{"id":3371,"date":"2012-02-20T09:57:22","date_gmt":"2012-02-20T00:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=3371"},"modified":"2012-02-26T23:45:09","modified_gmt":"2012-02-26T14:45:09","slug":"birds-korea-awarded-grant-from-birdfairrspb-research-fund-for-endangered-birds-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=3371","title":{"rendered":"Birds Korea awarded grant from Birdfair\/RSPB Research Fund for Endangered Birds 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Birdfair\/RSPB Research Fund for Endangered Birds has just announced its latest awards, and Birds Korea<\/a> has been awarded a grant to finance studies of staging Spoon-billed Sandpipers Eurhynorhynchus pygmeus<\/i> in the Republic of Korea.<\/p>\n

\nThe main research aims that Birds Korea put forward when applying were:
\n1) To identify main prey items and feeding preferences of Spoon-billed Sandpiper during migration;
\n2) To improve understanding of intra-estuary use by Spoon-billed Sandpiper, and of use of different sites during migration;
\n3) To identify optimal conditions, enabling (a) identification of other sites that might be used by the species; (b) to help determine whether barraging of estuaries and reclamation is a leading factor in the species\u2019 decline.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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From Dr Paul Donald, Principal Conservation Scientist, RSPB: <\/p>\n

\nThe Birdfair\/RSPB Research Fund for Endangered Birds has just announced its 2011 awards.<\/p>\n

\nWe awarded nine grants this year, totalling $13,500, from a total of 23 applications received. These supported the following projects:<\/p>\n