#rodong has migrant and transient bird visitors to #NorthKorea on the mind this morning 'Work for Protecting Migratory Birds in DPRK' cc.@miranda_trust rodong.rep.kp/en/index.php?s…
'A brisk work is going on in #NorthKorea to protect biodiversity and ecological environment in a scientific and sustained way. Last year and in January this year, a survey of water-birds was conducted at wetlands under the plan of the Asian Water-bird Census (AWC)...'
'...The survey proved that main migrants sanctuaries in the country are up to the standard of the Ramsar Convention...More than 100,000 water-birds were observed in 22 survey areas last year. And 144,800-odd water-birds of nearly 50 kinds were confirmed in 31 areas this year...'
'..Black-faced spoonbills, hooded cranes, swan gooses, pochards and long-tailed ducks in danger of extinction worldwide were newly observed not only in the Mundok Migrants Sanctuary...but also in Kangryong, Kumya, Kwangpho and Tongjongho migrants sanctuaries...'
'...and Kumsanpho tideland, Ongjin Bay and estuary of the Rimjin River. In particular, 21 kinds of water-birds and more than 45,400 water-birds were observed in Phanmun Plain and the waters off the West Sea Barrage respectively...'
'...The facts go to prove that the country’s ecological environment and biological diversity are very favorable for water-birds’ inhabitation...' #NorthKorea rodong.rep.kp/en/index.php?s…
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