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CRESTED IBIS 3

Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Dec 30, 2018
Japan may lower Red List status of crested ibis as more live in wild
Crested ibises in Japan are facing less risk of extinction amid efforts to reintroduce the birds to the wild, leading the government to consider lowering its status on the list of threatened species, government sources said Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 7, 2018
China expected to donate pair of endangered crested ibises to Japan as sign of improving ties
Move expected at summit between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Feb 5, 2018
Sado rice farmers get contact lens solution to crested ibis dilemma
The habitat of the Japanese crested ibis, one of the nation's special natural treasures, is improving on Sado Island thanks to new technology for cleaning contact lenses.
EDITORIALS
Jun 14, 2016
Bringing back the crested ibis
The effort to revive the crested ibis on Sado Island serves as a reminder that humans are responsible for the disappearance of many species, but that with the right efforts humans can also save endangered species from extinction.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 1, 2016
Third chick born to wild ibis pair confirmed as sibling of second bird seen earlier
The Environment Ministry said it has found a third crested ibis chick hatched in the wild on Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture, a sibling to a second chick first spotted two days prior.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 28, 2016
Second chick born to wild ibis pair confirmed; chick born last week likely dead
The Environment Ministry said Thursday it has found a second crested ibis chick born to a wild pair on Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture, while indicating the first chick confirmed last week to have been born to a separate pair was now likely dead.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 22, 2016
Chick born to wild crested ibis pair on Sado Island marks 40-year first
A crested ibis chick has been found in a nest built in the wild on an island in the Sea of Japan, making it the first to be born to a truly wild pair in Japan in 40 years, the Environment Ministry said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 20, 2013
Ibis reintroduction program sees fledging success
Kei Osada, 41, is the man behind the recent success of a government effort to reintroduce the crested ibis as part of a captive breeding program for the species that once became extinct in the wild in Japan.

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