of the GFN is to build on the strengths of comparative demographic shorebird studies worldwide to better understand and analyse the factors determining shorebird numbers in a rapidly […]
Continue readingEAAFP Side Event and Participation at CBD COP11, Hyderabad, India
The Secretariat of the EAAFP participated in the Eleventh Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 11) held in Hyderabad, India, from the 8th to the 19th of October 2012, to raise awareness of the importance of critical habitats for migratory waterbirds along the flyway and the role […]
Continue reading한•호•중•일 철새 양자회의 개최
한국을 비롯해 호주, 중국, 일본 4개국의 조류 전문가들이 모여 철새 보호를 위해 머리를 맞댄다. 환경부는 철새이동경로에 대한 공동연구 및 국제협력 강화를 위해 5일부터 8일까지 인천 송도 라마다호텔에서 ‘한-호-중-일 철새 양자회의’를 개최한다고 밝혔다. ‘한-호-중-일 철새 양자회의’는 국경을 넘나드는 철새의 생태적 특성으로 인해 철새보호를 위한 국가 간 협력의 중요성이 강조됨에 따라 마련된 정부 간 실무회의로 2년에 한 […]
Continue readingOne quarter of the world population of the Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpipers on Rudong mudflats, Jiangsu, China
A record total of 106 Spoon-billed Sandpiper was counted over a 120 km stretch of mudflats in the wider Rudong area, Jiangsu (near Shanghai) China, between 12-15 October. This number amounts to one quarter of the estimated world population of this critically endangered bird species and is the highest number observed since conservation activities started […]
Continue readingSouth Korea and Singapore Become Sister Sites under EAAFP
Seocheon County in South Korea and the National Parks Board of Singapore signed a Memorandum of Understanding between Yubu Island Tidal Flat and Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve on 20th September 2012 in Singapore with support from the EAAFP Secretariat. Both are Network sites of EAAFP. The authorities agree to collaborate in joint research on migratory […]
Continue reading4대강 공사 탓 겨울철새 전년보다 17만마리 줄었다
(서울=뉴스1) 이은지 기자 = 4대강 공사의 영향으로 겨울철 조류가 전년 대비 17만마리나 감소했다. 환경부 국립생물자원관은 올해 1월27일부터 29일까지 전국 192개소 주요 철새 도래지를 대상으로 겨울철 조류 동시센서스를 실시한 결과 이같이 나타났다고 3일 밝혔다. 이번 조사에서 확인된 겨울철 조류는 총 200종으로 108만7506개체다. 전년도와 비교해 종수는 1종, 개체수는 약 17만마리 감소했다. 이는 국내 최고 우점종인 가창오리가 […]
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