Birdlife International Tue, 10/11/2015 – 07:35 BirdLife International and the Government of Seocheon County have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding on the conservation of the Geum Estuary in the Republic of Korea. Through the MOU, BirdLife and Seocheon County have … read more
Please send WWF Japan information and case studies about the effects of disturbance (such as change in the behavior, distribution or flying routes of birds) caused by construction of structures. For details go to: http://www.eaaflyway.net/seeking-articles-and-reports-on-the-effects-of-building-structures-on-waterbirds/ read more
Dr. Nial Moores, Birds Korea Song Do Tidal-flat, late 2014 (including much of the “Ramsar site”): it used all to be internationally important for waterbirds. Two recent online articles capture some of the challenges that Birds Korea is trying … read more
The international Spoon-billed Sandpiper Task Force is still keen to receive all records of Spoon-billed Sandpiper in the ROK in order to help refine understanding of this Critically Endangered species’ population trend and movements. In return they can help with … read more
Dr. Nial Moores, Birds Korea, September 30th 2015 The Scaly-sided Merganser Mergus squamatus is both exquisitely-plumaged and globally Endangered. It breeds only along forest-sided rivers in some of the wildest country in Far East Asia. Shy and elusive, its often … read more
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