SBS in China and a group of international wader experts (Nigel Clark of BTO, Guy Anderson from RSPB, Richard Hearn from WWT, Ewan Weston from Highland Ringing Group and David Melvile from New Zealand) were in China to join Professor … read more
Another paper providing a sobering estimate of population declines, this time in the world’s seabirds, published on Plos One: http://www.plosone.org/article/comments/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0129342 Three quick take-aways: 1) Seabirds are valuable indicators of marine ecosystem health; 2) Many populations of the world’s seabirds are … read more
Jason Loghry, Birds Korea This week a link to the StarTribune news article, “Bird flu continues to hit Minnesota“, was shared on the Facebook group page Avian Influenza aka “Bird Flu”. Here is some of the news from … read more
Dr. Nial Moores, Birds Korea, June 1st 2015 The Twelfth Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (COP12) is being held in Punta del Este, Uruguay, between June 1st and 9th. A … read more
by Jason Loghry 김해에 있는 아름다운 해반천에 생기는 변화들을 보는 것은 안타까운 일이다. 예전에 오염되었던 해반천을 정화시킨것이 충분하지 못한 것인가? 지난 몇년 동안 해반천에서 번식하는 쇠물닭과 개개비를 많이 볼 수 있었다. 이제는 해반천의 종들이 어디서 여름과 겨울을 날 수 있을까? … read more
Dr. Nial Moores, Birds Korea, May 11th 2015 To mark World Migratory Bird Day 2015, BirdLife Australia has apparently released revised conservation status assessments of seven shorebird species that spend the boreal winter (i.e. our winter) in Australia: WMBD-Species-Profiles-2015. Because … read more
새와 생명의 터. 저는 2015년 탐조대회에서 최근에 가입하게 된 저희 단체의 이름의 의미를 그대로 경험하고 느꼈습니다. 이번 대회에서는 다양한 새들과 그들의 삶의 터전을 천천히 관찰하고 깨우치는 시간을 가질 수 있었으며, 특히 다양한 경험과 지식을 나눠주신 Dr. Nial Moores(나일 무어스 박사님), … 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
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