A new documentary film entitled ‘Bird Migration on the Bihar Plain’ has been produced by the Wings Over Wetlands demonstration project team in Hungary. The film documents the importance of the Bihar Plains as a breeding, wintering and stop-over area for hundreds of thousands of migratory waterbirds, highlighting the role played by the fishponds found in the area as a source of food and as an important place for the birds to rest during their often long and arduous journeys.
1. September 2010
Conservation gets personal – BirdLife’s August 2010 Round Up
“Conservation is all about what each of us can do personally to help”, said Richard Grimmett – BirdLife’s Assistant Director of Conservation – last month.
Richard was speaking about the success of BirdLife’s Common Swift nesting boxes which were erected recently by our office manager and are already attracting the attention of these fabulous migratory birds [...]
1. September 2010
BCST supporting a Local Conservation Group
Bird Conservation Society of Thailand (BCST. BirdLife in Thailand) recently brought members and birders to survey birds at public land near Bornok village in Prachuab Khirikhan Province, 300 km south of Bangkok
1. September 2010
Following the migration of White Storks
Natuurpunt (BirdLife in Belgium) is tracking migrating White Stork Ciconia ciconia on their route to Spain and West Africa.
31. August 2010
Albatross Task Force Diaries – Argentina
A blog from Nahuel Chavez from BirdLife’s Albatross Task Force based in Argentina. At this time of year the strong winds and snow that blow from the south make our work much more complicated. Read about how Nahuel gathered up around 40 Cape Petrel during a snow storm in his slippers to safely release them back to sea.
31. August 2010
IPs and logging
Haribon is in the process of completing a project called Golden Forests, Landscapes and Seascapes supported by the European Union and the Agencia Espanola de Cooperacion Inter-nacional that aims to reduce deforestation.
31. August 2010
Problems in Paraguay
Ten years ago, the Kuetuwy Aché community was established in the property ‘Finca 470′, under the understanding and commitment from the Paraguayan government that the property would be legally titled to the Aché people. Now however, the government plans to divide-up the property.
26. August 2010
Birds of the Middle East
Simon Aspinall and Richard Porter have dedicated their new book ‘Birds of the Middle East’ to BirdLife International’s Middle East conservation programme.
25. August 2010
Bird banding centre opened in Cuba
On July 17th, 2010, the Johann Christoph Gundlach Cuban Bird Banding Centre (CBBC) was officially opened. The CBBC is located at the Siboney-Jutic¡ Ecological Reserve (an Important Bird Area), managed by the Eastern Centre of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (BIOECO) in Santiago de Cuba.
The main goals of this permanent banding centre are [...]
24. August 2010
Sociable Lapwings embark on an Amazing Journey
Following extensive research, nine Sociable Lapwings have been carefully fitted with tiny, state-of-the-art satellite transmitters, which will track their hazardous 5,000+ km journey from their breeding grounds in Kazakhstan to their non breeding areas in tropical Africa and other, as yet undiscovered, destinations.
23. August 2010
Birdfair 2010 Day 3 Round Up – Video
In this film, Day 3 Round Up, The Final Day, we look back over the three days and more importantly look to the future. Now the money has been raised the hard work can really begin in the Ethiopian Highlands.
23. August 2010
Birdfair 2010 Day 2 Round Up – Video
In this film, Day 2 round up, we talk to people all around the fair to answer the question, “What does Birdfair mean to you?”
23. August 2010
Birdfair 2010 Day 1 Round Up – Video
Birdfair and their role in conservation. The coverage round up from Day 1 of the 2010 British Birdwatching fair in Rutland.
23. August 2010
Interview with BirdLife’s Middle East Advisor Richard Porter – Video
A report from David Lindo and the BirdGuides production team at the 2010 British Birdfair, interviewing Richard Porter (BirdLife’s Middle East Advisor) and Simon Aspinall about their new book, Birds of the Middle East. The book describes all the birds of the region, including totally updated accounts of the larks and the large white-headed gull complex.
