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“Strength in Numbers!”

Birds Korea is dedicated to the conservation of birds and their habitats in Korea and the wider Yellow Sea Eco-region.

Founded in 2004, we are a legally-registered and award-winning Korean conservation NGO that depends entirely on project funds, donations, volunteers and active members to continue our work. Please join us, and please use your membership to get involved…

We are small and there is always so much to do. Membership can mean growing your own skill set while supporting conservation. We always need people who can help support and grow the work – people who love the social side of birding to help organise meetings and field-days and fund-raising events; young scientists willing to write posts, attend meetings and join fieldwork; students teachers and parents with a passion for environmental education; and people with technical or financial skills who can help us to expand our online presence.

At the time of writing (in 2025) we have 300 members throughout Korea and around the world and a small office in Busan:

Birds Korea, 115-407 Ho, Daeyeon Hillstate Prugio, Su-Young Ro 345,Nam-gu, Busan 48432

Office Telephone: 051 627 3163

We also have a local, highly-active branch in Yeoncheon.

Thanks to the support of our members, supporters and friends we can get heard; we can influence decisions; we can win.

We conduct research; we work to solve issues through planning and design; and we do as much as our capacity allows to raise awareness and to support education programs. We are always open to collaboration with those of good mind – and are grateful for every opportunity to improve conservation opportunities as part of genuinely sustainable development.

Joining is easy: monthly membership is only 10,000 Korean won / month (though some of our members kindly provide 20,000 or even 30,000 a month) through bank transfer to:

Park Sun-Ae (Birds Korea)
Account Number: 563401-01-117087, Kookmin Bank
Swift Code: CZNBKRSE

After tax, all membership money is used for maintaining our office; and supporting projects (helping to cover expenses or buying equipment). None goes to salaries or “perks”.

In 2024, our work included:

Raising awareness of the bird-strike risk at existing airports and at newly proposed airports, on Baengnyeong Island, in Hwaseong, in Seosan, in Saemangeum, in Busan, on Jeju (and Heuksan and Ulleung islands…);
Conducting research across much of the inner border region of Korea;
Helping win designation of the Yeoncheon Imjin River Flyway Network Site and proposing plans and designs to help the nation save biodiversity and reduce greenhouse gas emissions;
Supporting education programs throughout the ROK;
Beginning work on overhauling our blog and old websites, with the aim of making it easier for members to communicate with each other and to get involved…