Dr. Nial Moores, Birds Korea, August 22, 2018 Back in early July, spent a long but highly enjoyable day in Seoul, meeting with colleagues (old and new, including the wonderful folks at Lush Korea!). The day included a 30-minute meeting … read more
Dr Nial Moores, Birds Korea On August 14th spent an interesting afternoon in Suncheon – my second home back in the late 1990s – participating in a public workshop focused on possible ROK-DPRK link-ups for the conservation of migratory waterbirds: … read more
According to the Yonhap News (June 28th 2018): “Three major rivers in South Korea have shown marked improvement in water quality and ecosystems after the opening of some weirs built across the rivers under a controversial project (the Four Rivers … read more
Jason Loghry, April 18 Earlier this month I had the opportunity to share about my experience of birdwatching in Korea with one of the local Audubon chapters, the Coastal Bend Audubon Society. This chapter has a strong interest in the … read more
(The following is a Press Release from the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership based in Incheon, Republic of Korea. Birds Korea had no role in the preparation of this Press release.) Press Release, released publicly by the EAAFP Secretariat on April … read more
Chadwick Fund for Nature, Incheon, April 2018 For the past few months, Chadwick Fund for Nature had the honor to cooperate with Birds Korea to develop a strategic conservation plan for wetland habitats on Baekryeong Island. Baekryeong Island, one of … read more
Dr Nial Moores, Birds Korea, March 23rd 2018 According to Yonhap news (March 22nd), “The UNESCO World Heritage Center has turned down South Korea’s application for its tidal wetlands to be listed as a World Heritage site, the Cultural Heritage … read more
‘ 인간과 습지-공존의 땅, 낙동강하구’ 새와생명의터 대표, 나일 무어스 박사님 인터뷰 모습. 2018년 3월 8일(목) 밤 9시 30분 방송. KBS 스페셜 공사창립특집 편, 시청하시면서 캡쳐하신 사진을 보내 주신 보민회원님과 반가운 목소리로 전화를 주신 백령도 응원단들이 계셔서 더욱 힘이 났습니다. 낙동강하구의 4 계절 속에 인간과 … read more
Dr Nial Moores, Director, Birds Korea The Lush Summit? A high-end cosmetics company holding some kind of global meeting for environmental and social activisits in the UK? Initially sceptical, in many ways this was perhaps the most surprising and stimulating … read more
2018년 2월 람사르조약 업데이트에 따르면 DPRK에 처음으로 2 곳의 람사르 보호구역이 지정된다. 오는 5월에 공인될 이번 결정으로 인해 DPRK는 170번째의 람사르 조약국이 되는 셈이며 문덕철새보호구역과 나선 철새보호구역이 보전 중요성을 인정받은 것이다. 최근 중국 정부의 엄격해진 해안 매립규제 발표에 이어, 이는 북동아시아의 생물종 보전기회를 … read more