To raise awareness among EAAFP Partners, researchers, conservationists, and the general public about seabirds in the East Asian – Australasian Flyway (EAA Flyway), while promoting the exchange of information and collaboration on seabird conservation in the Flyway, the EAAFP Secretariat and the Seabird Working Group initiated the “Year of the Terns” in 2022. In line with the World Seabird Day, we organized a webinar series. It aims to showcase and raise awareness for seabird conservation work along the EAA Flyway.
Date/Time: 1 – 2 July 2022 (15:00 – 16:30 KST on both dates)
Topics:
Session 1 (1 July): Launch of the Asia Seabird Colony Registry
Session 2 (2 July): Showcase of tern conservation projects in EAA Flyway
Organizers: EAAFP Secretariat, EAAFP Seabird Working Group, Australasian Seabird Group, Hong Kong Bird Watching Society, Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park.
Doug Watkins, Chief Executive of EAAFP Secretariat Robert Kaler, Chair of EAAFP Seabird Working Group
Presentation on Year of the Terns
Vivian Fu, EAAFP Communication Officer
Introduction of World Seabird Registry
Robert Kaler, Chair of EAAFP Seabird Working Group
Presentation on the launch of the Seabird Breeding Registry in EAAF
Simba Chan, Seabird Working Group
Panel Discussion
[Moderator] Yat Tung Yu, Coordinator of EAAFP Seabird Working Group [Panelists] Simba Chan, Seabird Working Group Angelique Songco, Site Manager of Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park, the Philippines Miran Kim, Seabirds Laboratory of Korea, Republic of Korea Nicholas Carlile, Australasian Seabird Group
Day 2: “Showcase of Tern Conservation Projects in the EAA Flyway “
|Day 2 - Programme|
Welcoming Speech
Yat Tung Yu, Coordinator of EAAFP Seabird Working Group
Primer screening of “Terns Operation” about Chinese Crested Tern - by Fung Hong Shing
Presentation on Aleutian Tern Robert Kaler, Chair of EAAFP Seabird Working Group Presentation on Little Tern Professor Wataru Kitamura, Tokyo City University Presentation on Chinese Crested Tern Siyu Wang, Zhejiang Natural History Museum Presentation on Terns breeding in Hong Kong John Chung, Hong Kong Bird Watching Society Presentation on River Tern
Zheng Xi, Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden – Hong Kong Presentation on Black Noddy Retch Pagliawan-Alaba, Research Officer, Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park Presentation on White Tern Nicholas Carlile, Australasian Seabird Group Q & A [Moderator] Yuna Kim, Australasian Seabird Group
