Urgent international action is required to protect the coastal habitats of these birds.

We ringed some young birds, but none returned home to breed. So what's going on? We hope to uncover the mystery along the fly path.

Bangladesh is highly significant as a wintering area for the spoon-billed sandpipers. But we are very concerned that the last suitable habitat for them will be destroyed over the next few years.

On the coastal areas pterosaur predominate and birds were exceedingly rare.

There is an urgent need to augment efforts to preserve habitats and simultaneously develop methods to boost their numbers.

Governments are mandated by international law to protect people from genocide.