20 April – 29 May 2017: Photo exhibition for the World Migratory Bird Day 世界渡り鳥の日 2017
Title: Eat, rest, fight, socialise – just like people
Venue: G-Gallery, G-Tower, Songdo, Incheon, RoK
The exhibition shows the interesting feature of the shorebirds.
10 May 2017: Photo talk for the World Migratory Bird Day 2017 Celebration
Title: Birds are just like humans
Venue: G-Gallery, G-Tower, Songdo, Incheon, RoK
The presentation introduced the beauty and unique features of migratory birds.
Eugene helps event photography formally and informally.
- Arctic Migratory Bird Initiative East Asian-Australasian Flyway Workshop (7-10 January 2017, Singapore)
- Ninth Meeting of the Partners of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP MOP9, 11-15 January 2017, Singapore)
- Spoon-billed Sandpiper (SBS) National Workshop and 11th SBS Task Force Meeting (17-19 January 2017, Myanmar)
- SBS Survey in the Southern Gulf of Myanmar (20-21 January 2017, Myanmar)
- Workshop on the shorebirds in the Flyway (4 February 2017, Japan)
- World Wetlands Day in Arao-higata [EAAF113] – Conserving migratory shorebirds (5 February 2017, Japan)
- Black-faced Spoonbill Small School 2017 (25 March 2017, RoK)
- World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) 2017: Red Knot artwork exhibition and TOWT (20 April – 29 May 2017, RoK)
- 2017 First workshop of EAAFP Incheon-Gyeonggi Ecoregion Task Force (25 April 2017, RoK)
- WMBD 2017: Celebration (10 May 2017, RoK)
- WMBD 2017: Studying about migratory waterbirds with local international school (16-17 May 2017, RoK)
- International Workshop on Flyway Site Network (23-24 May 2017, RoK)
- Black-faced Spoonbill Nature School (May, 25 May, 9 June, 10 June-1, 10 June-2, 14 June, 17 June-1, 17 June-2, 19 June, 15 July-1, 15 July-2 2017, RoK)
- Black-faced Spoonbill’s Birthday Party (3 June 2017, RoK)
- A study tour of La Trobe University (6 July 2017, RoK)
- Bird watching in Songdo (27 August 2017, RoK)
- CCC Debate Camp (4 August 2017, RoK)
- 12th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild animals (CMS（ボン条約） COP12, 23-28 October 2017, Philippines)
- CMS COP12: Side event on CMS and partner action and plans for stopping illegal killing/hunting, taking and trade of migratory birds (24 October 2017, Philippines)
- CMS COP12: Side event on Promoting Conservation of Critical Intertidal and Other Habitats for Migratory Species (24 October 2017, Philippines)
- CMS COP12: Side event on Side event on Conservation of Migratory Species in the ASEAN Region (25 October 2017, Philippines)
- CMS COP12: Side event on Conservation of Migratory Waterbirds and Habitats in EAAF, highlighting new species nominations by the Philippines and importance of the Philippines for waterbirds of the EAAF (25 October 2017, Philippines)
- CMS COP12: Side event on Single Species Action Plans for Migratory Waterbirds in the EAAF (25 October 2017, Philippines)
- CMS COP12: Side event on Climate Change Impacts on Migratory Species: Opportunities for Mitigation and Adaptation (26 October 2017, Philippines)
- CMS COP12: Side event on Unifying Our Voices for Bird Conservation (26 October 2017, Philippines)
- Wetland Link International 6th meeting (November 2017, Japan)
- Asian Wetland Symposium: Side event (November 2017, Japan)
- Lecture at the Incheon National University (16 November 2017, RoK)
- 2017 Incheon-Hong Kong International Black-faced Spoonbill Workshop on the Conservation and Wise Use of Black-faced Spoonbill Habitats (17 November 2017, RoK)
Contribution of the landscape photographs for websites:
- Arasaki/Izumi [EAAF030] (February 2017, Japan)
- Tokyo Port Wild Bird Park [EAAF063] (June 2017, Japan)
- Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve [EAAF073] (January 2017, Singapore)
- Kumagawa Estuary [EAAF081] (February 2017, Japan)
- Krabi Estuary and Bay [EAAF084] (October 2017, Thailand)
- Geum River Estuary [EAAF100] (March 2017, RoK)
- Yubu-do Tidal Flat [EAAF101] (May 2017, RoK)
- Arao-higata [EAAF113] (February 2017, Japan)
- Pak Thale – Laem Phak Bia [EAAF121] (October 2017, Thailand)
- Higashiyoka-higata [EAAF124] (February, September, and December 2017, Japan)
Contribution of the photographs and video recordings for materials:
- Higashiyoka-higata [EAAF124] Leaflet (published by Saga City)
- World Migratory Bird Day 2017 Statement
- Flyway Exhibition 3: Shorebirds in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway
- Video message: あの頃の干潟 – Wetlands in those good old days （アジア湿地シンポジウム2017 サイドイベント「渡り性水鳥の減少と生息地の環境変化―シギ・チドリ類とその生息地の干潟を指標に」（8 November 2017）のために作成）
Contribution of the environmental education other than above:
- Organisation of the EAAFP World Migratory Bird Day 2017 Red Knot artwork exhibition and TOWT as a volunteer
- Organisation of the EAAFP 2017 Knots Drawing Competition as a volunteer
Some record shots and lifers for me:
- Baikal Teal トモエガモの大群 (March 2017, Socheon, RoK): See a video clip of thousands of them flying taken by my wife ^^;
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