Our monthly summary of media stories highlighting the International Crane Foundation’s global programs.
Category: White-naped Crane
Using Art to Share Their Story
We partnered with the Center for East Asian-Australasian Flyway Studies, Huatai Securities and the environmental education non-profit organization Roots and Shoots to organize a poster contest featuring cranes found in the Yangtze River basin.
Cranes Bring Best Wishes for 2021
As important symbols of longevity, happiness and nobility, Cranes present a beautiful image in Chinese culture and are often associated with blessings and good wishes.
Notes from the President – Reflecting and Looking Forward
This month marks the one-year anniversary of the pandemic shutdown in the U.S. and the tumultuous year that followed. It is hard for any of us to imagine a more challenging time. But as I reflect on the past year, I am struck most of all by the great things we achieved together.
Working Together to Return Cranes to the Wild
The combined wild populations of two iconic Asian crane species – the Endangered Red-crowned Crane and Vulnerable White-naped Crane – are less than 10,000 birds. Because of the precarious situation of these wild populations, the world’s zoos have established conservation populations for both species.
Cranes – Messenger of Peace Art Contest Creating Awareness in China
If a picture is worth a thousand words, an image of a crane is visual poetry.
The Life and Times of Arete and Bomnak – The Khingansky Cranes Grow Up
Red-crowned and White-naped Cranes are among the most cherished species in East Asia, not just for their grace and beauty but also because they nest in wild and remote wetlands on some of the most stunning landscapes of the region.
Cranetivities – Nature Journaling
Join us this week as we learn more about the exciting world of nature journaling.
Mongolia Protects Core Breeding Area for Declining White-naped Cranes
The Government of Mongolia recently designated core breeding habitat for White-naped Cranes as a national-level nature reserve, a vital step in increasing reproduction in the rapidly-declining Western population of this threatened species.
Year of the Cranes – Do you know all the crane species in East Asia?
There are nine species of cranes found in the East Asia Flyway. Do you know them all?