DPRK 첫 람사르보호구역 탄생
2018년 2월 람사르조약 업데이트에 따르면 DPRK에 처음으로 2 곳의 람사르 보호구역이 지정된다. 오는 5월에 공인될 이번 결정으로 인해 DPRK는 170번째의 람사르 조약국이 되는 셈이며 문덕철새보호구역과 나선 철새보호구역이 보전 중요성을 인정받은 것이다. 최근 중국 정부의 엄격해진 해안 매립규제 발표에 이어, 이는 북동아시아의 생물종 보전기회를 … read more
Conservation
DPR Korea accedes to the Ramsar Convention
Birds Korea, February 7th 2018 To the background of final preparations for the winter “peace” olympics, the Secretariat of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands on February 6th welcomed the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) as the 170th and … read more
Sanchi Oil Spill: Model Predicts Possible Disaster for Jeju and parts of Korea
The Sanchi, a tanker carrying 136,000 tons, or about 1 million barrels, of oil, caught fire and sank in Chinese waters in mid-January, with the spill area affecting 332 sq km of sea surface by January 21st. According to media … read more
This is Leadership: “China introduces toughest ever regulation on land reclamation”
Dr. Nial Moores, Birds Korea, January 23 2018 On January 17th 2018, Xinhua, the official press agency of the People’s Republic of China, announced that, “China has introduced its toughest regulation on land reclamation along the country’s coastline, vowing to … read more
Terry Townshend Asks: “2017 -A Turning Point For China’s Biodiversity?”
2017: A Turning Point For China’s Biodiversity? Terry Townshend, Birding Beijing, January 3rd 2018 This article has been reproduced here in full, with the author’s permission, to help reassure everyone who cares for conservation that progress really can be made… 2017 … read more
Lush Life Radio: Turning Point
Lush Life Radio: Turning Point Have a listen to Lush Life Radio, as Dr Nial Moores, conservationist and director of Birds Korea, answers the question: “What was the one decision or conversation that changed your life forever?” read more
Korea Expose: Last Murmurations of a Destroyed Wetland
Last Murmurations of a Destroyed Wetland In 2006, the Saemangeum seawall strangled life from South Korea’s largest and most ecologically dynamic mudflat, and contributed to critical declines for several of our flyway’s migratory shorebird species. Find out what is happening … read more
Birds Korea represented in Québec
Last weekend I had the pleasure of giving a 20-minute talk at the Congrès Québec Oiseaux 2017 in Victoriaville, Québec. The talk, which was given in (rusty) French, started with a sketch of what it’s like to live and bird … read more
Hong Kong Workshop on Environmental Conservation in the DPR Korea: September 14 2017
Dr Nial Moores, Birds Korea, September 18th 2017 Workshop attendees © Hanns Seidel Foundation (Korea) Even as the world shudders from one awful news item after another about missile launches and nuclear tests and retaliatory threats of fire … read more
Far Eastern Curlew Research, July Aug 2017
Jason Loghry, Aug 24 Tomorrow morning, I’m heading back to the Texas coast. I was only here a few months this time, but I really enjoyed my stay as I was able to spend a lot of my time volunteering … read more