This is a message from a Japanese NGO named Wetland Forum. Please sign to support the protection of an important stopover and wintering site for many migratory water birds in Hakata Bay, Fukuoka. The deadline is 31st August.
Hello from Hakata Bay, Japan.
I hope things are going well with all the Forum members.
I am writing on behalf of a Japanese NGO named Wetland Forum.
The NGO is asking for your help in protecting an important stopover and wintering site for many migratory water birds in Hakata Bay, Fukuoka, which is situated along the East Asia and Australasia Flyway.
It is a call for protecting not a natural wetland, but a temporary wetland that appeared during the process of a reclamation work.
It may sound odd, but as long as the temporary wetlands are supporting larger populations of shorebirds than the contiguous natural tidal flat and one of the largest flocks of the endangered Black-faced spoonbills wintering in Japan, the NGO regards it necessary to secure the habitat for them.
The NGO is submitting a formal petition to the mayor and the city council of Fukuoka through the good offices of one of the city council members, and this may be the last opportunity the NGO can do something about that wetland.
You can get an overview and petition letter, and sign the petition online via the following website.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1 ... igratory-waterbirds
Thank you very much for your concern.
Hope you have a good summer.
Best regards,
Manami Ikeda
chitianaimei@jcom.home.ne.jp
Japan Wetlands Action Network
Ramsar Network Japan
