06-07-2011, 12:43 PM
Jimmypoo wrote:
What's killing it off?
errr read the article gumby
The bird divides its time between northeast Russia and the Bay of Bay of Martaban, Myanmar (Burma) and the Bay of Bengal in Bangladesh.
Travelling between, they migrate over 8,000km (4,970 miles) on a journey that may pass through Japan, North Korea, the Republic of Korea, China, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, Bangladesh and India.
Unsustainable levels of subsistence hunting, particularly within the wintering areas in Myanmar and Bangladesh, are thought to be driving the species's decline.
Degradation and reclamation of the inter-tidal mudflats along many countries in Asia is exacerbating the problem.