{"id":29789,"date":"2024-11-26T09:41:48","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T00:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=29789"},"modified":"2024-11-26T09:41:50","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T00:41:50","slug":"2nd-asian-ornithological-conference-aoc-in-beijing-november-14-17-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=29789","title":{"rendered":"2nd Asian Ornithological Conference (AOC) in Beijing, November 14-17, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From November 14-17, 2024, the 2nd<\/sup> Asian Ornithological Conference in Beijing, probably the largest bird-related conference in Asia until now, took place at the Chinese National Convention Center with hundreds of ornithologists from Asia and all over the world attending. The conference was organized by the Institute of Zoology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in conjunction with a number of ornithological societies and mostly Chinese universities, including Beijing Forestry University, which is a partner of East Asian Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) and hosts the EAAFP science unit. Established scientists, activists and young aspiring scholars came together to discuss advances of ornithological science, but also ways to better protect birds. In plenary sessions and dozens of concurrent smaller workshops all aspects of science and nature protection related to birds were discussed, with poster sessions and an exhibition with many different exhibitors, among them those offering binoculars and scopes, but also bird tags and technology to record bird song adding to the interest of visitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were a number of Korean scientists joining, among others from Seoul National University and Kyung Hee University. Prof. Lee Sang-Im of the Gyeongbuk Institute of Technology was one of the keynote speakers of the conference with a paper on the breeding performance of Oriental Magpie in urban areas. A session on Asian bird flyways, which include the East Asian Australasian and the Central Asian flyway was convened by Vivian Fu from WWF Hong Kong and Ding Li Yong of Birdlife Asia. It showcased the advances of cooperation on flyway issues in East Asia, but also showed that the Central Asian Flyway is relatively understudied and underrepresented. Many other sessions lacked Korean representation, for example the workshop on the ecology and protection of Oriental White Stork.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being not an ornithologist myself, I can only marvel on the advances in science \u2013 genetics in particular \u2013 and also technology: ways to record sounds, ultra-light-weight tags making incredibly detailed studies of migration routes possible etc. At the same time, the focus of academic research seems to sometimes fall short of the possibilities, these exciting new science and technology trends offer, but maybe my impression is wrong. It seems that in countries with less advances in sciences much more of greater relevance in particular for conservation can be researched. Nevertheless, for Korea and Korean researchers it was a great opportunity to mix with Asian and international ornithologists. The one sad thing is that North Korea again \u2013 like in the EAAFP Science Unit Conference last month in Beijing \u2013 was absent, though Beijing is the easiest foreign place for North Koreans to go. Hopefully, this will change again by next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Picture 1: Hundreds of ornithologists across Asia and the world assembled for the 2nd<\/sup> Asian Ornithological Congress in Beijing (official conference photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Picture 2: Korean ornithologists presented new research from the Korean Peninsula, as did many ornithologists presenting results of migration studies. (official conference photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Picture 3: Co-Moderating the session on \u201cMigration related advances in ornithology\u201d with Dr. Yu Liu (\u00a9 Bernhard Seliger)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Picture 4: Conference organizers were very helpful \u2013 thank you very much! (\u00a9 Bernhard Seliger)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Picture 5: Geese flying by the Olympic tower in Olympic Forest Park \u2013 the park nearby the huge China National Convention Center allowed for some quick morning birding\u2026(\u00a9 Bernhard Seliger)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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