Dr Nial Moores, Director, Birds Korea / 새와 생명의 터 In celebration of their now 30-year history, the Korean Environment Institute (KEI) and the Korean Federation for Environmental Movements (the nation’s largest environmental NGO) hosted an offline and online seminar … read more
Dr Nial Moores, Director, Birds Korea On May 10th, I spent most of a day within the northern part of the Saemangeum reclamation area with Mr Oh Dong-Pil (오동필) and other members of the Saemangeum Citizens Ecological group. The group … read more
Dr Nial Moores, Director, Birds Korea, May 17th 2023 Habitat degradation and loss is the most serious threat to biodiversity on Baengnyeong Island, as it is in most of the nation. However, there are additional issues that also reveal how … read more
Dr Nial Moores, Birds Korea, April 2nd 2023. The Critically Endangered Chinese Crested Tern Thalasseus bernsteini 뿔제비갈매기 is a strikingly pale and rather slender seabird, a little smaller than a Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris, with a long, orange-yellow black-tipped dagger … read more
Text and images by Dr Nial Moores, Director, Birds Korea, March 21st 2023 The Seomjin River flows south and southeastward, draining a largely forested catchment that includes the western slopes of Jirisan National Park. Research presented at a small workshop … read more
(Introductory article written for the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership as part of the 2022 Small Grant – written by Dr Nial Moores, Director, Birds Korea and IUCN SSC Threatened Waterfowl Specialist Group with translation of Korean version by Lee Su-Young, … read more
글: 나일 무어스, 새와 생명의 터 대표, IUCN SSC 멸종위기종 물새전문가그룹 강기슭 가까이, 물 위로 납작하게 뜬 채, 호사비오리 한 마리가 쉬고 있다. 우거진 나무 그늘 아래, 들쭉날쭉한 돌들 사이에 있어 잘 보이지 않는다. 잠에서 깬 호사비오리는 조용히 우리들로부터 멀어지고, … read more
글: 새와 생명의 터 대표, 나일 무어스 박사 2004년 공식 출범한 새와 생명의 터는 2023년 1월 기준, 국내·외 정회원수가 300여명에 불과한 소규모 NGO이다. 지난해부터 연천지부가 출범하여 국내에는 2곳(부산소재 사무국. 경기도 연천지부)을 활동 기점으로 운영하고 있다. 독자적으로 활동하는 단체지만 보전 활동의 … read more
Dr Nial Moores, Director, Birds Korea Launched formally in 2004, Birds Korea is a small, legally-registered NGO with only about 300 members, and since last year, two branches (national in Busan, and local in Yeoncheon). Although fully independent, much of … read more