The Korea Economic Daily April 11th 2013 It is estimated that as much as 8.8 gigawatts of electricity can be generated on Korea’s offshore, mostly on the waters in the south and the west including Jeju Island. There are several … read more
KBS News. November 6th 2014 An illegal bird-netting operation that killed hundreds (at least) of buntings and other birds- including a Little Owl was uncovered in Yoncheon. The birds were then sold as meat in food stalls. (Little owl is … read more
A message received today from the wonderful Australasian Wader Studies Group (AWSG), Birds Korea’s partners during the Saemangeum Shorebird Monitoring Program (2006-2008). The AWSG has been a lead organisation in shorebird conservation on this Flyway for many years. They now … read more
Hankyoreh, February 5th 2015 The Four Major Rivers project may have been less costly than resource diplomacy in pure spending terms, but according to Catholic Kwandong University professor Park Chang-keun, the resulting costs of 84 trillion won (US$77.1 billion) are … read more
A notice received today from Simba Chan in BirdLife (April 8th): Volunteers needed to find remaining endangered Yellow-breasted Buntings in Mongolia Populations of Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola, are rapidly declining across their range and have recently been classified as endangered … read more
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-03-17/philippine-billionaire-razon-to-buy-korean-island-in-casino-push?cmpid=yhoo In a country where developers seem to have a cringe-worthy disregard for the environmental consequences of their relentless large-scale projects, is this another troubling sign of things to come? When there is no viable peninsular land left to develop … read more
Dr Nial Moores, Birds Korea, March 12th 2015 The Task Force News Bulletin 13 (February 2015), posted on the increasingly excellent EAAFP website, confirms that for now at least the rapid rate of decline of the charismatic and Critically Endangered … read more
Jason Loghry, March 6 If you are interested in keeping up with Poultry Flu/AI news, you might want to consider joining the Facebook Group Avian Influence aka “Bird Flu”: https://www.facebook.com/groups/332559346934887/ Here is the latest news posted on the Facebook page from South … read more
A quick note to share that the excellent Birding Beijing website recently posted a wonderfully positive introduction to Birds Korea’s Status of Birds, 2014, calling the report a “standard-bearer for conservation organisations in the region”. If you have not downloaded … read more
새와 생명의 터 가족 여러분, 반가이 설날을 맞이하고 계시겠지요? 을미년 청양의 해는 개인이 원하시는 꿈들에 더욱 가까워지고, 보다 많은 이들이 널리 생명의 안녕을 염원하고 실천하는 시간이 되면 좋겠습니다. 올해도 우리의 역량과 지혜를 모아 서식지 보전 사명을 위해 힘쓰겠습니다. 그 간의 실천을 … read more