“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
Conservation
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
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
“The State and all citizens shall endeavor to protect the environment”: imminent threats to the ecological health of the Internationally Important Seomjin River
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
Working to conserve an endangered river-spirit: the Scaly-sided Merganser
(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
2023: Another Challenging Year Ahead for Bird Conservation in the Republic of Korea
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