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Waterbird Population Estimates 3rd Edition.

Wetlands International pubished the 3rd Edition at the Ramsar CoP8 in late November, and Conferenc of the Contracting Parties approved the Resolution (draft number 38) to use the 1% thresholds from the 3rd Edition for indentification of wetlands of international importance with applying the Criterion 6 on waterbirds (Resolution VII.11).

The first meeting of Anatidae Working Group (1999) decided to use the 3rd Edition, when it would be published, for the biological criteria to this Anatidae Site Network in the East Asian Flyway. Following this decision, a table of population status with 1% thresholds for the Anatidae population in the flyway was revised from the 3rd Edition. The table is within a package of application forms (in html, Microsoft Word file, and PDF file) indexed at the page of Introduction to the Site Network.

Wetlands International. 2002. Waterfowl Population Estimates -- Third Edition. Wetlands International Global Series No. 12, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 226 pp.

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Anet Newsletter No.3.

At the occasion of the Ramsar CoP8 in late November, especially at the Side Event for the Asia Pacific Migratory Waterbird Strategy, the latest issue of Anet Newsletter was published and was distributed to the participants including National Delegates to the CoP in the flyway. The PDF file (560KB) of the issue is now on the web at http://www.jawgp.org/anet/anl003.pdf, as well as web pages of the reports to the issue from the projects and the Network Sites are indexed at the page of [ Activities ]. In those web pages, you may find additional pictures to the printed issue.

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2002 IUCN Red List.

The list of globally threatened species (fauna and flora) was revised from the last 2000 List, and launched on October 2002. Among the species in the East Asian Flyway, the status of Scaly-sided Meganser Mergus squamatus was changed as Endangered (EN) from Vulnerable (VU) in 2000 List. Refer to the listed Anatidae species, searched from the on-line database.

IUCN. 2002. 2002 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. [on-line] www.redlist.org.

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Designation of Miyajimanuma to the Ramsar.

The Minstry of the Environment, Japan, designated Miyajimanuma, an Anatidae Network Site in Hokkaido to the Ramsar List, in middle October (Refer to What's New @ Ramsar). In the 8th Conference of Contracting Parties of the Convention, in late November, Valencia, Spain, the Mayor of the Bibai City was presented the Diploma of Ramsar Site, from Secretary General of the Convention.

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Meeting for planning conservation activities of Swan Goose and Baikal Teal, 13 Aug 2002, Beijing.

A meeting for conservation activities for Swan Goose and Baikal Teal as proposed in Action 5 of our Anatidae Action Plan was held in Beijing on 13 August 2002. Government officers and scientists from the countries in the flyway of these two species were invited, i.e. China, Korea, Mongolia, Russia and Japan.

The Meeting agreed that:

• Task Force for each species would be established with membership from all these countries. Membership would be informed to AFO by the end of this month after on-going discussion in each country;

• A technical support for Task Force (just like AFO for AWG) for Swan Goose would be nominated from Russia and for Baikal Teal from Korea, Republic of.

• After the establishment of Task Force, each member would incorporate idea and information for threatened species Action Plan from his/her country by the end of this year, in order for a technical support to draft the Action Plan in early year 2003;

• The activities of two Task Forces would be reported in our Anet website and other ways.

Task Force members nominated, up to now, are as follows:

Dr. Poyarkov is engaged in the co-ordination of the Task Force.

Dr. Hansoo Lee of the ECOTECH Institute of Environmental Ecology, Republic of Korea, is engaged in the co-ordination of the Task Force.

Contact:

Anatidae National Co-ordinator, Japan
Mr. Kaname Kamiya, Naka-no-Umi Waterbirds International Exchange Foundation, Yonago Waterbirds Sanctuary, Hikona Shinden 665, Yonago City, 683-0855 Japan. TEL +81-859-24-6139 / FAX +81-859-24-6140 / E-mail: kaname ⓐsanmedia.or.jp

Designation of Anatidae National Co-ordinator for Japan.

Japan designated a National Co-ordinator to improve activities in the country under our Anatidae Action Plan and Site Network. The National Co-ordinator has been hosted by the Naka-no-Umi Waterbirds International Exchange Foundation, a member NGO of Wetlands International - Japan. The Foundation has been engaged in the management of Yonago Waterbirds Sanctuary, an Anatidae Network Site on a contract with its authority of Yonago City Government. Mr. Kaname Kamiya of the Foundation was nominated to the National Co-ordinator, and he has begun its activity since August. The Anatidae Flyway Officer, based in Japan, has become able to shift his role onto a flyway basis.

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Launch of a wildlife centre in Utonai-ko.

The Minstry of the Environment build a wildlife centre beside the lake Utonai-ko, an Anatidae Network Site in Hokkaido, Japan. It is managed by its local government of Tomakomai City. A ceremony was held in late July 2002 with celebrating the opening of the wildlife centre, as well as 10th anniversary of Ramsar site designation of the lake and joining Anatidae Site Network. The Chair of Anatidae Working Group presented its Certificate of Anatidae Site Network to the Mayor of the City in the ceremony. See the brief report for more information.

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7th Meeting of Asia-Pacific Migratory Waterbird Conservation Committee, 19-20 June 2002.

