2022-08-20 by Jon Dunbar, The Korea Times https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2022/08/177_332327.html 존 던바 나일 무어스는 영국 사우스포트에 살던 어린 시절부터 새와 습지에 관심을 가졌고, 그 관심은 평생 그와 함께했다. “새들은 아름답고 그 자체로 중요할 뿐 아니라, 그 다양성 덕분에 지구의 거의 모든 생태적 … read more
Birds have always been of interest in Korea, from the earliest temple paintings to modernity. This also includes North Korea, as this article on spring birds in the journal of the Socialist youth league, Sonyŏndan (March 1955), shows. It was … read more
붉은해오라기Gorsachius goisagi , 2010년 5월 소청도 ©나일 무어스/Birds Korea 제주도의 의뢰로 진행 중인 비자림로 조류상 조사에서 붉은해오라기 3개체가 관찰되었습니다. 6월 11일에 처음 기록된 이후 14일부터 17일에 걸쳐서 소리가 들렸으며 15일에는 먼 거리에서나마 육안으로 관찰할 수 있었습니다. 붉은해오라기는 IUCN에서 위기종(EN)으로 지정한 … read more
The greatest threat to birds and their habitats is humans – but paradoxically it is only humans that have the means and the creativity to reverse threats, to cope with them and to eventually improve the lot of threatened species. … read more
On January 31, a group of 19 students of the 9th and 10th grade of the German International School Seoul together with their teachers visited the inner-Korean border in Cheolwon. The trip was organized by the representative of Hanns-Seidel-Foundation Korea … read more
As the subtitle for my presentation goes, I truly believe that Design is a potent tool for positive change. The ways in which I believe that Design is such a powerful medium as well as methodology for change is embedded … read more
The first of four fascinating radio programs looking at shorebird conservation on the East Asian-Australasian Flyway is now available for listening and download here. Program One is set in Australia and has interviews with a range of experts many of … read more
Greetings from Pukorokoro Miranda Shorebird Centre. There is a Bird of the Year ballot currently under way in this country and I am campaign manager for godwits. You do not have to be resident here – anyone with an email … read more
May 22, 2015 Today the world celebrates International Day for Biodiversity. Our planet’s diverse, thriving ecosystems may seem like permanent fixtures, but they’re actually vulnerable to collapse. Please take some time to watch and share this video explaining why biodiversity makes one ecosystem … read more
Please check out the documentary, Emptying the Skies by directors Douglass Kass, first released in 2013. “Based on a magazine essay written by noted best-selling novelist Jonathan Franzen for ‘The New Yorker’ and widely republished around the world, ‘Emptying the … read more