To mark the World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD), the EAAFP Secretariat invited eighty students and their parents from Haesong Elementary School in Songdo on 7 May 2010 to the Waterbird Watching & Education Program.
Lectures were given by the Deputy Director and Science Officer regarding the Partnership as well as waterbirds and their flyways as a starting of the program. After the lectures, we went out to Yongjong Island and Namdong Reservoir and observed the migratory waterbirds. Children and parents were very excited to watch waterbirds and their habitats and expressed their willingness to participate in these kinds of activities learning with and from nature.
The EAAFP Secretariat aimed to promote national and local governments to support these kinds of activities in order to raise public awareness regarding the importance of waterbirds and their habitats for WMBD.