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The Hanns Seidel Foundation Korea's work - Global project for Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change

The Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF) Korea office has been working on conservation activities in various fields and collaborating with local governments, non-governmental organizations, and international organizations in Korea as part of its Green Détente. In 2016, the office established a partnership with the East Asia-Oceania Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) to focus on the conservation of migratory birds and their habitats. Since 2022, it has been working to strengthen the CMS Central Asian Flyway Initiative as part of the Foundation's Global Climate Project.

In November 2022, HSF Korea organized the '2022 Conference on Management of Flyways of Asia - Similarity, Common Challenges, Overlap and Differences' in Songdo to bring together experts from the Central Asian Flyway and the East Asian-Autralasian Flyway to discuss the conservation of migratory birds and habitats in the Asian Flyway.

In March 2023, HSF Korea participated at the 11th Meeting of Partners of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP MOP11) and organized a side event on 'Cooperation between the Central Asian Flyway and the East Asian-Australasian Flyway', emphasizing the importance of conserving the Central Asian Flyway, which was addressed at the Flyway Workshop in November 2022.

Then, in May, HSF Korea attended the Central Asian Flyway Range States Meeting hosted by India to review the implementation of the Central Asian Flyway Initiative.

The Hanns Seidel Foundation hosted a workshop on the Central Asian Flyway Initiative in Mongolia in August 2023, with Dr. Suresh Kumar from the Wildlife Institute of India (WII),  Dr. Tilman Schneider of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) Secretariat, and Ms. Hyeseon Do, former Programme Officer of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP). The workshop provided an opportunity for experts from 10 countries to discuss international cooperation in the conservation of the Central Asian Flyway. Subsequent participation in the IUCN Goose Specialist Group Meeting led to the appointment of Dr. Suresh Kumar as a Central Asia Regional Coordinator of the IUCN Goose Specialist Group. He will take this opportunity to push the efforts for the CAF initiative further. Also, the joining of the Hanns Seidel Foundation Dr. Bernhard Seliger and Dr. Hyun-Ah Choi as members of the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) Goose Specialist Group (2021-2025) from August 2023. Following the meeting, Dr. Seliger and Dr. Choi published a paper on the geese surveys they have been conducting along the Hangang River.

In November 2023, the Hanns Seidel Foundation Korea visited to Uzbekistan to meet with government officials and experts from local NGOs to explain the Hanns Seidel Foundation's global climate projects and discuss future collaborations to raise awareness of the Central Asian Flyway Initiative.

More recently, in February 2024, we organized the 2024 Inter-Flyways Workshop in Uzbekistan, which brought together flyway experts from around the world to discuss the current status and challenges of the flyway framework. HSF participated in the 14th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species and Wild Animals (CMS COP14). During the CMS COP14, HSF organized a side event with the International Crane Foundation (ICF) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to raise awareness on 'Securing the Asian Flyway'.

The Hans Seidel Foundation Korea has been working with national and local partners in the implementation of the Central Asian Flyway Initiative, strengthening their capacities and connecting them such as Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Wildlife Science and Conservation Center of Mongolia (WSCC) under the CMS umbrella.