On August 28-29, 2024, the Transboundary Cooperation for Nature Conservation and Biodiversity Workshop was held in Songdo, Incheon, South Korea.
The workshop explored the importance of ecological connectivity for the conservation of endangered species in Northeast Asia and explored ways to collaborate with bird and mammal experts from Northeast Asia, including Korea, Mongolia, Hong Kong, Japan, China, and Russia, on transboundary and transnational cooperation.
Dr. Bernhard Seliger, Director of the Hanns Seidel Foundation Korea Office, presented the status of bird conservation in North Korea.
The discussion on bird conservation cooperation was moderated and facilitated by Prof. Lu Cai from Beijing Forestry University, China and Kazuhiko Seriu from UNESCAP, with a concurrent session on felids such as tigers, leopards, and snow leopards.
During the workshop, experts from different countries shared their views on the agenda of transboundary cooperation to impact bird and mammal conservation in Northeast Asia: agriculture, renewable energy, research collaboration and data sharing, and international cooperation. Hanns Seidel Foundation’s participants shared examples of bird conservation cooperation with North Korea.