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The BirdLife Africa Partnership currently operates in 23 African countries: Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

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BirdLife Africa Partnership Secretariat joins Mount Kenya Site Support Group to celebrate World Migratory Bird Day (WBMD) marked on 12th to 13th of May, 2012.

Thursday, May 17, 2012

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BirdLife Africa Partnership Secretariat joins Mount Kenya Site Support Group to celebrate World Migratory Bird Day (WBMD) marked on 12th to 13th of May, 2012.

Each year around the world, people come together to celebrate World Migratory Bird Day to raise awareness on the protection of migratory birds. This year’s 2012 theme for World Migratory Bird Day is “Migratory birds and people- together through time”. Migratory birds and people are inseparably connected in many different ways but human activities like excessive land use, unsustainable hunting, poor agricultural practices, industrial pollution and many other activities now gravely threaten migratory birds around the world. WMBD strives towards preserving the cultural ties people have with migratory birds and the vital economic and environmental benefits they sustain.

My experience at CAP by: Evelyn Runjugi

Thursday, May 17, 2012

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Background
The BirdLife Council for the African Partnership (CAP) is the highest decision making organ in Africa. It brings together representatives from all 23 countries where BirdLife works in Africa. It constitutes of all Africa Partners, Partner Designate and Affiliates. Its inception meeting was held in Kenya in 1997 and since then, CAP has been meeting annually until 2008, when the meeting was changed to once every two years. At every meeting a chair is elected to serve until the next meeting.
In 2012, CAP was held in Kenya for the third time from the 26th to 31ST March. The following are my personal impressions and lessons learnt during the meeting.

BirdLife South Africa joins the world to celebrate World Wetlands Day

Friday, May 11, 2012

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BirdLife South Africa held a number of events to promote the important link between healthy wetlands and the good health of people, birds and the economy

Africa CAP of Nations match ends in a 2 all draw

Thursday, April 12, 2012

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Africa CAP of Nations match ends in a 2 all draw

The meeting of the Council for the Africa Partnership (CAP – not to be confused with the European ‘Common Agricultural Policy’) which took place in Nairobi, Kenya, started ceremoniously, and ended with a bang – or rather, four bangs.

World Wetlands Day 2012 celebrations in Kenya

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

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World Wetlands Day 2012 celebrations in Kenya

The World Wetlands Day is marked yearly on 2 February to commemorate the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands, which was done on 2 February 1971 in the Caspian Sea.

Africa Partnership Meeting about to start on 26 March, ceremoniously

Friday, March 23, 2012

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Africa Partnership Meeting about to start on 26 March, ceremoniously

The BirdLife International Council for the Africa Partnership meeting is about to start. Follow its progress on these pages…

Regional workshop for the conservation strategy of the Great Lakes Region

Monday, February 27, 2012

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Regional workshop for the conservation strategy of the Great Lakes Region

The strategy will look at sites that are of critical importance to biodiversity and at the threats to them, but it will also consider Ecosystem Services and human wellbeing.

Ethiopia dam project rides roughshod over heritage of local tribes people

Monday, February 27, 2012

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Thousands of semi-nomadic tribespeople are being forcibly moved from their traditional lands in southern Ethiopia to make way for European and Indian sugar cane and biofuel plantations, according to testimonies collected by Survival International researchers.

BirdLife welcomes passing of law to secure transboundary ecosystems in East Africa

Friday, February 3, 2012

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BirdLife welcomes passing of law to secure transboundary ecosystems in East Africa

There is excitement at the news of the East African Legislative Assembly passing a law that could transform how transboundary ecosystems and resources are managed in East Africa.

PAOC 13 – Call for Abstracts

Thursday, January 19, 2012

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The PAOCC invites all participants to submit abstracts for the PAOC 13.

BirdLife Africa Secretariat staff extend helping hands to needy children

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

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BirdLife Africa Secretariat staff extend helping hands to needy children

BirdLife Africa Partnership Secretariat organized an outreach event to Mercy Children’s Home in Githurai at the outskirts of Nairobi City, Kenya on 17th December 2011.

First announcement: Council for the Africa Partnership meeting March 2012

Thursday, December 22, 2011

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First announcement: Council for the Africa Partnership meeting March 2012

The next Council for the Africa Partnership meeting will take place in Kenya between 26 and 30 March 2012. Read all about it!

Governments urged to recognise the role of ecosystems and biodiversity in climate change adaptation and mitigation

Monday, December 5, 2011

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Governments urged to recognise the role of ecosystems and biodiversity in climate change adaptation and mitigation

Climate change during the coming decades is projected to dramatically alter current patterns of temperature and precipitation across Africa, with huge implications for both humans and biodiversity

African Ministerial Conference on the Environment Fourth Special Session

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

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African Ministerial Conference on the Environment Fourth Special Session

The ministerial segment of the thirteenth session of the African Ministerial Conference on
the Environment (AMCEN) was held at the International Conference Centre in Bamako from
9 to 16 September 2011.

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