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More on Scaly-sided Merganser and the Four Rivers Legacy

…in late 2009, as the Four Rivers project was launched, almost all Korean environmental NGOs and hundreds of the nation’s leading experts warned of its potential environmental, economic and social costs. In early 2010, we published our bilingual report predicting likely impacts on waterbirds: http://www.birdskorea.org/Habitats/4-Rivers/BK-HA-Preliminary-Report-2010.shtml. Many of the predictions that were made have already been proven correct…

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Birds Korea: Support for the Proposed Incheon and Ganghwa Tidal Power-plants Ebbs away…

A comment by Birds Korea Director Dr Nial Moores on the proposed Incheon and Ganghwa Tidal-power plants, renewable energy projects being sold in the Republic of Korea

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Nial Moores: Stejneger’s Stonechat in Korea – a quick Introduction with Images

Nial Moores, November 14th, 2012

With recent splits in formerly familiar species (such as Arctic Warbler) and proposed splits in others (including Blue-and-White Flycatcher), several new species have been

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Nial Moores: New Paper on Tidal-flat Mapping Methodology Available Online

A comment by Dr Nial Moores, Director of Birds Korea, November 12th

  • It is clear that tidal-flat reclamation has led to massive declines in some species of

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Birds Korea: Four Rivers, Jeju Naval Base and the IUCN WCC

Four Rivers, Jeju Naval Base and the IUCN WCC

Dr Nial Moores, Director Birds Korea, September 14th

Some folks have asked why I am not at the IUCN’s World Conservation

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Birds Korea at the Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory Bird Fair, Kent (UK)

Written by Martin Sutherland, Birds Korea UK, September 2012: Sixty years on from the establishment of a ringing station at Sandwich Bay on the east Kent coast in England,

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Spoon-billed Sandpiper makes the list…

...of the most 100 threatened species on the planet.

As much as I dislike these sorts of lists - a fern specialist or a freshwater invertebrate specialist could probably

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TN98 Birds Korea and the IUCN WCC

A conversation with Dr Nial Moores, Director of Birds Korea - the accredited NGO based in the Republic of Korea that works for the conservation of birds and

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How to Test Shorebirds for Avian Influenza… Safely

The following article was written by Dr Nial Moores, Director of Birds Korea, after witnessing very poor handling of shorebirds within Yubu Ramsar site this week. It

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Waterbirds of Korean Intertidal Wetlands face Extinction

“Waterbirds of Korean Intertidal Wetlands face Extinction” Seoul Press Centre, 10:00-10:30 September 3rd Organised by: Birds Korea/ Microhabitat/Soomdo Center Sponsored by: EcoScience Institute of Ewha University/Roots & Shoots

  

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