The Committee (MWCC) is responsible for coordinating the development, monitoring and implementation of the Asia-Pacific Migratory Waterbird Conservation Strategy. Its 7th Meeting was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in June 2002. The Committee reviewed implementation of the Strategy during 2001-2002, and discussed on the activities under the Strategy in next 3 years. A brief report of the meeting was posted to the website of Ramsar Bureau and CMS bureau.

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Utonai-ko, the 27^th Anatidae Network Site.

A Ramsar Site in Hokkaido (northern island) of Japan joined our Anatidae Site Network, with the participation of its local government of Tomakomai City as a management authority, as of 18 April 2002. It regularly supports over 20,000 migratory Anatidae populations and more than 1% of the East Asian population of Bewick's Swan Cygnus bewickii, Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis middendorfi and White-fronted Goose A. albifrons during their migration (refer to the Introduction page). It is famous with the first Sanctuary of the Wild Bird Society of Japan established in 1979. A new Wildlife Conservation Centre is under construction by the Ministry of the Environment and will be managed by the City Government. It is anticipated that the co-operation of these two facilities and relevant organisations will enhance the conservation activities in and around the site, and will contribute to the development of activities in the flyway in the Anatidae Site Network.

For more information:

Kabukuri Wetlands Club, Maidake 51, Kabukuri, Tajiri, 989-4301 Japan. TEL +81-229-38-1185 / FAX +81-229-38-1124 / E-mail: makomoⓐaqua. famille.ne.jp / http://www2.odn.ne.jp/kgwa/kabukuri/

Educational Picture Books in Kabukurinuma
The three versions of educational picture books were published by the Kabukuri Wetlands Club, a local NGO engaged in the management of the lake Kabukurinuma, a Network Site, Tajiri, Japan, and the educational programmes in the lake, in co-operation with the local governments and schools.: "What is the wetland? -- Water and living nature", "Around the wetland -- fauna and flora in Kabukurinuma", and "Kabukuri Paper Craft" -- a compilation of sheets for craft object for children to scissor and paste. The books are offered to every elementary schools in the town of the lake for their educational programmes. The publication and distribution was financially supported by WWF - Nikko Green Investors Fund

For more information:

Toyosaka City Government, Division of Culture Development, View Fukushimagata, Mae-Shinden Otsu 493, Toyosaka, 950-3324 Japan. TEL +81-25-387-1491 / FAX +81-25-384-1200 / E-mail: hishikuiⓐpavc.ne.jp

Illustrated booklet reporting migration of goose from the lake Fukushimagata
A Network Site, the lake Fukushimagata in Niigata area, Japan, supports the largest number of a wintering flock of Middendorf's Bean Goose Anser fabalis middendorfi in the country. The Toyosaka City of the lake has designated the species as the 'City's Bird' and has been engaged in the conservation of the lake and the goose. The local people also made efforts to trace the migration and locate the nesting area of the goose with assistance from scientists in 1999. An illustrated report of the reseach was published by the city government, titled: "From Fukushimagata to Kamchatka, 2,400 km migration of Bean Goose". They traced the northward migration from Fukushimagata to Kamchatka via Hokkaido Island, and they succeeded in locating the nesting area of the goose in Kamchatka. It was the first proof of the nesting of this subspecies in Kamchatka. The colorful report included many pictures from wintering area to nesting area.

Searching for marked ducks from Mai Po
As part of a Hong Kong government study investigating the wintering ecology of Anatidae species at Mai Po and Inner Deep Bay, 121 ducks have been fitted with nasal saddles during the 2001/2002 winter. They marked 115 Northern Pintails Anas acuta, 5 Eurasian Wigeons Anas penelope and 1 Common Teal Anas crecca. They used 2 colours of saddles, yellow or blue, and each saddle has a unique 2 letter code (see attached photo). They search for any resightings or recaptures of these birds during their northward migration. Any reports of these marked birds are to be sent to Asia Ecological Consultants Ltd., as well as the national bird banding centres in each country.

Contact: Ms. Rebecca Woodward, Wetland Ecologist aecⓐasiaecol.com.hk, Asia Ecological Consultants Ltd., 127 Commercial Centre, Palm Springs, Yuen Long, New Territories, Hong Kong. Tel.: (+852) 24862885 / Fax: 24718389

Questionnaire on the status of the White-headed Duck
Wetlands International is currently implementing a project entitled Status Overview and Recommendations for the White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala) Central Asian Population with support from the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS, Bonn, Germany, 1983). They prepared a questionnaire and seek assistance from experts in the region to collate information on it and provide by 15 April 2002. You may kindly visit website of Wetlands International to download the questionnaire form.

2002 World Wetlands Day

February 2nd each year is World Wetlands Day. It marks the date of the signing of the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, 1971). Wetlands all over the world are celebrated on and around the Day. Wetlands: Water, Life, and Culture is the suggested theme for 2002. The Convention supports 2002 World Wetlands Day activities in the wetlands with providing posters, stickers, calendar, e-card, brouchures -- visit the World Wetlands Day page of Ramsar at: http://ramsar.org/wwd2002_index.htm.

Sanjiang Nature Reserve, a Network Site in Heilongjiang Province, China, has been designated as the Wetlands of International Importance to the Ramsar List, among 14 new Ramsar Site from the country, effective 11 January 2002. The Ramsar Implementing Office of the State Forestry Administration will announce the new designations at ceremonies on World Wetlands Day 2002.

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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. Last updated 9 Jan 2003.