Nial Moores, Birds Korea, June 13th 2019 Birds Korea strives to avoid disturbance to birds. We therefore have, since our foundation in 2004, refused to post images of birds at the nest; and purposefully made vague the location of sites … read more
Dr. Bernhard Seliger with Maria Seliger On Friday, May 10, on occasion of the World Migratory Bird Day, in Songdo, Incheon the East Asian Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) celebrated the 10th anniversary of the EAAFP Secretariat. Among the guests were … read more
“화성습지는 하나의 복합적인 생태계이다. 성장한 갯벌은 대기와 바다로부터 탄소를 흡수하고; 수산자원을 지켜주며; 사람과 도요 물떼새에게는 직접적인 식량 공급지이다. 그렇기에 평생을 걸쳐 어업, 농업, 습지 설계와 관리경험을 지닌 각기 다른 세 대륙의 전문가들이 여기 화성에 모인 것이다. 더욱 지가능하게 번창하는 화성, … read more
Dr Nial Moores, Birds Korea, May 2019 On May 13th 2019, Mayor Seo Cheol-Mo announced to the 130+ participants of the second international symposium on the Hwaseong Wetlands that following designation of 4,550 ha of the wetland as a Flyway … read more
Dr. Bernhard Seliger and Dr. Choi Hyun-Ah (both Hanns-Seidel-Foundation Korea and Birds Korea) When Koreans talk about the “miracle of the Han River”, they refer to the stellar economic growth catapulting South Korea from being one of the poorest countries … read more
In March 2019, Birds Korea and the Hanns Seidel Foundation (Korea office) organized two short birdwatching tours to Rason in the far northeast of the DPRK, bordering on Russia and PR China. The first tour, part-funded by the HSF, included … read more
April 4th started early, with a 4AM text from long-time colleague and friend, Deputy Secretary-General Kim Choony of the nation’s largest environmental NGO, KFEM, sharing an update on the planned opening of three Peace Trails into the unintended ecological sanctuary … read more
Bird News from Nial Moores with Bernhard Seliger (Hanns Seidel Foundation, Korea office), Cheng Qian (UNESCAP) and Guo Jin, Han Yongxiang and Yang Ziyou (SBS in China, Shanghai) from March 15-19 & from March 21-26 Au Man Cheong, Chan Wai-Man, … read more
This morning heard some genuinely devastating news: Dr Lew Young had a fatal heart attack yesterday. Our sincerest condolences go out to his family, Deborah and Omi and Ken, and to his hundreds of friends. We have all lost a … read more
Bird News, Nakdong Estuary and Eco-parks, March 4th An excellent half-day in the field in Busan in unseasonably warm spring sunshine, with twenty minutes at the Nakdong Estuary (where highlights were one First-winter Relict Gull still and a probable Far … read more