According to BBS News (June 29th 2022), “The 2nd coastal ring road connecting Gadeok-do and Gijang-gun will be constructed. The city of Busan today confirmed and announced the ‘Busan City Road Construction and Management Plan’, which is the city’s top … read more
Dr Nial Moores, Birds Korea / 새와 생명의 터, June 19th 2022 Thanks to an invitation from Dr Kim Su-Kyung, Senior Researcher at the Eco institute for Oriental Stork and a co-founder of Birds Korea / 새와 생명의 터, I … read more
Dr Nial Moores, Birds Korea, June 17th 2022 The submission of a natural site as a World Heritage Property is widely understood to be the strongest commitment that a national government can take to conserving the Outstanding Universal Value of … read more
Nial Moores, Baek Seung-Kwang, Lee Su-Young and Jang Ryang Under contract from Yeoncheon County, we conducted five very productive days of survey of breeding birds and other biodiversity in the Yeoncheon Imjin River Biosphere Reserve on June 2nd, 3rd, 4th, … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores (with Subhojit Chakladar for part of 26th-28th). In addition to plentiful of enjoyable encounters with Korean breeding species (some of which like Black-faced Spoonbill, Chinese Egret, Tiger Shrike and Forest Wagtail breed on the island … read more
Nial Moores, Birds Korea, May 12th 2022 On April 24th 2022, a deepening low pressure system started to move rapidly eastward across southern China into the Yellow Sea. Ahead of this storm, at midday on the 25th, Ms Pack Won-Hee … read more
On May 9th, a press briefing was held at the national office of the Korean Federation of Environmental Movements (KFEM) in Seoul. The briefing introduced research being conducted under the umbrella of KFEM on the biodiversity and culture of Gadeok … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores Rain and strong southerlies are the ideal conditions for falls of Japanese-bound migrants in Busan. This spring has remained stubbornly dry locally, however, with abundant sunshine and winds often tending to the east. My personal … read more
Nial Moores, Baek Seung-Kwang, Lee Su-Young, Jang Ryang, Lee Su-Jin and Kim Hi-Song. The following are a few highlights and insights from research conducted by Birds Korea under contract from Yeoncheon County in the internationally important Core and Buffer Zones … read more
Dr Nial Moores, Birds Korea, March 2nd 2022 Funded by the Hanns Seidel Foundation (Korea office), “Team Hosa” (comprised of Dr Bernhard Seliger, Ms Lee Su-Young, Mr Baek-Seung-Kwang and myself) surveyed several major rivers and their tributaries largely in the … read more