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Official Launching of Regional Flyway Initiative
On 14th October, The East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP), in cooperation with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and BirdLife International today launched the Regional Flyway Initiative (RFI), a long-term joint program to scale up the restoration of key wetland ecosystems and sustainable management in the East Asian- Australasian Flyway (EAA Flyway). The RFI is a […]
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New Zealand Ambassador to China hosted “Friends of the Flyway 2021”
It’s easy to get caught up in the doom and gloom that seems to be prevalent right now. But every now and then, something happens that provides a shot in the arm.. an event or moment that inspires and provides hope. On 16 September, 2022 at the New Zealand Embassy in Beijing was one of […]
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World Migratory Bird Day 2021 Poster for the East Asian-Australasian Flyway
We are celebrating World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) twice a year, on every second Saturday of May and October. This day aims to raise awareness of migratory birds and calls for international cooperation to conserve them. The global annual campaign is held together with the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), the African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement, the Environment for the […]
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Green Choi’s donation has been successfully delivered to SBS Task Force for Spoon-billed Sandpiper conservation
On 11th August, the EAAFP Foundation has successfully delivered the donation from Ms. Green Choi to the Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force (SBS TF) for the conservation of Spoon-billed Sandpiper and their habitat. Ms. Green Choi, a bird researcher and illustrator of MEET GREEN has been collaborating with EAAFP for several projects, including the EAAFP’s Key […]
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EAAFP Foundation released “Bird-Meets-Arts” Ep.3 History of Songdo Tidal Flat, Yeonsu
The EAAFP Foundation and Yeonsu Foundation of Arts and Culture (YSFAC) released the third episode of the Bird Meets Arts project, “History of Songdo Tidal Flat, Yeonsu”. Featuring Mr. Dong Hyun Yoo, the Director of Incheon Metropolitan City Museum and the former editor in chief of magazine ‘Good Morning Incheon’, the video shows the value […]
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“Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats” inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List
On 26th July, 2021, the 44th Session of the World Heritage Committee endorsed the inscription of the Republic of Korea’s tidal flats on the UNESCO World Natural Heritage List, marking an enormous step forward to secure the critical habitats of the Yellow Sea for millions of migratory waterbirds that depend on this area as a […]
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EAAFP Foundation released “Bird-Meets-Arts” Ep.1 Migratory Birds in Yeonsu, Incheon
The EAAFP Foundation has released their first video of ‘Bird-Meets-Arts’ series project (새며들다 in Korean title) on 21st May 2021. As the first joint product of collaboration with the Yeonsu Foundation for Arts and Culture (YSFAC) under the MOU signed in March 2021, the Bird-Meets-Arts series was produced to celebrate 2021 World Migratory Bird Day […]
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The Hwaseong Wetlands Project
Written by Dr. Nial Moores, Birds Korea The Hwaseong Wetlands, centred at approximately 37.115046° 126.731785°, are located in Gyeonggi Bay in the northwest of the Republic of Korea (ROK). Situated on the eastern shore of the Yellow Sea only an hour’s drive south from Seoul and Incheon, the wetlands sit at the heart of the […]
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2021 International Black-faced Spoonbill Census announcement
The 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 […]
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Declaration of the 2020 Flyway Youth Forum
Preamble 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 […]
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