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Title Migratory birds at risk as habitats shrink Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet The Strait Times Media type Web Country/Territory Singapore Date 19/02/2016 Producer/Author Carolyn Khew URL www.straitstimes.com/singapore/environment/migratory-birds-at-risk-as-habitats-shrink Persons Theunis Piersma, Tamar Lok, Nicky Yang, Ginny Chan Title Trekvogels missen Chinees wad Degree of recognition National Media name/outlet Bionieuws Media type Print Country/Territory Netherlands Date 13/02/2016 Description De inpoldering van de getijdegebieden langs de Gele Zee eist zijn tol onder verschillende soorten trekvogels die tussen Siberie en Australie migreren. Dat schrijft een internationaal team van ecologen onder leidingvan hoogleraar Theunis Piersma van Rijksuniversiteit Groningen en het NIOZ in Journal of Applied Ecology (1 februari). Het onderzoek laat een goede reproductie zien in de Siberische broedgebieden, en ook in het overwinteringsgebied in Australie traden nauwelijks verliezen op. Toch nam vanaf 2010 de sterfte onder rosse grutto's,
rode kanoeten en grote kanoeten toe. De oorzaak bleek het verlies van ruimte en voedsel op hun tussenstop in de Gele Zee, veroorzaakt door de inpoldering van de bij laagwater droogvallende wadden.URL www.rug.nl/research/gelifes/ceg/_media/bionieuws26.3_13022016.jpg Persons Theunis Piersma, Tamar Lok, Nicky Yang, Ginny Chan Title Reclamation of Yellow Sea causing serious declines in migratory shorebirds Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet BirdLife International Asia Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 11/02/2016 Producer/Author James Lowen URL www.birdlife.org/asia/news/reclamation-yellow-sea-causing-serious-declines-migratory-shorebirds Persons Theunis Piersma, Tamar Lok, Nicky Yang, Ginny Chan Title Yellow Sea a narrowing bottleneck for migratory birds Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet Phys.org/news Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 05/02/2016 Description The shrinking of mudflats along the coasts of the Chinese Yellow Sea is an increasing problem for migratory birds that travel between Siberia and Australia. Research by an international team of ecologists, led by Spinoza laureate professor Theunis Piersma, a senior scientist at NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research and professor in Global Flyway Ecology at the University of Groningen, shows that three different species are in decline because of one common factor: loss of food and habitat along the coasts of the Yellow Sea, because of the increasing claim of land by the Chinese government. URL phys.org/news/2016-02-yellow-sea-narrowing-bottleneck-migratory.html Persons Theunis Piersma, Tamar Lok, Nicky Yang, Ginny Chan Title The Yellow Sea, a narrowing bottleneck for migratory birds Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet EAAFlyway.net Media type Web Country/Territory Korea, Republic of Date 04/02/2016 Description The shrinking of mudflats along the coasts of the Chinese Yellow Sea is an increasing problem for migratory birds that travel between Siberia and Australia. Research by an international team of ecologists, led by professor Theunis Piersma, a senior scientist at NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research and professor in Global Flyway Ecology at the University of Groningen, shows that three different species are in decline because of one common factor: loss of food and habitat along the coasts of the Yellow Sea, because of the increasing claim of land by the Chinese government. URL www.eaaflyway.net/the-yellow-sea-a-narrowing-bottleneck-for-migratory-birds/ Persons Theunis Piersma, Tamar Lok, Nicky Yang, Ginny Chan Title 中国“湿地危机”:湿地保护迫在眉睫 [China's "Wetland Crisis": Wetland protection is imminent] Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet EAAFP Domestic News & Events Media type Web Country/Territory China Date 04/02/2016 URL www.eaaflyway.net/wetland-crisis-in-china-large-scale-reclamation-is-still-in-process/ Persons Theunis Piersma, Tamar Lok, Nicky Yang, Ginny Chan Title 황해, 철새에게 점점 좁아지는 병목 지역 [Yellow Sea, a bottleneck area that is getting narrower for migratory birds] Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet EAAF Press Release Media type Web Country/Territory Korea, Republic of Date 04/02/2016 Description 황해 연안 갯벌이 줄어들면서 시베리아와 호주를 오가는 철새에게 큰 위험이 닥쳤다. 네덜란드 왕립 해양 연구소(NIOZ, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research)의 수석 연구원이자 흐로닝언 대학의 국제 이동경로 생태학(Global Flyway Ecology) 교수인 데니스 피어스만(Theunis Piersma) 교수가 이끄는 국제 생태학 연구진은 3종의 조류가 감소하고 있는 공통된 원인으로, 중국 정부의 간척 사업이 증가함에 따라 황해 연안의 먹이 및 서식지가 부족해진 것을 지목했다. Producer/Author EAAFP Communications URL www.eaaflyway.net/the-yellow-sea-a-narrowing-bottleneck-for-migratory-birds_kor/ Persons Theunis Piersma, Tamar Lok, Nicky Yang, Ginny Chan Title Krimpende Gele Zee nekt verschillende trekvogels Degree of recognition Regional Media name/outlet Groninger krant Media type Web Country/Territory Netherlands Date 02/02/2016 URL www.groningerkrant.nl/2016/02/krimpende-gele-zee-nekt-verschillende-trekvogels/ Persons Theunis Piersma, Tamar Lok, Nicky Yang, Ginny Chan Title NIOZ: Krimpende Gele Zee nekt trekvogels Degree of recognition National Media name/outlet NWO Media type Web Country/Territory Netherlands Date 04/02/2015 Description De ‘wadden’ langs de kusten van de Gele Zee zijn een steeds nauwere flessenhals voor vogels die tussen Siberië en Australië heen en weer trekken. Onderzoek door een internationaal team van ecologen van NWO-onderdeel NIOZ Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee en de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen laat zien dat drie verschillende steltlopers in aantal afnemen door één gemeenschappelijke factor: het verlies van ruimte en voedsel op hun tussenstop in de Gele Zee. Producer/Author NWO Nieuws URL www.nwo.nl/actueel/nieuws/2016/nioz/krimpende-gele-zee-nekt-trekvogels.html Persons Theunis Piersma, Tamar Lok, Nicky Yang, Ginny Chan
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Title “让候鸟飞公益基金”抢救江苏东台条子泥滩涂湿地纪录片 (Tiaozini mudflats are facing huge threats from reclamation) Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet EAAFP - Let Birds Fly Media type Television Duration/Length/Size 3:39 Country/Territory China Date 02/02/2016 Description Video on environmental crisis in China's wetlands; Theunis Piersma is one of the international experts interviewed. URL www.eaaflyway.net/wetland-crisis-in-china-large-scale-reclamation-is-still-in-process/ Persons Theunis Piersma