Asia | BirdLife

31 Aug 2017

After the crash: how can we rebuild South Asia's vulture population?

Conservationists from India and Nepal have come together to plan a transboundary, sustainable answer to the question: how can you improve the outlook of a bird family that has already suffered a population crash of 99%?

Eurasian Bittern (male) © HIH Princess Takamado

01 Aug 2017

‘Good or Bad’: Reed Bed

“Through the Lens”, Fujingahou Magazine, August 2017

16 Jun 2017

Can we bring back the pheasant that was wiped out by the war in Vietnam?

The Edwards’s Pheasant has been wiped out in the wild by the war that once ravaged Vietnam But a prospering caged community brings hope that it could once again return

05 Jun 2017

Safe at last: Spoonie’s winter wonderland becomes Ramsar site

Picture it in your mind’s eye: a wild, untamed stretch of coast, where rapid, powerful waves lash at the endless mud flats, constantly resculpting and refreshing the shoreline.

Oriental Cuckoo & Brown-eared Bulbul © HIH Princess Takamado

01 Jun 2017

Threats and Attacks of Birds

“Through the Lens”, Fujingahou Magazine, June 2017

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30 May 2017

Feathers in Flames: the species being snuffed out by forest fires

A provocative new art exhibition, provided thanks to Saatchi, shows the true cost of the man-made forest flames ravaging Indonesia.

Traditional clam-sifting with an industrial backdrop in Seocheon, South Korea © Seocheon County

11 May 2017

This Korean recipe could save Piper

On an island renowned for its seafood and shorebirds, life depends on the mud's bounty. Can culinary and birdwatching tourism save Yubudo from industrial development?

Philippine Eagle, known by locals as Haring Bon © Nigel Voaden

12 Apr 2017

Former drug users turn conservationists to save the Philippine Eagle

Former drug users, indigenous people & conservationists form an unlikely team for the noblest of causes: restore the forest where the Haring Bon lives.

03 Apr 2017

One quarter of Bangladesh is safe from recently exposed vulture-killing

After successfully banning two drugs poisonous to vultures, Bangladesh is leading the way in Asian vulture conservation, and moving towards banning a third