호젓한 강여울의 부끄럼쟁이, 호사비오리
놀라운 이미지가 담긴 호사비오리 (Scaly-sided Merganser)리플릿이 완성되었다. 올해 초에 기획되어, 유용하게 쓰일 기회를 기다린 본 리플릿의 탄생은 한스자이델 재단 한국사무소의 재정지원 덕분에 가능하였으며 2023년 11월 21~22일 개최되는 ‘연천 호사비오리 보전을 위한 국제심포지엄’에서 배포할 예정이다. 본 리플릿을 통해 귀중한 생태종인 호사비오리에 … read more
Conservation
Birds from Paju to Yeoncheon, and the Korean misunderstanding of landscape remodelling
(Dr. Bernhard Seliger, Hanns-Seidel-Foundation and Birds Korea) Whenever birds return to Korea in the winter (or summer) season, they frequently find their habitat shrunken or gone away. This is one factor (not the only one, fortunately) behind the success of … read more
“저어새 프로젝트”, 연천 임진강 생물권보전지역
나일 무어스 보전활동 나일 무어스 박사, 새와 생명의 터 대표, 2023년 9월 21일. 모든 이미지 저작권은 나일 무어스 / 새와 생명의 터에 있습니다. 9월, 연천 임진강 생물권보전지역에서 “저어새 프로젝트”가 시작되었다. 이 생태적 계획 및 설계 프로젝트는 연천군의 용역으로서 새와 생명의 터, … read more
The “Spoonbills Project”, Yeoncheon Imjin River Biosphere Reserve
Dr Nial Moores, Birds Korea, September 21, 2023. All images copyright of Nial Moores / Birds Korea. In September, the “Spoonbills Project” was launched in the Yeoncheon Imjin River Biosphere Reserve. This ecological planning and design project is a collaboration … read more
Saemangeum’s “Nightmare”: What about the 2030 Busan World Expo?
Dr Nial Moores, Birds Korea, August 2023 It was supposed to be a way of promoting the massive Saemangeum reclamation project and (apparently) of getting more money from central government. Instead, the failed hosting of the World Scouts Jamboree in … read more
SCIENTIFIC TASK FORCE ON AVIAN INFLUENZA AND WILD BIRDS STATEMENT – JULY 2023
Dr Nial Moores, Birds Korea In July, a statement on High Pathogenicity Avian Infuenza or HPAI (long called “Poultry Flu” by Birds Korea) was released by the Scientific Task Force on Avian Influenza and Wild Birds, co-convened under the Convention … read more
Strengthening Biodiversity Conservation in the Republic of Korea
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
Saemangeum: Decades of “Zombie Development”
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
Some Bird Conservation Issues: Baengnyeong Island
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
The Chinese Crested Tern 뿔제비갈매기 in Korea
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