Bird Life Tieng Anh-01.qxd - Birdlife International in Indochina

Acknowledgments
This report has been produced as a result of work funded by the Keidanren Nature Conservation
Fund (KNCF) through BirdLife’s Asian Division as part of the Conservation of Important Bird
Areas in Asia: follow-up actions for IBAs in Vietnam, Timor-Leste and Mongolia project. The
BirdLife International Vietnam Programme thanks KNCF for its support.
The report has been compiled from a series of technical biodiversity survey reports and minutes
authored by the following: Nguyen Duc Tu, Le Trong Trai (BirdLife International Vietnam
Programme), Richard Thomas (BirdLife International), Le Manh Hung, Ha Quy Quynh and Nguyen
Quoc Binh (Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources). Some reports are referred to in the text
and in the reference list. Dr Richard Thomas helped finalise the report and Mr Andrew Tordoff
provided valuable comments on the draft and final editing.
Some data used in this report were obtained from field surveys conducted by the Korean Federation
for Environmental Movements (KFEM) and other volunteer birdwatchers. The authors thank all
of them for their records, especially the late Dr Kim Soo Il, Mr Kim Kyungwon, Ms Park Sunyung
and other members of the KFEM team, Mr Steáphane Doppagne, Belgium Embassy in Hanoi, Mr
Andrew Tordoff, BirdLife Asian Division and Mr Peter Bijmakers for their generous help.
We particularly thank the following institutions for providing information, which assisted in the
preparation of this report: the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Hanoi (IEBR), the
World Conservation Union (IUCN), and the National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA)
of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE).
At each site many people kindly contributed their knowledge and experience during this project
and we extend our sincere thanks to them all for their help during field surveys, especially: Mr Toan,
Mr Le, Mr Tuan, Mr Tu, Mr Huynh and Mr Vien, the border guards at Hoa Rivermouth Station,
Thai Thuy district, Thai Binh province; Mr Pham Hoai Nam and Mr Tran Du of Tien Hai Nature
Reserve; Mr Nguyen Viet Cach, Director of Xuan Thuy National Park and his staff; and Mr Trinh
Viet Phich, Director, Mr Mai Xuan Trung and other staff of Nghia Hung District FPD, Nam Dinh
province.
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