Locally-led East Asian Flyway Acoustics (LEAFA) Program

  • Locally-led East Asian Flyway Acoustics (LEAFA) Program

    Locally-led bioacoustics research initiative for a regional scale impact for migratory birds. -LEAFA Team

    The East Asian-Australasian Flyway (EAF) is one of the world’s most diverse bird migration routes, but it contains many threatened or endangered species due to the synergistic…

  • Meet the LEAFA Team

    I am working as a lecturer from Universitas Sulawesi Barat, West Sulawesi province. The 14 years experience in the ornithology such as bird diversity consultant to Internasional Animal Rescue (IAR) in the Ketapang, West Kalimantan, and published many scientific articles related to the bird research bring me to share my knowledge and experience to the local people in the West Sulawesi. The sharing knowledge and experience aims to encourage the youth in the West Sulawesi to understand and deeply learning about the bird conservation and research, both migratory and endemic birds.

  • 2024 Call For Proposal

    Application Deadline: 25 February 2024 (23:59 Local Time)

    Grant start date: April 2024

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    (PDF version of the grant announcement is available here: Portuguese, Spanish, English)

    The K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics (Yang Center) is one of the programmatic…

  • Katharine B. Payne Fellows Program in Conservation Bioacoustics – Central Africa

    Application Deadline: 14 February 2024

    Overview

    The K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics (Yang Center), based at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in Ithaca, New York, is a recognized leader in bioacoustics, the science of gathering, analyzing, and interpreting sounds in…

  • A study of migratory birds in the East Asian Flyway

    Background and Significance:

    Despite housing some of the richest biodiversity hotspots on Earth, the tropical forests of Southeast Asia are experiencing rapid degradation from development, agricultural expansion, and forest fires amplified by climate change. The East Asian-Australasian Flyway (EAF) is one…

  • BioacousTalks
    BioacousTalks

    BioacousTalks is your bi-weekly gathering for learning about advances in passive acoustic monitoring and connecting with a global community of practitioners. In these sessions, invited speakers present new methods and tools, share noteworthy case studies, and lead discussions about unresolved…

  • Protected: Meet our Advisors

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  • Wake Up Calls – Inspired by Nature

    The best way to wake up is with the sounds of nature. Below are 8 recordings from Yang Center projects that highlight the different regions where we work and animals that we are working to help conserve. From forest elephants…

  • FIELD REPORT: Anaconda, Montana

    In the early 1900s, flooding near the town of Anaconda, Montana washed toxic mine waste through over 100 miles of the headwaters of the Clark Fork, the largest river in Montana. In response, the mining company built a series of…