국제적으로 중요한 물새 지역을 위협하는 새 호텔단지 건설 계획
새와 생명의 터, 2021년 3월 22일 포스팅 (4월 4일 업데이트) 배경 화성 습지 FNS, 대략의 좌표는 37.115046° 126.731785°을 중심지로 하는 대한민국 서북쪽의 경기만에 위치하여 인천과 서울에서 차로 한 시간 정도 걸리는 지역이다. 새와 생명의 터와 화성 습지 FNS의 협력 기관들의 … read more
Conservation
Another New Airport Proposal: This one in Busan
Pre-Survey Visit to the Site of the “Proposed New Busan Airport” on Gadeok Island, Busan. Dr Nial Moores, Director, Birds Korea On March 27th 2021, at the invitation of General Secretary Kim Choony of the Korean Federation of Environmental Movements … read more
New Hotel Complex Latest Threat to Internationally Important Shorebird Site
Dr Nial Moores, Birds Korea, March 22nd 2021 with additional information posted on April 4th Background The Hwaseong Wetlands Flyway Network Site (FNS), centred at approximately 37.115046° 126.731785°, is located in Gyeonggi Bay in the northwest of the Republic of … read more
Birds of the NE inner Korean border region: February 22nd-25th
Bird News from Nial Moores & Bernhard Seliger Highlights from survey work in the northeast near the inner border between February 22nd and 25th included exceptional numbers of Carrion Crow, a flock of 75+ Pine Bunting and a presumed Willow … read more
Hwaseong Wetlands Flyway Network Site, August 24-26
Bird News from Nial Moores with Park Heajeong (Hwaseong KFEM) and Jung Hanchul. Three more days of survey in sweltering summer heat, with a minimum 7,166 shorebirds counted within the Hwaseong Wetlands FNS and 9,418 shorebirds counted within the Asan … read more
Hwaseong Flyway Network Site, August 4-7
Bird News from Nial Moores (Birds Korea) with Jung Hanchul and Park Hea-Jeong (Hwaseong KFEM) The fourth in ten or so surveys of shorebirds and other waterbirds at the Hwaseong Flyway Network Site (FNS) as part of the EAAFP-Hwaseong City … read more
Opinion: New Airports and Climate Change
Dr Nial Moores, Birds Korea, February 28th 2020 As reported by the AFP, on February 27th, “Britain’s Court of Appeal on Thursday ruled in favour of green campaigners who oppose the building of a third runway at London’s Heathrow airport, … read more
Birds Korea’s Baekryeong Wetlands Project – and the Great Escape!
Dr Nial Moores, Birds Korea, January 24th 2020 It was a really ambitious program: a week-long visit from the UK by Trevor Rose of Rose Design Services Ltd. to the Republic of Korea (ROK), to share his expertise on amphibian … read more
(Bird) Conservation in the Inner Border Area of Korea
Dr Nial Moores, Birds Korea, December 22nd 2019 Our members and readers of this blog will likely already be familiar with the conservation importance of the DMZ and adjacent Civilian Control Zone (CCZ); and also Birds Korea’s position on some … read more
백령습지프로젝트: 회원용 업데이트 요약본 새와생명의터, 2019년 11월
2013년 이후 백령도에서 진행해 온 새와생명의터 연구·조사로 그 동안 기록된 조류는 350종이며, 이 중에서 몇 종은 국내에서 하루에 발견된 수치로는 최대로 추정된다. 2018년 10월에 발견된 8,000개체의 쑥새(지구 취약종)와 2019년 5월에 발견된 240개체의 검은머리촉새(지구멸종위기종)가 이에 속한다. 백령도에서 관찰된 일부 종은 이전에 … read more