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International Travellers to New Zealand
Continue readingIn New Zealand international travel for people is virtually halted because of restrictions caused by the covid-19 epidemic. The Government has largely stopped any foreign visitors from entering New Zealand. New Zealand citizens can leave but have to spend 2 weeks in quarantine on their return. However our migratory birds have continued their normal cycle […]
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World Migratory Bird Day 2021 October Event – Cambodia
Continue readingEvent Title : World Migratory Bird Day event in Toul Pantaley Boeung Sna Multiple Used Area, Cambodia Organizer: -General Directorate of Administration for Nature Conservation and Protection, Ministry of Environment of Cambodia -Toul Pantaley Boeung Sner Community -Department of Environment Prey Veng Province Date: 28th November 2022 Participants: Target audience No. of participants School students, […]
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World Migratory Bird Day 2021 May Event –Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural Univeristy (SAU), Bangladesh
Continue readingEvent Title: Celebration of WMBD 2021 through awareness campaign, online discussion and developing promotional materials for bird conservation Organizer: Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University in collaboration with SAUSC, BBCF and local Forest Division, Proborton Foundation and Muktir Bondhon Foundation (NGO). Date: October 9, 2021 Location: Dhaka and Bagura, Bangladesh Participants: Awareness campaign: Animated movie and documentary […]
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Young people in Asia take actions to conserve wetlands and migratory waterbirds
Continue readingYouth Think Tank Competition for EAA Flyway Top 5 finalists announced On 23rd December, 2021, we announced the results of the first-ever “Youth Think Tank Competition for EAA Flyway” Phase I, with five finalist teams of youth (age 28-29) from China, the Philippines and Indonesia, who challenge themselves to take action in the conservation of […]
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SDSN Youth Korea learns about the EAAFP
Continue readingOn 30 November 2021, the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Youth Korea visited the EAAFP Secretariat. Following the last youth engagement with GCF IEU interns, the second visit followed with the locals based in ROK. The aim was to strengthen local engagements with youth organizations to ensure biodiversity, especially migratory waterbirds are recognized by the […]
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Baer’s Pochard Census will take place in China in January 2022
Continue readingBuilding on the successful censuses carried out since 2015 by Beijing Forestry University and the China Birdwatching Association (CBA), in January 2022 the CBA will undertake the latest China-wide census of wintering Baer’s Pochard. With crucial funding support from the Changjiang Conservation Foundation, the SEE Foundation and the Zall Foundation, this important census will provide […]
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Conservation work in North-Central Selangor Coast (NCSC), Malaysia
Continue readingBack in 2013, Malaysia joined the East-Asian Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) with Bako-Buntal Bay from East Malaysia designated as the first Flyway Network Site through a joint effort between the Malaysian Nature Society (MNS), the local government and local communities. The efforts continue in securing more flyway sites for better protection of migratory waterbirds in Malaysia. […]
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Development Workshop in Ro Korea on the proposed Wetland Education Ramsar Resolution
Continue readingOn 19th November, 2021, the “Wetland Education Resolution Development for Ramsar COP14 Workshop” was held in Gyeonsangnamdo Changwon, Ro Korea. It was hosted by Gyeongsangnamdo Ramsar Environmental Foundation and Upo Ecological Institute Gyeongsangnamdo Office of Education. The aim was to discuss the plans to promote the proposed “Draft Resolution of Wetland Education in the formal […]
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AFCoW Waterbirds Collaborative Takes Flight
Continue readingThe Asian Flyways Collaborative for Waterbirds (AFCoW) was established in October 2021 with the goal of creating a network of researchers to exchange ideas and develop collaborations on waterbirds in the Central Asian and East Asian-Australasian Flyways. These two Flyways encompass a large landmass and is home to over half of the world’s human population. […]
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2022 International Black-faced Spoonbill Census
Continue readingBlack-faced Spoonbill is arriving at their wintering grounds. The EAAFP Black-faced Spoonbill Working Group (convened by Hong Kong Bird Watching Society) is announcing the 2022 International Black-faced Spoonbill Census, which will be held on 7-9 January, 2022. Since the commencement of the census in 1993, it is conducted mostly by volunteer birdwatchers with aids from […]
