Baikal Teal Disturbed by Illegal Fishing Boats at Haenam
http://koreabizwire.com/winter-birds-leave-lake-disturbed-by-illegal-fishing-boats/47213 read more
Conservation
2015 news articles about Saemangeum
2016 marks ten years after the final construction of the seawall that changed the face of the Saemangeum tidal flat, and took life from one of our world’s most important stopover locations for migratory shorebirds. Here is a compilation of … read more
Amur Birding Blog: First recovery from South Korea
For the past five years, the Amur Bird Project at Muraviovka Park in Far East Russia have been establishing a long-term monitoring project for both breeding and migrant birds, with the aims of improving knowledge of migration, trends in populations, … read more
Wild Birds not a vector of HPAI viruses
German Federal Research Institute for Animal Health (FLI) Statement, 2015 VOGELWELT 135: 131-145 “No evidence has been found anywhere in the world..(for ) the “wild bird hypothesis” as explanation for the introduction of highly pathogenic AIV in Europe. ..It is … read more
Hankyoreh: One Briton’s 50-year romance with birds brings him to a life in Korea
Jason Loghry, September 17 Some of us have been in the field with him, and many of us have been inspired by him and have learned from him. Not many of us know his story. Here is a glimpse into … read more
한국 새와 습지의 눈물, …
2015년 12월 9일자 (수) 한겨레신문에 새와생명의터 대표인 나일 무어스 박사님의 철학 과 회원여러분의 신념으로 이어진 새와생명의터 활동이 소개된 기사를 기쁘게 알려드립 니다. ‘한국 새와 습지의 눈물, 한국인보다 더 잘 안다’라는 제목을 시작으로 사회>환경 21면 거의 전체를 할애하는 분량으로 실렸네요. 인터뷰의 내용이 … read more
Seosan Birdland, November 29
On November 29, Matt Poll, Subhojit Chakladar and I visited Seosan. Upon surveying some rice fields, we passed the backside of the Seosan Birdland facilities and found a Cinereous Vulture 독수리, Eurasian Eagle Owl 수리부엉이, Northern Goshawk 흰참매, Peregrine Falcon … read more
New agreement for the conservation of South Korea’s top coastal wetland
Birdlife International Tue, 10/11/2015 – 07:35 BirdLife International and the Government of Seocheon County have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding on the conservation of the Geum Estuary in the Republic of Korea. Through the MOU, BirdLife and Seocheon County have … read more
Seeking Articles and Reports on the Effects of Building Structures on Waterbirds
Please send WWF Japan information and case studies about the effects of disturbance (such as change in the behavior, distribution or flying routes of birds) caused by construction of structures. For details go to: http://www.eaaflyway.net/seeking-articles-and-reports-on-the-effects-of-building-structures-on-waterbirds/ read more
Science magazine and NPR: Yellow Sea Reclamation and Song Do
Dr. Nial Moores, Birds Korea Song Do Tidal-flat, late 2014 (including much of the “Ramsar site”): it used all to be internationally important for waterbirds. Two recent online articles capture some of the challenges that Birds Korea is trying … read more