Equally captivating and crucial, wetlands are vital ecosystems especially to migratory birds. Twice a year, these birds traverse 22 countries, following a route that is known as the East Asian-Australasian Flyway.
Watch this video and be immersed in the beauty of one of the important nodes of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway, the Tiaozini Wetland in Jiangsu Province, China.
A new regional conservation project called Enhancing Conservation and Restoration of Wetlands and Peatlands in ASEAN as Effective Sinks and Reservoirs of Greenhouse Gases (EnCORE Wetlands) was officially launched alongside
Representatives from the government, ASEAN Heritage Parks, and civil society groups from Indonesia, Myanmar, and Viet Nam gathered for the Small Grants Programme’s culminating event in Manila and Los Baños,
“This project has been contributing to human resources capacity building in ecotourism development. It has contributed to the conservation efforts in WKNP by empowering the local communities affected by human-elephant conflict to have alternative sources of income through the sustainable implementation of ecotourism.” — I
