Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Summary

  • EAAFP Member since: 2018
  • Number of EAAFP Flyway Network Sites: 2
  • Focal Point Contact:
    • Ms. Ri Kyong Sim
      Director of Division of International Cooperation, Department of External Economic Cooperation, Ministry of Land and Environment Protection

DPRK became a Partner in 2018 (MoP10). It now has 2 Flyway Network Sites, the most recent designation being 1999, February.  DPRK occupies the top half of the Korean peninsula and has coast on the Yellow Sea along with the Republic of Korea and China. The Yellow Sea is a vitally important region for supporting migrating shorebirds, including the Key Species of the EAAFP,  on their journeys between breeding and non-breeding habitats.

Flyway Network Sites

Site Information

EAAF SITECODENAME OF SITESITE INFORMATION SHEETYEAR SIS UPDATEDSITE PHOTOSVIEW IN GOOGLE EARTH
EAAF044Kumya Wetland ReserveN/AN/AViewView
EAAF045Mundok Wetland ReserveN/AN/AViewView

Site Details

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Key Species of EAAFP in DPRK

Shorebird

Anatidae

Crane

Seabird

Others

Curlew Sandpiper

Baer's Pochard

Oriental Stork

Dalmatian Pelican

Black-Faced Spoonbill

Red Knot

Scaly-sided Merganser

Siberian Crane

Saunders's Gull

Japanese Night-heron

Great Knot

Lesser White-fronted Goose

Red-crowned Crane

Chinese Egret

Far Eastern Curlew

Long-tailed Duck

Hooded Crane

Swinhoe’s Rail

Eurasian Curlew

White-naped Crane

 

Black-tailed Godwit

Spoon-billed Sandpiper

Spotted Greenshank