IUCN SSC Stork, Ibis and Spoonbill Specialist Group

My professional career is developed in both International Cooperation and development and Conservation Biology sectors. I have performed many surveys, environmental impact assessments, strategic plans and short and long terms action plans in national and international conservation projects, as well as many census of threatened species. My last works have been focused on management of both international projects and programmes about conservation and sustainable development. I am interested in opening line of works to, from the Conservation Biology framework, contribute to the sustainable development and improve the livelihood of rural communities within natural areas in developing countries. My PhD Thesis was about Biology and Conservation of the Iberian Black Stork population (Ciconia nigra), with references to black stork conservation in the Sahel region. The PhD was held at Complutense University of Madrid.

Yat-tung obtained his MPhil degree at University of Hong Kong in 2002 where he studied the endangered Black-faced Spoonbill in non-breeding grounds. He joined the Hong Kong Bird Watching Society in 2003 as a coordinator of the International Black-faced Spoonbill Census and Deep Bay waterbird monitoring programme, later he became the research manager in 2012. From his study of the Black-faced Spoonbill and coordinating both local and regional waterbird monitoring activities, he has amassed extensive experience on conservation activities on waterbirds and intertidal habitats. Yat-tung is also one of the authors of the “International Species Action Plan for the Black-faced Spoonbill (Platalea minor)” published in 2010. He is also currently a member of the IUCN SSC Bird Red List Authority and WI-IUCN SSC Stork, Ibis and Spoonbill Specialist Group.