Many questions remain about the feeding ecology of the Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper: Why does this species have such a bill-shape and how does it use its bill? What does it feed on? A selection of youtube clips of birds … read more
Some of this month’s conservation news in the ROK: Members of the International Union for Conservation of Nature are holding a Regional Conservation Forum at Songdo Convention Center from Sept. 27-30. Ashok Khosla, president of the … read more
Check out SAVE International’s new article in the September 2011 World Rivers Review about the threat of “Green Growth” projects. SAVE discusses the highly problematic engineering scheme, The Four Major Rivers Restoration Project, as well as the “Not-So-Green” construction of 6 Tidal Power Plants … read more
Here is a fantastic article taken from The Independent, written by one of Britain’s leading writers on the environment and the natural world, and the longstanding Environment Editor of The Independent, Michael McCartney. You can read more at The Independent, … read more
Here is some of an article written for The Korea Times, by local conservationist and fellow Birds Korean, Tim Edelsten : “Anyone who has spent time in the Korean countryside over the past decade, as I have, knows that … read more
Big news from Jeju Weekly! Thanks Matt Poll! (By Kim Dae Young, Jeju Ilbo reporter. Translated by Kim Jung Lim) “The Ministry of Environment announced on July 4 that Crested Terns, birds that usually inhabit Southeast Asia, were found on … read more
Excellent news from BirdLife International on July 11, 2011 by Martin Fowlie Spoon-billed Sandpiper (James Gilroy) “Heritage Expeditions – a BirdLife Species Champion supporting Spoon-billed Sandpiper conservation through the BirdLife Preventing Extinctions Programme – struck gold this week when they, and … read more
On April 21, the Ministry of Environment registered Ungok Wetland, located in Gochang, of North Jeolla Province, and Dongbaekdongsan, located in the Jeju-do Province with the secretariat of the Ramsar Convention, which has designated them as Wetland Conservation Sites. The … read more
The debate may still be ongoing in some circles whether the ‘White-faced Plovers’ first noted in Malaysia, Singapore etc are a full species or a form of Kentish Plover (though the consensus is that they are indeed a rare and … read more
Mara Island, a small treeless Island found on the southwest coast of Jeju Province, is becoming even more well-known for its importance as a staging site for migratory birds. Here is a very interesting article from the Jeju Weekly written … read more