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Saemangeum Barrage, South Korea
The Saemangeum Seawall, located on the southwest coast of the Korean peninsula, is the world's longest man-made dyke, measuring 33 kilometres. It runs between…
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Graveyard of shellfish after the embankment of Saemangeum, South Korea
Within the East Asian-Australasian Flyway the tidal flats of the Yellow Sea are the most important refueling sites ("airports") for Arctic birds. The huge…
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Great Knots (Calidris tenuirostris) feeding on the former Saemangeum flats 4, South Korea
This species has been uplisted to Vulnerable owing to a rapid population decline caused by the reclamation of non-breeding stopover grounds, and under the…
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Great Knots (Calidris tenuirostris) feeding on the former Saemangeum flats 1, South Korea
This species has been uplisted to Vulnerable owing to a rapid population decline caused by the reclamation of non-breeding stopover grounds, and under the…
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Graveyard of shellfish after the embankment of Saemangeum, South Korea
Within the East Asian-Australasian Flyway, the tidal flats of the Yellow Sea are the most important refueling sites ("airports") for Arctic birds. The huge…
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Bar-tailed Godwits (Limosa lapponica) and other shorebirds, Former Saemangeum flats, South Korea
Shorebirds, which raise millions of offspring during a very short breeding season in the Arctic tundra, are an excellent example of a highly specialized…
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Coastal Wetland Restoration Area South of Saemangeum, South Korea
South Korea invests enormous sums in the restoration of small scale coastal wetlands south of the embanked Saemangeum estuaries, which formerly were used as…
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Reclamation of tidal flats at East Coast of China
On the East Coast of China, internationally valuable tidal flats are reclaimed and embanked at a high speed due to rapid industrial, agriculture and…
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Tidal flats, South Korea West Coast
The Yellow Sea, shared by South Korea, China and the DPRK, has an estimated 2 million ha of remaining tidal-flat , and is one…
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Reclamation of tidal flats at East Coast of China
On the East Coast of China, internationally valuable tidal flats are reclaimed and embanked at a high speed due to rapid industrial, agriculture and…
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White-fronted Geese (Anser albifrons), Seamangeum, South Korea
The embanked Seamangeum tidal flats turned partly into fresh-water habitats, where large flocks of East-Siberian Greater White-fronted geese spend their winter.
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Tidal flats, South Korea West Coast
The Yellow Sea, shared by South Korea, China and the DPRK, has an estimated 2 million ha of remaining tidal-flat , and is one…