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Biodiversity survey of Tokelau
Sun hats, sunscreen and long sleeved shirts were a necessity in a biodiversitysurvey recently conducted by Mere Valu – Conservation Officer from the BirdLife Fiji Programme – alongside a team of scientists from the Pacific region in two atolls in the Tokelau Islands…
Continue reading...SAVE Brasil da inicio a los ecos de Conservación en la Serra do Urubu
30. December 2011
Desde 2004, SAVE Brasil (BirdLife en Brasil) lidera el proyecto de Conservación de Serra do Urubu, en el municipio de Lagoa dos Gatos, Pernambuco. El área es el hogar de una rica biodiversidad y de una de las aves más amenazadas del mundo: Philydor novaesi. El trabajo de conservación en la zona comenzó con la compra [...]
Continue reading...Heads bring security to climate talks
8. December 2011
This post shares thoughts and experiences from the Climate Change Conference currently going on in Durban South Africa. It is the 17th Conference of Parties – simply put, COP 17.
Continue reading...The Power of the Yellow Badges at COP
7. December 2011
The UNFCCC COP17 is currently being held in Durban, South Africa. People attending the conference are either given a pink badge, if they are representing one of the parties, or a yellow badge, if they are representing an NGO.
Continue reading...Durban climate talks continue as Ministers arrive
6. December 2011
Negotiators and NGOs alike are preparing for the Ministers taking over the negotiations when the High Level Segment kicks off tomorrow.
Continue reading...The intrigues of a COP Meeting
5. December 2011
This post shares thoughts and experiences from the Climate Change Conference currently going on in Durban South Africa. It is the 17th Conference of Parties – simply put, COP 17.
Continue reading...Nature Canada Seeks Public Support to Send Canadian Youth on Arctic Expedition
5. October 2011
Nature Canada (BirdLife Partner) has entered a funding competition to give 13 Canadian youth the opportunity of a lifetime aboard Arctic Expedition 2012.
Continue reading...Fijians for Fijian Forests – linking livelihoods and landscapes
14. September 2011
BirdLife’s Site Support Group at Mount Nabukelevu IBA in Fiji was recently visited by staff from The World Bank and CEPF who tell us their personal tales from the trip…
Continue reading...Ghosts of Gone Birds London haunt announced…
26. August 2011
Following the launch of an extraordinary new multi-media art exhibition – Ghosts of Gone Birds – at the Liverpool School of Art & Design earlier this year, the show has grown and evolved during the summer and will now ‘manifest’ in London’s East End this November.
Continue reading...‘No Porto Fayoum’ petition now online
10. June 2011
Join in the campaign to save Lake Quaran and Gebel Qatrani in Egypt.
Continue reading...Keeping islands rat-free for pacific birds and people – with Elenoa Seniloli
18. May 2011
Find out about BirdLife’s ground-breaking programme with local communities to rid Pacific islands of invasive rats.
Continue reading...When we were up we were up…
26. April 2011
An adventure to Kadavu, Fiji in search of Collared Petrel.
Continue reading...Washed rockhoppers get ready for release
18. April 2011
All washed penguins are being kept in newly created pools to swim and feed in the run up to their release back into the wild.
Continue reading...Ivan Papanin arrives at Tristan
13. April 2011
More equipment arrives on Tristan to help save the oiled penguins.
Continue reading...Grupo Jaragua realiza visita al Parque Nacional Sierra de Bahoruco
12. April 2011
Como parte de los proyectos de conservación y protección al medio ambiente y los recursos naturales en la República Dominicana, que realiza el Grupo Jaragua (BirdLife en República Dominicana), fue realizada la excursión al Parque Nacional Sierra de Bahoruco , con el objetivo de incentivar a la visita del parque.
Continue reading...Wash and dry for rockhopers at rehab centre
11. April 2011
The first rockhopper penguins are washed at the newly erected wash-bay facility.
Continue reading...Island gets set to wash thousands of penguins
7. April 2011
Experts arrive on Tristan to help save thousands of Northern Rockhopper Penguins affected by the oil spill.
Continue reading...Penguin rehab updates
5. April 2011
On this page you can follow progress of the number of penguins leaving the ‘rehab’ centre and returning to the wild.
Continue reading...Networks of care
18. March 2011
More than half of Poland’s 140 Important Bird Areas (IBAs) are over 15,000 hectares. The biggest of all, Tuchola Forest, covers 360,000 hectares. Simply monitoring sites of this size is a formidable challenge.
Continue reading...Saving Malawi IBAs
18. March 2011
In Malawi, the Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi (WESM, BirdLife Affiliate) operates through nine branches covering the entire country, supported by a national secretariat in Blantyre.
Continue reading...Volunteering the Danish Way
18. March 2011
Bird conservation in Denmark has a long history and DOF, the Danish BirdLife Partner, is one of the oldest nature conservation societies in Europe. In 2002, inspired by similar examples from the BirdLife Partnership, DOF decided to establish groups of volunteers around each of their 128 IBAs.
Continue reading...Working for Lebanese IBAs
18. March 2011
From its establishment in 1986, the Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL, BirdLife in Lebanon) advocated the establishment of a national protected areas programme.
Continue reading...Prioritising nature people
18. March 2011
“Working with local conservation groups is not just a branch of our work, but the cross-cutting axis of most of our activities”, explains Rosa María Vidal, Executive Director of Pronatura Sur. “As we say, ‘our priority is the people who have nature as a priority’.”
Continue reading...Caretaker network in Greece
18. March 2011
The Hellenic Ornithological Society (HOS, BirdLife in Greece) is one of the largest membership based conservation non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Greece. In order to monitor the many Important Bird Areas (IBAs) scattered around the country, HOS needs a network of volunteer ‘eyes and ears’ on the ground, to gather information and eventually act to protect sites.
Continue reading...Site conservation in India
18. March 2011
Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS, BirdLife in India), one of the largest membership-based conservation NGOs in India, is the oldest organisation in the BirdLife Partnership, having recently celebrated its 125th anniversary.
Continue reading...Nepalese Conservation
18. March 2011
Bird Conservation Nepal (BCN) is the largest and oldest civil society organisation for ornithologists, birdwatchers and conservationists in Nepal. Its members include students and teachers, professionals and other members of the general public.
Continue reading...Bird Clubs South Africa style
18. March 2011
BirdLife South Africa (BLSA; BirdLife Partner) has a membership of around 6,700, of whom more than 5,000 are also members of Bird Clubs. The network of more than 40 Bird Club/branches and affiliates provides a great resource, which allows BLSA to achieve much more than it could through its dedicated staff alone.
Continue reading...Syria hosts inaugural meeting of the Sociable Lapwing International Working Group.
18. March 2011
Conservation scientists and government officials from fourteen countries spanning three continents are meeting in Syria today to plan collaborative conservation action that aims to prevent the extinction of the Critically Endangered Sociable Lapwing. Countries which have sent representatives include, Ethiopia, India, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Russia, Saudia Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Turkey and United Kingdom. The event marks [...]
Continue reading...Last chance to tell…
17. March 2011
For three years, Mark Cocker, the author and conservationist, has been working with BirdLife on a massive and remarkable initiative that documents how birds fill our lives. Called Birds and People, the project is building an international chorus on just why birds are so important to people.
Continue reading...We want more women in conservation
17. March 2011
Arriving on Cousin Island Special Reserve, visitors will not fail to notice the enthusiastic group of female wardens who will welcome them to the island. It might be the driver of the boat, one of the people pushing the boat or the person leading a tour of the island.
Continue reading...Ace navigator Erzhan emerges in Sudan for a fourth consecutive winter
27. January 2011
After an absence of any firm location data since early October, Erzhan – our most experienced traveller – has just popped up on our radar again. For the fourth year running we can confirm he is now back in a wintering flock in Sudan.
Continue reading...- Alaotra Grebe extinction – Do you care?
- UPDATE: over 866,000 birds slaughtered so far this autumn in Cyprus! - Sign the petition to stop this now!
- List of extinct bird species
- 89,225 birds slaughtered…so far! - Sign the petition to stop it now!
- Project launched to identify conservation targets within one million km2 of Eastern Africa
- Searching for Sociable Lapwing with Nature Iraq's Omar Fadil
- Birds at risk from the Gulf Oil Spill
- An Aruba without Troupial, Prikichi, Patrushi or Shoco?
- Concurso: Ponle el nombre al ave simbolo del Festival Mundial de las Aves
- Miracle in the marshes of Iraq
- Manuel Sanchez: Hi, How we van get involved? Sounds interesting...
- Richard Martin: This is a good chance to learn from each other and...
- Kariuki Ndang'ang'a: All submissions of abstracts should go to Colleen ...
- Rohit kundu: Such constructive thinking is required for the bet...
- Laura: Looking forward to participating in awareness rais...
- First assessment of Endangered Northern Rockhopper Penguins since 2011 oil spill
- BirdLife welcomes passing of law to secure transboundary ecosystems in East Africa
- Sustainable tourism for Nepal's wetlands
- BirdLife and ITTO agree to pursue common goals on tropical forests
- New stronghold for Japanese Murrelet found
- Targeting hunters to save Spoon-billed Sandpiper
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