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From January 28-31, 2025, in Musov in Southern Moravia, a meeting of more than 80 specialists on nature protection took place to discuss the worldwide status and development of different goose species. Goose are among the most visible and well-known migratory birds. IUCN is the largest international actor in nature conservation efforts. It works mainly through expert and specialist groups. Hanns-Seidel-Foundation Korea works together with partners in Northeast and Central Asia on issues of the East Asia Australasian and Central Asian flyway of migratory birds. The emergence of the initiative for the Central Asian Flyway opens windows for political and policy cooperation among governments and also NGO in the region. While some species saw – in particular after the reduction of...

The workshop and training on Bar-headed Goose  - an iconic waterbird of Central Asia Flyway (CFA) is an upcomin event on the 20th of July, organized by Hanns Seidel Foundation, the Ministry of Environment and Tourism and the Wildlife Science Conservation Center of Mongolia.  In the CFA, the bar-headed Goose is an iconic waterbird and benefiting from the crucial major flyway. During their migratory route, they pass several countries which led those countries to work together towards the essential conservation of migratory birds.  The most common breeding grounds for the Bar-headed Goose is in China and India which is why experts from those an other Central Asian countries will come together at this workshop to share their knowledge and strategies for conservation of...

Under the title "Flight for survival: Addressing illegal kiling, taking, and trade of migratory birds and impacts of energy infrastructure in the Central Asian Flyway", a digital meeting will be held on the 19th of July in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.   Through this workshop, the call for actions to share the current status of over 180 migratory waterbird species and their habitats situation will be shared and focused on. The Central Asian Flyway (CAF) is stretching from the Arctic to the Indian Ocean and hosts a remarkable diversity of avian life. But not only natural dangers such as climate change make the life more difficult for avian species, also human-made problems such as killing, taking, and trading (IKTT) pose a threat. All threats...

Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF) Korea published a report on results from Inter-Flyways Workshop 2024. HSF would like to express our gratitude to all participants, especially to Spike Millington at International Crane Foundation for working on the report together. On 10 February 2024, Samarkand, Uzbekistan. HSF organized the Inter-Flyways Workshop 2024 under the HSF's Global project for Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change. Experts in flyways, conservation, biodiversity, wetlands, and climate change shared experiences, successes, and challenges in conservation. They discussed engaging key stakeholders, strengthening on-ground implementation, increasing resources, and encouraging collaboration and communication among various initiatives.    Link - report of the Inter-Flyways Workshop 2024 : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bKm_Vs4mToakBpRR64dYM7qy7NOKv-U7/view?usp=sharing