Protecting migratory birds is a cross-border, multinational effort of ornithologists, activists and diplomats. It is also a challenge for science: our knowledge of bird migration still has many gaps, though scientists all around the globe, and also around the East … read more
Dr. Nial Moores, National Director, Birds Korea. (Below is a modestly extended English-language version of an article on the proposed Busan New Airport on Gadeok Do which was translated by Park Meena, Birds Korea National Coordinator, for publication in Korean … read more
Dr Nial Moores, National Director, Birds Korea Bird and wetland conservation needs good data; resolve and honesty; and the development of plans and designs that can help many people to benefit over the long-term rather than merely profit a very … read more
Dr Nial Moores, National Director, Birds Korea (With thanks in advance for letting me know if there are any factual errors or misrepresentations in the post below, so that they can be swiftly and wholly corrected!, and for sharing any … read more
John Kitcher, May 2024 I had the pleasure of spending a few days during the 2024 peak migration period in birding boot camp on Baengnyeongdo with Dr. Moores, Birds Korea’s Director. I say “boot camp” because I have only been … read more
Dr. Bernhard Seliger (Hanns Seidel Foundation Korea, Birds Korea) Editorial Assistance by Dominik Mauersberger is gratefully acknowledged. Birds Korea started – with the first rapid survey of birds in Rason in 2014 – regularly to report also about birds in … read more
The protection of migratory birds is a tricky endeavor: it is not enough for them to be protected in the summering (breeding) grounds and wintering grounds, but many species of birds, who do not travel non-stop, need stop-over sites to … read more
By SFS student Leyna Biggs, with translation support from Yun Jeong (YJ) Choi “On September 7th, I participated in the Seoul Foreign School Science Group 4 Project, to learn more about Yeoncheon Imjin River Biosphere Reserve from Dr. Nial Moores … read more
Adrian Göllner My name is Adrian Göllner, an artist and birder from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. This September I travelled to South Korea for three weeks to take part in an arts residency in Yangji-ri, Cheorwon County. When there, I was … read more
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Seliger – Dr. Hyun-Ah Choi, Hanns Seidel Foundation Korea and Birds Korea Bird protection is a complicated interplay of more species-oriented protection (for example, protection against illegal hunting or the use of harmful chemicals) and more habitat-oriented … read more