20. August 2010
British birdwatchers rally to help Ethiopia
Tens of thousands of British birdwatchers attending the 22nd British Birdwatching Fair this weekend are coming together to raise funds for Ethiopia’s unique bird life.
19. August 2010
Sociable Lapwing Tracking – RSPB Video
Check out the new RSPB (BirdLife in the UK) video about tracking Critically Endangered Sociable Lapwing in Kazakhstan.
17. August 2010
Volunteers needed in New Caledonia for Crow Honeyeater Project
BirdLife Pacific in New Caledonia is seeking two volunteers to assist with surveying fieldwork seeking the Critically Endangered Crow Honeyeater. The positions are due to start September 15, 2010 and volunteers would ideally be available for 1-3 months.
17. August 2010
Northern Bald Ibis release in Syria – Video
See this amazing video by the RSPB (BirdLife in the UK) showing the release of Critically Endangered Northern Bald Ibis into Syria.
16. August 2010
BirdLife and CEPF expand funding opportunities for biodiversity conservation in the Indo‑Burma Hotspot
Non-governmental organisations (NGOs), academic institutions, community groups and other civil society organisations working in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Vietnam have been given another opportunity to apply for funding to conserve the Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot
16. August 2010
Swift box success at BirdLife’s UK office
With swifts on their way back to Africa it was time to open the boxes erected earlier in the year and find out what the birds had been doing…
13. August 2010
BCST joined IYB 2010 Celebration
In July, Bird Conservation Society of Thailand (BCST – BirdLife in Thailand) joined a government’s official event to celebrate the International Year of Biodiversity (IYB) 2010 organised by Office of Natural Resources and Environment Policy and Planning (ONEP), Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) at Khao Khiew Open Zoo in Chonburi Province, 100 km east of Bangkok, under a theme ‘Biodiversity is Our Life’.
11. August 2010
How long will they stand?
The destruction of the world’s mangrove forests is happening up to four times faster than the world’s land-based forests, according to a new United Nations report. A study commissioned by the U.N. Environmental Program (UNEP) reports that one fifth (around 35,500 square kilometers) of the world’s mangroves — forests straddling both land and sea — have been lost since 1980.
11. August 2010
Thirst for biofuels still threatening Kenya’s Dakatcha Woodlands – By Andre Farrar (RSPB – BirdLife in the UK)
In a move that buys a little time for the Dakatcha Woodlands, Kenya’s National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) has refused a licence to a 50,000ha biofuels plantation. At headline level, this looks like good news – and it certainly is a significant outcome of the campaign led by Nature Kenya and the local community. We’ve been [...]
11. August 2010
An Aruba without Troupial, Prikichi, Patrushi or Shoco?
The presence of the invasive Boa constrictor was first documented in Aruba in April of 1999. Ever since, the numbers of boas caught by the Park Rangers has been impressive. Hundreds are caught each year and only those seen in areas frequented by persons who then notify the Rangers for their assistance. It is safe to presume that a multifold of those caught actually live in Aruba’s wildlife.
9. August 2010
Important Bird Area directory is launched in Bolivia and Costa Rica
The Americas Important Bird Area (IBA) directory was launched at separate events in Bolivia and Costa Rica by BirdLife partners and collaborators.
9. August 2010
Presentation on the Critical Site Network Tool – videos
A presentation on the Wings Over Wetlands (WOW) Project’s Critical Site Network (CSN) Tool is now available on the video-sharing website YouTube. The presentation was given during the official launch of the CSN Tool on 14 June 2010 at an International Waterbird Conservation Symposium which took place in The Hague, the Netherlands to mark the 15th Anniversary of the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (AEWA).
9. August 2010
Nature Seychelles celebrates IYB2010
The latest issue of Zwazo – Nature Seychelles (BirdLife Partner) bi-annual conservation magazine – commemorates 2010 as the International Year of Biodiversity (IYB).
9. August 2010
‘Road to nowhere’ signposts Polish win for OTOP – Video
CNN video about OTOP’s (BirdLife in Poland) Malgorzata Gorska work to stop a highway through a wildnerness area of Poland.
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