The Wild Bird Society of Japan (日本野鳥の会) was founded in 1934 in Tokyo, Japan.[1] The organisation has 47,000 members and publishes a newsletter called Strix. Other relevant publications include the Field Guide to the Birds of Japan,[2]Birds of East Asia,[3] and A Birdwatchers's Guide to Japan by Mark Brazil (published by Kodansha).[4]
After 15 years of lobbying by WBSJ and numerous other conservation organisations, the Hokkaido Government chose not to build drainage channels along the Chitose River in Chitose, Hokkaidō.[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.[6]
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.
Japan and Australia[8] also shared lead roles in the promotion of international bird conservation links, for example, the Japan Australia Migratory Bird Agreement (JAMBA) treaty which came into force in 1981.
