Wetlands in and near cities always have to balance between the understandable desire of citizens to enjoy nature close to their home and the necessities for protection. The outcome is often a compromise between both. In South Korea, also the … read more
Below is a letter sent on November 4th to USA President Donald Trump by the Border Peace School in Cheorwon, on the southern side of the inner border of Korea, to mark the President’s visit to the Republic of Korea. … read more
Last weekend I had the pleasure of giving a 20-minute talk at the Congrès Québec Oiseaux 2017 in Victoriaville, Québec. The talk, which was given in (rusty) French, started with a sketch of what it’s like to live and bird … read more
Dr Nial Moores, Birds Korea, September 18th 2017 Workshop attendees © Hanns Seidel Foundation (Korea) Even as the world shudders from one awful news item after another about missile launches and nuclear tests and retaliatory threats of fire … read more
Jason Loghry, Aug 24 Tomorrow morning, I’m heading back to the Texas coast. I was only here a few months this time, but I really enjoyed my stay as I was able to spend a lot of my time volunteering … read more
Case for Continuing to List Relict Gull as Vulnerable Nial Moores, Birds Korea, June 8th 2017 Effective bird and habitat conservation largely depends on identifying priorities and on taking the most appropriate strategic steps to achieve long-term goals. As part … read more
Dr Nial Moores, Birds Korea An article published in Nature Communications on 13th April this year deserves very wide reading and frequent citation. Entitled, “Rapid population decline in migratory shorebirds relying on Yellow Sea tidal mudflats as stopover sites” the … read more
This week we received a mail from Feedspot telling us that the Birds Korea Blog is currently ranked among the top 80 “Bird Blogs and Websites for Ornithologists and Bird Lovers” in the world. A quick check, and it seems … read more
Nial Moores, February 22nd Our colleagues in SBS in China (THE NGO most responsible for raising the global profile of Rudong and the Jiangsu coast, leading the work there for Spoon-billed Sandpipers and Nordmann’s Greenshanks…and Dalmatian Pelicans, Black-faced Spoonbills, Relict … read more
“The modern, rational human being, the one that knows it once descended from animals but along the way turned into something completely different, did not create cities. They created us. And it’s only chauvinism that lets us imagine that we … read more