15 #BOU2021 But instead of destroying Tiaozini, staging site for half world's #SpoonbilledSandpipers, China began to nominate it as serial #WorldHeritage site in 2017, & with @IUCNAsia, N Korea & S Korea set up a #YellowSea #CoastalWetlands Working Group http://bit.ly/3f8QWHu

13 #BOU2021 In 2009 #SpoonbilledSandpipers being monitored, breeding site being conserved, there was work to end shorebird trapping at wintering sites & do captive breeding & headstarting http://www.saving-spoon-billed-sandpiper.com But folk said impossible to stop loss of Yellow...

CONGRATS!!! Bird Conservation Society of Thailand (BCST, BirdLife Thailand) for today buying salt pans at Pak Thale, top Thai site for #Spoonbilledsandpipers & many other coastal waders, thanks to @RainforestTrust & others. TO DONATE for site management contact: ayuwat@bcst.or.th