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Una Introducción a la Conservación y a los Derechos Humanos Para los Socios de BirdLife International

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Una Introducción a la Conservación y a los Derechos Humanos Para los Socios de BirdLife International brinda una visión general de algunos de los derechos humanos relevantes en el contexto de la conservación.

Empowering the Grassroots Megaposter

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

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BirdLife has won the COP 11 Jury Choice Award for the “Mega-poster” exhibition and competition organised by the CBD Secretariat’s Biodiversity for Development Unit.

Working together out of poverty

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

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A look at what the BirdLife Partnership is doing to help eradicate poverty

Eight ways to unleash the potential of local organisations

Sunday, September 16, 2012

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Eight ways to unleash the potential of local organisations, a policy brief authored jointly with the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and the Equator Initiative, draws extensively on BirdLife’s work with Local Conservation Groups. Representatives of several of these groups, which combine conservation work with well-being and livelihoods improvements for their communities, took [...]

Gaining recognition for community-based organisations at Zambales Mountains IBA, the Philippines

Sunday, September 16, 2012

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Gaining recognition for community-based organisations at Zambales Mountains IBA, the Philippines

Sales of tree seedlings from communal nurseries set up by forest dependent families in the municipality of Mangatarem, in the east of the island of Luzon, The Philippines, have provided enough income to meet daily needs, while helping with the reforestation of the Zambales Mountains Important Bird Area.

Living on the Edge: protecting and restoring ecosystems in the Sahel

Sunday, September 16, 2012

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Living on the Edge: protecting and restoring ecosystems in the Sahel

Birds and people depend on natural resources for their survival. The intricate link between people and their environment is especially apparent in the Sahel, with its millions of people (and hundreds of millions of goats), its unpredictable rainfall, and the increasing pressure on wetlands, trees and grasslands which are also used by billions of migratory and Afrotropical birds.

Livelihoods and conservation in the Philippines

Sunday, September 16, 2012

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Livelihoods and conservation in the Philippines

The Mount Hilong-hilong Important Bird Area (IBA), one of the last tracts of lowland rainforest in the northeast of mainland Mindanao in the Philippines, is the home of the globally threatened Philippine Eagle, and of the indigenous Mamanwas and Manobos.

School attendance rises and disease falls in the Bagyeli/Bakola communities

Sunday, September 16, 2012

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School attendance rises and disease falls in the Bagyeli/Bakola communities

Indigenous Bagyeli and Bakola communities in Cameroon are highly marginalised, and most live in poverty. High levels of illiteracy have hindered their efforts to claim their rights to forests and resources (non-timber forest products), and the forests where they live are being lost through logging and the expansion of agriculture. Within the framework of the [...]

Micro-loans and a voice for women around the Gola Rainforest National Park

Sunday, September 16, 2012

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Micro-loans and a voice for women around the Gola Rainforest National Park

As part of the “Across The River” Trans-boundary Peace Park project in the Gola forest between Sierra Leone and Liberia, BirdLife Partners are making sure that local people benefit from the conservation and sustainable use of the forest.

Securing tenure and livelihoods in Paraguay’s Atlantic Forest

Sunday, September 16, 2012

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Securing tenure and livelihoods in Paraguay’s Atlantic Forest

BirdLife Partner Guyra Paraguay is working with local communities at Important Bird Areas to demonstrate how conserving biodiversity can improve the quality of life and livelihoods, and alleviate poverty. Important sites for biodiversity conservation in Paraguay are being lost at an unprecedented speed. Almost 90% of Paraguay’s share of South America’s Atlantic forest has been [...]

IBAs of the rising sun

Sunday, March 18, 2012

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A look at World Bird Society of Japan’s work at recruiting local people and providing them with the skills they need to monitor biodiversity

Empowering the Grassroots

Thursday, December 15, 2011

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In support of its Local Empowerment Programme, BirdLife has published Empowering the Grassroots, which examines the work of Important Bird Area Local Conservation Groups around the world.

An Introduction to Conservation and Human Rights for BirdLife Partners

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

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An Introduction to Conservation and Human Rights for BirdLife Partners provides an overview of some of the human rights relevant to a conservation context.

Launch of BirdLife’s new Local Empowerment Programme

Thursday, September 1, 2011

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Launch of BirdLife’s new Local Empowerment Programme

BirdLife is launching a Local Empowerment Programme to provide more effective support for Local Conservation Groups, and to strengthen and expand networks of local organisations…