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28 March 2005

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Joint Seminar in Lake Khanka / Xingkaihu, March 2005.

A working seminar on the realization of joint scientific researches in general, and ornithological counts on spring flight, was held in Lake Khanka / Xingkaihu, a transboundary wetland of Russia and China, 15-18 March 2005. Russian side of Lake Khanka has been also nominated to Anatidae Site Network.

There participated Russian ornithologists from Zapovednik "Khankaiski" - Dr. Yuri Gluschenko, Nature Reserve "Bastak" - Andrei Averin, Nature Reserve "Bolshekhekhtzirski" - Vladimir Pronkevich. From the China: from Nature Reserve "Xingkaihu" - Lyu Khua Tziny, from Northeast University of the Forestry, Harbin - Prof. Li Syao Min and Prof. Guo Yui Min.

Some seminars items were concerned to ornithological questions. So it was decided to carry annual joint counts of birds on spring and autumn migrations on East way (through Khanka Lake, on the Ussuri River to Amur River). Also It has decided to make the list of birds species of Amur River basin (according to international program "Green zone of Amur"). Now the Russian and Chinese ornithologists have already started to carry out accounts. Reported by Ms. Irina Maslova, Zapovednik "Khankaiski".

Now on-line! Movie of evening flight of Baikal Teal flock over Cheonsu Bay.

Baikal Teal Task Force provided a movie of evening flight of Baikal Teal flock over Cheonsu Bay, Anatidae Network Site in Korea. The large flock took flight at dusk from the bay to surrounding rice fields for their food. The movie was taken by a member of the supporter group for Katano Kamoike when their team visited Cheonsu Bay in November 2003. Katano Kamoike, Ramsar and Network Site in Japan, was famous for some tens of thousands Baikal Teals roosting in winter by early 1980s, but such an amazing flight of the species has been no longer observed in Japan in these decades. Website for Cheonsuman Birdwatching Fair has provided more on-line movies on nature of the bay.

2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

The list of globally threatened species (fauna and flora) was revised from the last 2003 List, and launched on November 2004. No change was observed among the Anatidae species migratory in the East Asian Flyway from 2002 List, besides Red List Categories and Criteria for all of Anatidae species are applied with its version 3.1 (IUCN 2001). List of Anatidae species, searched from the on-line database is attached in the left column.

IUCN. 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. [on-line] www.redlist.org.

First Partnership Meeting for WSSD Type 2 Initiative "Conservation and Sustainable Use of Sites of International Importance to Migratory Birds in East-Asia, South East Asia and Australasia", 18-19 October 2004, Seosan City, Republic of Korea.

First partnership meeting of the WSSD initiative will bring together senior representation from governments of the region, development agencies, NGO partners, etc. to discuss and develop the future objectives of the partnership. The meeting was held in Seosan City, Republic of Korea, during the Cheonsuman Birdwatching Fair.

At the opportunity, 9th Annual meeting of the Asia-Pacific Migratory Waterbird Conservation Committee (17-18th), and Public Waterbird Symposium entitled, Biodiversity on the Rice Field in East Asia - The importance of the habitat for waterbirds (19th), as well as 8th meeting of Shorebird Working Group (15-16th) were held jointly.

The Strategy Co-ordination Officer posted short summary of a series of meetings on the Wetlands International website for our Strategy, linked on top of the left column.

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The "Action Plan for the Conservation of Migratory Anatidae in the East Asian Flyway" is a component of the "Asia-Pacific Migratory Waterbird Conservation Strategy", and the "Anatidae Site Network in the East Asian Flyway" is a programme of international co-operation to enhance the conservation of the wetlands of international importance for Anatidae (ducks, geese and swans) in the flyway under the "Action Plan". The "Anatidae Working Group" of Asia-Pacific Migratory Waterbird Conservation Committee oversees the implementation of these programmes with technical support from Anatidae Flyway Officer.

For further information, please contact the Anatidae Flyway Officer.