Wild Bird Society of Japan

[5] Lobbying by WBSJ and others, were also successful in getting the plan to reclaim Fujimae Tidal Flat, an important migration stop-over site for shorebirds, to be dropped.

In conjunction with Taiwan Wild Bird Federation (previously BirdLife in Taiwan), Hong Kong Bird Watching Society (BirdLife in Hong Kong) and other organisations, a joint-project sponsored by JFGE and the Council of Agriculture of Taiwan (COA), successfully tracked black-faced spoonbills to previously unknown nesting sites in the Demilitarized Zone in Korea, and also identified several new important stopover sites in China.

WBSJ worked with the Heilongjiang Farm Bureau to design nature reserves at the Sanjiang Plain in China, sponsored by the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC).

In conjunction with Wetlands International, the organisation worked to promote the Asia-Pacific Migratory Waterbird Conservation Strategy.

WBSJ also funded and supported the opening of an education centre at Muraviovka Nature Park, Russia.