Future Plans

Our plans in the next few years

  • - To re-establish abandoned colony of the Chinese Crested Tern in Zhejiang.
  • - To continue our education and awareness project so that the Chinese Crested Tern will be as famous as the Giant Panda and the Crested Ibis in China.
  • - To strengthen our cooperation with government agencies and conservationists in China that more projects will be initiated from the Chinese government agencies.
  • - To continue our promotion for sharing of experience between breeding sites.
  • - To establish a network of Chinese Crested Tern range countries, particularly between China and Indonesia.
  • - To use the Chinese Crested Tern as a flagship to promote seabird conservation in eastern Asia.

How you can help

  • - Support the following organizations that work on the Chinese Crested Tern:
  • - Report any illegal selling of seabird eggs and products to the government authorities.
  • - Tell your friends about how important the Chinese Crested Tern is and we should protect the marine habitat.
  • - For people living or visiting South East Asian countries, pay attention to the possibility of occurrence of the Chinese Crested Tern in their wintering areas.

International cooperation on Chinese Crested Tern conservation

Chinese Crested Tern at Min Jiang Estuary, Fujian (Photo credit: Gao Chuan)