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BOOKS SUPPORTING BIRDLIFE

6 books that are directly supporting BirdLife are available to buy. Proceeds from these publications help support BirdLife’s vital conservation work.
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BirdLife projects flying high in UNEP-GEF top-twenty

To mark its 20th Anniversary, the GEF has announced and profiled its 20 best projects funded through UNEP. This ‘20-best’ list features two projects in which BirdLife International was a key player.

The BirdLife World Congress 2013 – Information

“We are delighted to invite you to the BirdLife 2013 World Congress, to be held in Ottawa”, said Peter Schei, BirdLife Chairman and Her Imperial Highness Princess Takamado of Japan, BirdLife Honorary President.

The BirdLife World Congress 2013 – Programme

The congress will include a series of thematic sessions focussing on programmes and topics such as Preventing Extinctions, Key Biodiversity Areas, Forests of Hope and Saving our Oceans.

The BirdLife World Congress 2013 – Venue

The Ottawa Convention Centre should make for a spectacular venue for the 2013 BirdLife World Congress and will no doubt inspire a great deal of fruitful discussion and collaboration between the BirdLife Partners.

$4.3 Million for Neotropical Migratory Birds and Habitat Conservation

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today more than $4.3 million in grants for 34 projects that will support neotropical migratory bird conservation throughout the Western Hemisphere.

Census finds unexplained fall in Black-faced Spoonbill numbers

The 2011 International Black-faced Spoonbill Census has found a large decrease in the known wintering populations since last year’s census.

CONSERVATION SCIENCE REPORTS

4 Publications, 2 Available to Buy, 2 Free to Download

These publications focus on the world’s most threatened birds and how best to conserve them. SEE REPORTS BELOW

IMPORTANT BIRD AREAS

8 Publications, 6 Available to Buy

There are approximately 11,000 Important Bird Areas (IBA’s) worldwide. IBA’s are key sites for conservation – small enough to be conserved in their entirety and often already part of a protected-area network. SEE BOOKS BELOW

COMMERCIAL BOOKS USING BIRDLIFE DATA

3 Publications, All Available to Buy

Each of these publications is visually stunning and highly informative. These books include: ‘Bird Watch: A Survey of Planet Earth’s Ecosystems’, ‘Birds and People: Bonds in a Timeless Journey’ and ‘The Atlas of Birds: Mapping Avian Diversity, Behaviour and Habitats Worldwide’. SEE BOOKS BELOW

BIRD CONSERVATION SERIES

15 Publications, 8 Available to Buy

This highly informative series of publications focuses on the distribution, population trends and conservation status of birds from around the world. Each of these books represents a massive undertaking, bringing together the knowledge of countless researchers and conservationists. SEE BOOKS BELOW

BOOKS ON GLOBALLY THREATENED BIRDS

3 Publications, 2 Available to Buy

These publications provide details on the most threatened birds around the world. They contain species-by-species accounts of threats, existing conservation measures and thoughts for the future.

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State of the World’s Birds

FREE download. This report is a brief summary of the information available on BirdLife’s State of the world’s birds website.

Critically Endangered Birds: A Global Audit

FREE Download. Critically Endangered Birds is a product of the BirdLife Preventing Extinctions Programme. It presents the science underpinning the programme and the actions needed by other organisations, agencies and governments to complement it.