Launch of “Coastal High-tide Shorebird Habitat Management Guidelines”

The EAAFP Secretariat, together with the Australasian Wader Studies Group are hosting a webinar “Launch Event: Coastal High-tide Shorebird Habitat Management Guidelines” on 17 September at 4pm – 5pm (KST).

The editors of the guidelines will provide an overview of their content and the collaborative, evidence-based process used to develop the guidelines. A panel of experts, many of whom supported translation of the guidelines, will then discuss local/regional needs and challenges facing high-tide habitat managers in the flyway.

• Title:Launch Event: Coastal High-tide Shorebird Habitat Management Guidelines
• Date: 16:00 – 17:00, 17 September 2021 (Friday, KST)
• Organizers: EAAFP Secretariat, Australasian Wader Studies Group
• Participants: Site managers, local NGOs and experts, EAAF Country partners, EAAFP, Researchers
• Meeting Platform: Zoom
• Registration link: https://bit.ly/3CrFLTx
• Moderator: Richard Fuller, Professor, University of Queensland

 

Program/Timetable

 

Speakers and Panelists:

Richard Fuller – Professor, University of Queensland

 

Micha Jackson – Researcher, University of Adelaide, EAAFP Shorebird Working Group

 

Phil Straw – East Asian Australasian Flyway Liaison Officer, Australasian Wader Studies Group

 

Thattaya Bidayabha – Executive Director, Bird Conservation Society of Thailand

 

Fion Cheung – Manager, Flyway Planning and Training, WWF-Hong Kong

 

Yifei Jia – Scientist, EAAFP Science Unit

 

Yuna Kim – Director, Dr Kim’s Conservation Solutions

 

Yus Rusila Noor – Acting Director of Yayasan Lahan Basah (YLBA)/Wetlands International Indonesia

 

Batrisyia Teepol – Vice Chairperson, Malaysian Nature Society Kuching Branch

 

Trai Le Trong – Deputy Director, Viet Nature Conservation Centre