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Successful Applicants of WMBD Small Grant Fund May 2024
Successful Applicants of WMBD Small Grant Fund May 2024 No.Principle InvestigatorOrganization (Name)CountryTitle / Activity TypeFund Amount (USD)ApplicationReport 1Naim KhandakarJagannath UniversityBangladeshEmpowering communities for migratory waterbird conservation: Combating bird hunting through raising awareness in Hail Haor, an EAAF site in Bangladesh$1,000EAAFP-WMBD-SGF-Application_May-2024_Bangladesh_Jagannath UniversityReceived (May 2024) 2Dara Ayu LatifahFamily Welfare Development (Pembinaan Kesejahteraan Keluarga (PKK))IndonesiaWorld Migratory Bird Day 2024: […]
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Newly Tagged Spoon-billed Sandpipers Orange K9 and A6 Provide Vital Insights into Migration Patterns
The following article is provided by Sayam U. Chowdhury from the Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force: © Alan Leitch (top), © Katherine Leung (bottom) BREAKING news from Thailand! We’re thrilled to welcome Orange K9 and A6 as newly colour-marked Spoonies! These Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpipers were recently colour-marked and equipped with solar-powered satellite transmitters at the […]
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World Migratory Bird Day 2023
What is World Migratory Bird Day? The World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) is an annual global awareness-raising campaign to celebrate the amazing journeys of migratory birds, and to inspire worldwide conservation of migratory birds and their habitats. Traditionally observed on the second Saturday of May and October, the two days of World Migratory Bird Day are […]
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2023 Spoon-billed Sandpiper Census in the Gulf of Mottama, Myanmar
For the twelfth consecutive year the Nature Conservation Society- Myanmar (NCS) in close collaboration with the Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force (SBS TF) organised the Spoon-billed Sandpiper winter survey and waterbird monitoring expedition. The Gulf of Mottama Ramsar Site is a hugely important intertidal mudflat in Myanmar hosting thousand of migratory waterbirds including the critically endangered […]
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EAAFP engagement at Ramsar COP14 with the theme “wetlands actions for people and nature”
The 14th meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties of the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar COP14) was held in Wuhan, China and Geneva, Switzerland between 5th and 13th November, 2022, with a theme “Wetland Action for People and Nature”. The conference welcomed representatives from 146 Contracting Parties and 55 organizations, joining both on-site and […]
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2022 UNESCO Suncheon Getbol World Heritage International Symposium and Asian Bird Fair in Suncheon, Ro Korea
In November 2022, Suncheon City hosted the 2022 UNESCO World Heritage International Symposium and the 11th Asian Bird Fair at Suncheonman National Garden in Suncheon, RO Korea. The main theme of the symposium was “The dream of Suncheon, an ecological city where people live in harmony with birds.” Both the symposium and bird fair aimed […]
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Assessing hunting pressure on migratory birds
The illegal hunting, taking and trade of migratory birds is a serious threat to species across the EAAF and has been linked to declines in some populations, including several threatened species. In many parts of the Flyway, migratory and non-migratory birds are protected under national or sub-national legislation, however, accidental by-catch, and the deliberate targeting […]
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Conserving Critically Endangered Christmas Island Frigatebird
The Christmas Island Frigatebird (Fregata andrewsi) is a globally threatened migratory seabird; listed as Vulnerable by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). In Australia, the species is listed as Endangered, Marine and Migratory under Australia’s national environmental law – the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. The species is also listed […]
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EAAFP Partners engagement at Ramsar COP14
The 14th Conference of the Parties (COP14) of The Convention on Wetlands will take place from 5 to 13 November 2022, with the theme “Wetlands Actions for People and Nature”. Hosted by China and taking place in both Wuhan, China and Geneva, Switzerland, this Hybrid Conference will convene all Contracting Parties and Observers of the Ramsar Convention to […]
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Greater Crested Tern
Greater Crested Tern ©Kenneth Lam Common name: Greater Crested Tern Scientific name: Thalasseus bergii Local names:Крачка Берга (Russian), 大凤头燕鸥 (Simplified Chinese), 大鳳頭燕鷗 (traditional Chinese), 큰제비갈매기 (Korean), オオアジサシ(Japanese), Dara laut jambul besar (Indonesian), Camar Besar Berjambul (Malayu), Nhàn mào (Vietnamese), นกนางนวลแกลบหงอนใหญ่ (Thai). Also known as Swift Tern in Africa, and Crested Tern in Australia Conservation status: […]
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