Advertisement at Incheon Airport for using the embanked area of Saemangeum as "Free Economic Zone", South Korea

Baikal Teal (Anas formosa), Carpet of several ten thousands at day roost, South Korea

Baikal Teal (Anas formosa), Lifting up from roosting area for night feeding on rice fields, South Korea

Baikal Teal (Anas formosa), Lifting up from roosting area for night feeding on rice fields, South Korea

Baikal Teal (Anas formosa), Lifting up from roosting area for night feeding on rice fields, South Korea

Bar-tailed Godwits (Limosa lapponica) and other shorebirds, Former Saemangeum flats, South Korea

Bar-tailed Godwits (Limosa lapponica), Former Saemangeum flats, South Korea

Bar-tailed Godwits (Limosa lapponica), Former Saemangeum flats, South Korea

Coastal Wetland Restoration Area South of Saemangeum, South Korea

Coastal Wetland Restoration Area South of Saemangeum, South Korea

Coastal Wetland Restoration Area South of Saemangeum, South Korea

Coastal Wetland Restoration Area South of Saemangeum, South Korea

Coastal Wetland Restoration Area South of Saemangeum, South Korea

Dammed Geumgang Estuary, South Korea West Coast

Dead Dunlin (Calidris alpina) after Embankment of Saemangeum, South Korea

Embanked Tidal Flats South of Incheon International Airport, South Korea

Geumgang tidal flats, South Korea

Geumgang tidal flats, South Korea

Graveyard of fish after the embankment of Saemangeum, South Korea

Graveyard of shellfish after the embankment of Saemangeum, South Korea

Graveyard of shellfish after the embankment of Saemangeum, South Korea

Great Knots (Calidris tenuirostris) feeding on the former Saemangeum flats 1, South Korea

Great Knots (Calidris tenuirostris) feeding on the former Saemangeum flats 2, South Korea

Great Knots (Calidris tenuirostris) feeding on the former Saemangeum flats 3, South Korea

Great Knots (Calidris tenuirostris) feeding on the former Saemangeum flats 4, South Korea

Hooded Cranes (Grus monacha), South Korea

Incheon International Airport, South Korea

Local fishing boat out of use after Saemangeum Embankment, South Korea

Reclamation of tidal flats at East Coast of China

Reclamation of tidal flats at East Coast of China

Reclamation of tidal flats at East Coast of China

Reclamation of tidal flats at East Coast of China

Rice fields North of the embanked Seamangeum estuary, South Korea

Saemangeum Barrage and Seawall, Changing the Former Marine Habitats, South Korea

Saemangeum Barrage, South Korea

Saemangeum embanked tidal flats to be converted into agriculture and other use, South Korea

Saemangeum embanked tidal flats to be converted into agriculture and other use, South Korea

Saemangeum embanked tidal flats to be converted into agriculture and other use, South Korea

Saemangeum embanked tidal flats to be converted into agriculture and other use, South Korea

Saemangeum Seawall, Build on cost of international important tidal flats, South Korea

Saemangeum Seawall, Build on cost of international important tidal flats, South Korea

Saemangeum Seawall, Build on cost of international important tidal flats, South Korea

Saemangeum Seawall, Built at the expense of international important tidal flats, South Korea

Saemangeum Seawall, Built at the expense of international important tidal flats, South Korea

Saemangeum Seawall, Built at the expense of international important tidal flats, South Korea

Saemangeum Seawall, Built at the expense of international important tidal flats, South Korea

Spoon-billed Sandpiper (Eurynorhynchus pygmeus) on its breeding site, Meinypyl'gino, Chukotka, North-East Siberia

Tidal flats, Crab holes, South Korea West Coast

Tidal flats, South Korea West Coast

Tidal flats, South Korea West Coast

Tidal flats, South Korea West Coast

Tidal flats, South Korea West Coast

Tidal flats, South Korea West Coast

Tidal flats, South Korea West Coast

Traditional shellfish harvesting on the former tidal flats of Seamangeum, South Korea

Traditional shellfish harvesting on the former tidal flats of Seamangeum, South Korea

Traditional shellfish harvesting on the former tidal flats of Seamangeum, South Korea

Traditional shellfish harvesting on the former tidal flats of Seamangeum, South Korea

Traditional shellfish harvesting on the former tidal flats of Seamangeum, South Korea

White-fronted Geese (Anser albifrons), Seamangeum, South Korea

White-fronted Geese (Anser albifrons), Seamangeum, South Korea

White-fronted Geese (Anser albifrons), Seamangeum, South Korea

Environment and Security in the Amu Darya Basin

The prime aim of this report is to identify the environmental stress points in the Amu Darya basin which have, or may have, security...

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