There are nine species of cranes found in the East Asia Flyway. Do you know them all?
Category: White-naped Crane
Quarantine with Cranes – Week 4 Activity
Welcome to Week 4 of Quarantine with Cranes focusing on Red-crowned Cranes!
The Value of Human Connectivity for Crane Conservation
In our current state of lockdown, we have an opportunity to link to each other within and across countries and to raise the awareness and visibility of the connections among cranes, wetlands and people.
Notes from the President – Bird watching from home
We are bird watching from home in record numbers these days, monitoring our feeders like never before, cheering the return of spring migrants. Globally, the relationship between cranes and feeding stations is an important but very complicated conservation story (and people story).
Notes from the President – Cranes Bring Us Together
One of the things I most love about the world of crane conservation is the way cranes bring us all together for international goodwill and collaboration.
The Journey of Borzya the White-naped Crane
Borzya is the only White-naped Crane known to have changed its main wintering sites between western and eastern flyways.
Notes from the President – Birds Are Disappearing
But We Can Learn From Decades of Successful Crane Conservation.
Duolun, a refuge for White-naped Cranes in Inner Mongolia
Six hours after leaving the relatively balmy environs of Yeyahu Nature Reserve, just outside Beijing, our bus pulled into Xilinghote, Inner Mongolia, to sub-zero temperatures and light snow. We were on a quest for White-naped Cranes at their most important staging area.
In the News – November and December 2019
Our monthly summary of media stories highlighting the International Crane Foundation’s global programs.
Workshop to Develop a Long-term Strategy for Crane Conservation in the East Asian Flyway
In October, I traveled to Beijing Forestry University for a three-day workshop jointly organized by the University’s Center for East Asian – Australasian Flyway Studies and the International Crane Foundation. Our principal goal was to draft a ten-year Crane Strategy and Action Plan for the East Asian Flyway, comprising Russia, Mongolia, China, North and South Korea and Japan focusing on four threatened crane species – Siberian, Red-crowned, White-naped and Hooded Cranes.