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Water for birds: Club installs bird baths for Seychelles Paradise Flycatcher
An after school club called the Friends of the Flycatcher is helping to keep the Critically Endangered Seychelles Paradise Flycatcher watered.
Continue reading...Demonstrating ecosystem service values in Africa
8. January 2013
A new project will train African conservationists to conduct ecosystem services assessments and use the results to promote better policy decisions and build institutional capacity
Continue reading...Great loss-The late Georges Henry Oueda
21. December 2012
A great loss to conservation as Georges Henry Oueda, Director of Conservation of NATURAMA (BirdLife in Burkina Faso) passes on.
Continue reading...How African school children got ready to drawing competition
21. December 2012
The preparations for the “My Spring” drawing competition.
Continue reading...Winners of “My Spring” Drawing competition in Africa announced
21. December 2012
This are the winners of the 2012 maiden edition of the Spring Alive drawing competition for children in Africa.
Continue reading...Nairobi Convention COP 7 adopts a decision to conserve birds
17. December 2012
The Seventh Conference of Parties (COP 7) of the Nairobi Convention ended on 14th December with a COP Decision to designate Important Bird Areas (IBAs) in the territories of the Contracting Parties as a tool for conservation of marine and coastal ecosystems, and to use information on birds as indicators of ecosystem health. The decision [...]
Continue reading...Up in smoke: charcoal production threatens almost a tenth of Somalia’s avifauna
17. December 2012
When African Union Mission in Somalia forces took control of the port city of Kismayo in Southern Somalia in September, they found an estimated four million sacks of charcoal waiting to be exported. However, a ban on export dates back to 1969.
Continue reading...Regional Workshop on Mainstreaming Migratory Soaring Birds’ Considerations in the Energy Sector
15. December 2012
The workshop will bring together leading experts from both the energy and nature conservation sectors to tackle bird mortality in energy infrastructure in the Middle East Region
Continue reading...Sustainable utilization of wetland resources by a Local Conservation Group: Case of Nyabarongo Wetlands, Rwanda.
13. December 2012
Wetlands, birds and people benefit from each other in Rwanda
Continue reading...The Seventh Conference of Parties to the Nairobi Convention begins today
10. December 2012
The COP7 is expected to consider and adopt recommendations of a regional report on Birds as indicators of ecosystem health developed by BirdLife Partnership in collaboration with the national governments and the Secretariat of the Nairobi Convention.
Continue reading...On the road to a common ground for Ethiopia’s energy plans and conservation of migratory soaring birds
19. November 2012
Stakeholders in an energy workshop discuss the common need to promote renewable energy while ensuring that considerations of the risks to migratory soaring birds are made during the planning and operational processes of wind, solar and transmission lines developments.
Continue reading...Update: Small grants also available for Mediterranean hotspot conservation- apply now
16. November 2012
BirdLife International invite new Letters of Inquiry from NGOs, Community Groups and other Civil Society organisations for small grants to conserve biodiversity in the Mediterranean Basin Hotspot.
Continue reading...Local Empowerment for biodiversity conservation and improved livelihoods-a necessity for the Africa region
12. November 2012
The official launch of the BirdLife International Local Empowerment Programme could not have come at a better time. Despite numerous efforts, many sites of biological significance are under serious threat, and around 45% are lacking any form of protection. Site safeguard and sustainable land-use planning remain marginal to global economic growth. As pressures against biodiversity [...]
Continue reading...Critical Ecosystems in need of Letters: BirdLife International and CEPF invite new Letters of Inquiry for Mediterranean Hotspot conservation
7. November 2012
BirdLife International invite Letters of Inquiry from NGOs, Community Groups and other Civil Society organisations for large grants to conserve biodiversity in the Mediterranean Basin Hotspot.
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