A quick note to share that the excellent Birding Beijing website recently posted a wonderfully positive introduction to Birds Korea’s Status of Birds, 2014, calling the report a “standard-bearer for conservation organisations in the region”. If you have not downloaded … read more
WantChina Times 2014-10-27 Unregulated land reclamation has caused serious coastal erosion across the intertidal zones of the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea, threatening flocks of migratory birds and local environmental conditions, not to mention local residents’ daily lives, Shangahi’s China … read more
Hankyoreh Mar.24,2014 Speaking on hugely expensive project, Hans Helmut Bernhart says, “You can’t design nature, and you shouldn’t try” By Kim Jeong-su, environment correspondent Hans Helmut Bernhart, a professor at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany, is an expert … read more
by Julian Warmington The top team of ace young translators for Busan Climate Change Film Fest (Middle school aged students translated English subtitles of ‘Chasing Ice’ into Korean.) 자막번역 작업 부산기후변화대책 영화제의 세 편의 영화들 모두 한국어 자막에 … read more
Hankyoreh, Aug.3,2013 Experts say it would now be best to remove the weirs and gradually return the rivers to their natural state By Kim Jeong-su, environment correspondent “The weirs don’t serve a purpose, and they are so pointless that there … read more
…Songdo has been a financial disappointment for its developer, a venture of U.S. developer Gale International and Posco Engineering & Construction. The venture has gotten fees and has been able to get back the equity it put into the project, … read more
From a recent article written by Susan McGrath for National Geographic, found at Focusing on Wildlife, published on May 15, 2014: “In the spring of 2005 Henrik Mouritsen was stumped. Mouritsen, a professor of neurosensory sciences at Germany’s University of … read more
Wind Turbines are sprouting like mushrooms after rain. This videoclip from last week shows Woljong-ri, NE Jeju. http://iamtree1.tumblr.com/post/85696635040 It is well known that these structures form potentially lethal obstacles for birds, particularly in migration corridors. I wonder if there is … read more
Last month, WWF opened their first office in Korea, in Seoul (see: https://www.birdskoreablog.org/?p=12206). We have been informed that they are now seeking a high-quality fund-raising manager. Details of this WWF-Korea post and the application process are at: http://www.globalcharityjobs.com/Jobs_information?form_id=97482 read more
By Elena Kim More than 200 whooper swans have migrated to reserve’s Lake Ulug-Kol this weekend. Saline lakes usually thaw out earlier than fresh water lakes; and it is the early spring that encouraged the birds to come to Khakassia … read more