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Connecting the Flyway Youth Leaders for Tomorrow
The first Flyway Youth Forum Pre-event press release The first-ever Flyway Youth Forum, organized by The East Asian – Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) and Youth Engaged in Wetlands (YEW), sponsored by Hanns Seidel Foundation, will be held virtually over two consecutive weekends from 28th November to 6th December, 2020, to connect, empower and provide a […]
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Welcome new EAAFP Partners – Hong Kong Bird Watching Society and Mangrove Foundation
In line with the World Migratory Bird Day, we are very pleased to announce that the Hong Kong Bird Watching Society became the 38th and Mangrove Foundation the 39th Partners of the East Asian – Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) on 10th October, 2020. The Hong Kong Bird Watching Society (HKBWS), based in the Hong […]
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Welcoming ceremony to new Flyway Network Site Daebudo Tidal Flat
On May 11 2020, a ceremony was held for the new Flyway Network Site (FNS) Daebudo Tidal Flat (EAAF 148) in the Republic of Korea, which was officially included in the EAAFP Flyway Site Network on May 9 2020, in celebration of the World Migratory Bird Day. Chief Executive, Mr. Doug Watkins and staff members […]
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Nan Thar Island and the Mayyu Estuary become Myanmar’s 6th Ramsar site
When in 2006 the second winter search Expedition of the SBS Task Force found 8 SBS in Teknaf at the southern tip of Bangladesh, we looked across to Myanmar and dreamt of going there to continue our search. Gillian Bunting, the GIS expert in our team, now working for BirdLife International, zoomed in some remote […]
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The probably oldest banded Curlew Sandpiper in EAA Flyway
This year, on 21st March, Hong Kong Waterbirds Ringing Group captured a Curlew Sandpiper with an old metal ring coded “NV83515” during their regular waterbird ringing survey in Mai Po Nature Reserve, Hong Kong. After checking the records, this individual was found to be first captured (and ringed) on 13th April 2002 by the Hong […]
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Hunting threatens migratory waterbirds in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway
A new study led by PhD candidate Eduardo Gallo-Cajiao from The University of Queensland and an international team from thirteen institutions and nine countries shows that migratory birds are threatened by widespread and likely unsustainable hunting across the Asia-Pacific region. The study shows that three-quarters of migratory shorebird species in the region have been hunted […]
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Successful application for the WWF Dr Lew Young Grant under the Asian Waterbird Conservation Fund (AWCF)
On the World Migratory Bird Day, WWF-Hong Kong is pleased to announce that the successful application for the 1st WWF Dr Lew Young Grant is the project “Towards an Informed Conservation Action Plan for Seabirds in the Philippines” by Ms Cynthia Layusa from the Isla Biodiversity Conservation. She said “While the government and non-profit organizations strive […]
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Daebudo Tidal Flat in Republic of Korea became New Flyway Network Site on World Migratory Bird Day 2020
In line with the celebration of the 2020 World Migratory Bird Day on 9th May, Daebudo Tidal Flat in Republic of Korea was announced as a new Flyway Network Site (EAAF 148). Daebudo Tidal Flat is located in Gyeonggi Province, in the west coast of Republic of Korea. It is comprised of two parts: Sangdong […]
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2020 세계 철새의 날 – 해외 아티스트와 함께하는 EAAFP의 온라인 공연 – Virtual Fun Day
올해 세계 철새의 날에는 집에서도 재미있게 보낼 수 있는 방법을 EAAFP가 마련했습니다~! 2020 세계 철새의 날 주제는 “세계를 이어주는 철새들” 입니다. 동아시아-대양주 이동경로의 철새들과 이어질 수 있는 연결고리를 EAAFP가 준비한 온라인 공연으로 함께 만들어보세요! 다가오는 5월 9일, 4명의 화려한 해외 아티스트들이 음악, 시각예술, 스토리텔링, 철새와 함께하는 비행모험 등 한 시간의 온라인 공연을 진행할 예정입니다. 많은 […]
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“Year of the Cranes” Story series #4 – Borzya the White-naped Crane who link up 5 countries in the Flyway.
Migratory birds are travelers, they are messengers and connect people from different places. This White-naped Crane named Borzya brought us a story of how she links people from Russia, Mongolia, China, Korea and Japan bridging at least 5 EAAFP Flyway Network Sites. White-naped Crane Borzya is named after a river in Southeast Russia, where she […]
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