Connecting Wetland Education and Formal Education
On 17th and 18th October 2020, 40 teachers from primary and secondary schools in Yancheng, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Haikou, Beihai City of China, as well as staffs from coastal wetland…
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The southern Jiangsu coast is an important ‘dressing room’ for Spoon-billed Sandpipers and Nordmann’s Greenshanks
If you are lucky to see the Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpipers or Endangered Nordmann’s Greenshanks on the southern Jiangsu coast, they are probably busy gobbling up seafood on the…
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Researchers discover how migratory shorebirds travelling from Southeast Asia cross the Himalayas to breeding grounds in China and Russia
Singapore revealed to be at the intersection of the Central Asian Flyway and East Asian-Australasian Flyway These new insights give researchers, policymakers and conservation biologists a more robust…
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Invasive Spartina alterniflora and tidal flat loss endanger important shorebird habitat in coastal mainland China
Coastal wetlands in mainland China are critically important to shorebirds. Substantial loss of tidal flats, shorebirds’ primary feeding grounds, has occurred due to coastal development. This has caused population…
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The “Year of the Cranes” story series#6: The story of Siberian Crane “Flappy”
To promote the conservation of cranes in ‘The Year of Cranes”, an animation was produced for the general public to understand…
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A hitherto undescribed population of Black-tailed Godwits in the EAAF
Occurring across Eurasia, the black-tailed godwit has three recognized subspecies, from east to west melanuroides, limosa, and islandica, respectively. With the smallest body size, melanuroides has been considered the…
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China Coastal Waterbird Census Report 2012-2019 has been published!
Sponsored by the Swire Charitable Trust, the latest China Coastal Waterbird Census Report had been published in September 2020 by the Hong…
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Release of the first book on Yancheng World Heritage
World Treasure: Wonderful Yancheng Yellow Sea Wetland, The first book on ecology of World Heritage of “Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast of the Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf of China…
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Restoration of the Critically Endangered Chinese Crested Tern using social attraction technique
The Chinese Crested Tern (Thalasseus bernsteini) is one of the most endangered seabird species, whose breeding range is restricted to the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea. [caption id=”attachment_52524″…
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Flyway Network Site “Nandagang Wetland and Bird Nature Reserve” in China took part in 2020 International Day for Biological Diversity
To celebrate the 2020″ International Day for Biological Diversity “, the Management Office of the Nandagang Wetland Nature Reserve (EAAFP Flyway Network Site EAAF 086), Cangzhou City, Hebei Province,…
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