:: South Korean mudflats + birds in danger ::
Birdlife International has
condemned plans by
South Korea's government to build a
33 km dyke in order to
farm + flood exceptionally important coastal mudflats which qualify for protection under the
Ramsar Convention.
If not stopped this project will threaten the survival of
8 endangered species, disrupt the
migration of 2,000,000 birds (which cross this portion of east Asia each year) + the
marine ecology of the Yellow Sea.
Watch a
TVE report screened on
BBC World here.
Via
Alex Kirby at
BBC News Online