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IUCN WCC Day 4: What do birds tell us about the state of biodiversity in your country?

9. September 2012

It’s Day 4 of the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Jeju, the Republic of Korea. Over 8,000 delegates from around the world are meeting to explore many of our most pressing environmental and development challenges, and how nature is intricately linked to solving these issues. BirdLife is well represented at the meeting, with around 30 [...]

IUCN WCC Day 3: What are the world’s most important sites for birds?

9. September 2012

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IUCN WCC Day 3: What are the world’s most important sites for birds?

It’s Day 3 of the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Jeju, the Republic of Korea. Over 8,000 delegates from around the world are meeting to explore many of our most pressing environmental and development challenges, and how nature is intricately linked to solving these issues. BirdLife is well represented at the meeting, with around 30 [...]

IUCN WCC Day 2: Where can I find information on all the world’s bird species?

7. September 2012

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IUCN WCC Day 2: Where can I find information on all the world’s bird species?

It’s Day 2 of the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Jeju, the Republic of Korea, where over 8,000 delegates from around the world are meeting to explore many of our most pressing environmental and development challenges, and how nature is intricately linked to solving these issues. BirdLife is well represented at the meeting, with around [...]

IUCN WCC Day 1: What do birds tell us about the state of the planet?

6. September 2012

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IUCN WCC Day 1: What do birds tell us about the state of the planet?

Over the next week, 8,000 delegates from around the world are meeting at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Jeju, the Republic of Korea, to explore many of our most pressing environmental and development challenges, and how nature is intricately linked to solving these issues. BirdLife is well represented at the meeting, with around 30 [...]

Birdwatchers gather to save Asia’s coastal wetlands

17. August 2012

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Birdwatchers gather to save Asia’s coastal wetlands

The world’s biggest fair relating to bird and wildlife conservation is raising money this year to help save millions of migratory birds which rely on Asia’s rich tidal wetlands

BirdLife’s History in 20 Objects: #1 “Birds of a Feather”

31. July 2012

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BirdLife’s History in 20 Objects: #1 “Birds of a Feather”

William Hudson recoiled in horror as he witnessed the sale of 80,000 Parrot and 1,700 Bird of Paradise skins in London, 1897. By 1922 a group of people had seen enough…

Ramsar COP11 concludes on a high – but key wetlands still threatened

16. July 2012

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Ramsar COP11 concludes on a high – but key wetlands still threatened

Amid the vast echoing marble halls of the Parliamentary Palace in Bucharest, the Eleventh Conference of Parties of the Ramsar Convention closed last Friday 13 July on a positive note.

BirdLife’s History in 20 Objects, #10: A Drink For Nature

12. July 2012

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BirdLife’s History in 20 Objects, #10: A Drink For Nature

New study released today: the investment needed to save nature. In 2002, world leaders met to discuss the future of nature on earth. They set targets to reduce biodiversity loss that were not close to being met in 2010. Now, with the first authoritative information on financial costs, BirdLife International is determined to ensure world leaders take the new ‘Aichi Targets’ seriously…

Wise decisions for wetlands? Ramsar COP11 begins in Bucharest

6. July 2012

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Wise decisions for wetlands? Ramsar COP11 begins in Bucharest

BirdLife will be using the meeting to highlight the threats to key wetlands from ill-considered ‘development’ that focuses only on short-term benefits.

Grupo Jaragua’s first land purchase initiative saves 100 ha of threatened Caribbean forest

3. July 2012

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Grupo Jaragua’s first land purchase initiative saves 100 ha of threatened Caribbean forest

Grupo Jaragua (BirdLife in the Dominican Republic) has successfully purchased a 100 ha corridor of transitional, previously unprotected and highly threatened forest within the Jaragua-Bahoruco-Enriquillo Biosphere Reserve.

Rio+20: where it should lead

28. June 2012

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The RSPB and Green Alliance have asked leaders from politics, business, NGOs, economics, science and the youth movement,to give their views in a collection of essays, Rio+20: where it should lead.

Reflections on Rio – reaffirming and renewing rhetoric but has anything really changed?

25. June 2012

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Reflections on Rio – reaffirming and renewing rhetoric but has anything really changed?

As the 50,000 participants travel home after ten days of discussing The Future We Want, the outcome document from the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), it’s time to reflect on the substance of what was agreed.

BirdLife’s History in 20 Objects: #3 “All Hands on Deck!”

22. June 2012

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BirdLife’s History in 20 Objects: #3 “All Hands on Deck!”

Exciting personal accounts from an elite team of international high seas heroes. Venturing out to sea with local fishermen, the Albatross Task Force are who you call to save seabirds from accidental catching…

BirdLife’s History in 20 Objects, #12: A Migratory Bird’s-Eye View of the World

22. June 2012

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BirdLife’s History in 20 Objects, #12: A Migratory Bird’s-Eye View of the World

They fly thousands of kilometres from pole to pole, and from their perspective in the sky, migratory birds see and know no boundaries. Celebrated by many cultures, the wonder of their epic journeys has the ability to foster bonds between nations. This is the flyways approach…