World Bird Festival 2006

BirdLife International's third World Bird Festival

BirdLife's World Bird Festival in 2006 encouraged the conservation of birds through a diversity of activities including nature walks, indoor meetings, lectures, seminars, film showings, arts performances (music, theatre & poetry readings), children's events (face painting, bird costume making, painting competitions), and exhibitions (paintings, prints, photographs).

"In 2006, the main World Bird Festival strapline was Connecting people with nature. Birds are part of our lives and associated with all cultures around the world." —Adrian Long, Head of Communications, BirdLife International

Jennifer Smith - SalvaNATURA Exhibitions about birds are some of the many activities that attracted people to the festival Zoom In

BirdLife's World Bird Festival occurs every two years. This global event aims to raise public awareness of the importance of birds and their habitats, and at the same time, to promote the conservation of thousands of globally important sites upon which most of the world’s birds depend.

In 2006 the theme for the World Bird Festival was Important Bird Areas (IBAs) around the world. IBAs are found in almost every country and their conservation is crucial for maintaining healthy populations of birds.

Throughout the festival BirdLife promoted the link between birds and people and empowered local groups to take action for the protection of IBAs. Organisations from across the world participated in this event and IBAs were promoted in every country.

To find out more about the World Bird Festival 2006 events in the countries involved, follow the links below: