10,000 Birds
MARCH 5, 2020
Shanghai is located on the coast of the East China Sea and lies right on the East Asian–Australasian Flyway. This means that every year, millions of birds fly by the city on their way between their breeding grounds in Northern Asia and their wintering spots in Southeast Asia and Australia. And yet it is. So, there is some hope.
Critter News
JULY 13, 2009
From the China Daily. Eating wild animals is also a traditional practice in southern China. Tags: wildlife smuggling Traditional Chinese Medicine tigers exotic meat china endangered species. The Chinese want them for exotic foods and for medicine. Up to 20 percent of these are now considered threatened.
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Critter News
OCTOBER 2, 2009
Officials say the sales have fuelled demand for ivory in Asian countries, especially China, contributing to a sharp increase in elephant poaching. Some wildlife experts have attributed the increase in elephant poaching to the presence of Chinese workers in Africa.
Critter News
OCTOBER 9, 2010
The two-month operation involved national enforcement agencies in six tiger-range countries (China, India, Nepal, Russia, Thailand and Vietnam) and was coordinated by INTERPOL's Environmental Crime Program at its headquarters in Lyon, France. Tags: wildlife smuggling tigers interpol asia endangered species.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 10, 2019
The 125 Best Bird Watching Sites in Southeast Asia, edited by Yong Ding Li & Low Bing Wen. And now I am holding the “The 125 Best Bird Watching Sites in Southeast Asia” – an expanded and fully updated second edition of “The 100 Best Birdwatching Sites in Southeast Asia”. As a rule, I like second editions better.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 21, 2015
China used H5N2 inactivated vaccine to prevent spread of H5N1 strain highly infectious bird flu virus and that has proved to be effective, an official with the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) said on Tuesday. People should avoid contact with sick/dead poultry or wildlife. They also have made progress in developing H5N1 fowlpox vaccine.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 2, 2014
Kinabalu (at 13,455 feet the highest peak in southeast Asia), and human development that has resulted in freshwater rice fields, secondary forest, and oil palm plantations, this means that Borneo offers an incredibly high degree of biodiversity. Borneo, the authors say, is under-birded. I think we need to do something about that.
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