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More petrels discovered in Haiti
The nocturnal calls of Black-capped Petrels Pterodroma hasitata have guided Haitian researchers to discover more nesting locations for this Endangered seabird.
Continue reading...The Caribbean wetland experience
2. February 2012
This year’s World Wetlands Day (WWD) theme is “Wetlands and Tourism” and BirdLife Partners in the Caribbean are ready to be part of the experience.
Continue reading...La Sociedad Audubon Panamá contribuye a la conservación de los humedales
2. February 2012
La Sociedad Audubon Panamá (BirdLife en Panamá) celebra el Día Mundial de los Humedales con charlas relacionadas al tema de este año ‘HUMEDALES Y TURISMO’. Esta organización compartirá sus conocimientos y experiencias en torno a la conservación de la Bahía de Panamá, sus aves y hábitats.
Continue reading...Las primeras imágenes captadas de un pichón dan esperanza a un ave marina amenazada del Caribe
13. January 2012
Una nueva localidad de anidación para el diablotín Pterodroma hasitata ha sido descubierta en Haití a través de los esfuerzos en el campo de un grupo de colaboradores dominicanos y haitianos.
Continue reading...First ever chick photos give hope for threatened Caribbean seabird
13. January 2012
A new nesting location for Black-capped Petrel has been discovered in Haiti by the efforts of a joint Dominican – Haitian field team.
Continue reading...A voyage for Caribbean Seabirds
11. January 2012
Documenting new seabird-colony Important Bird Areas, finding previously undocumented colonies and colonies thought to be extirpated: these are just some of the exciting discoveries reported within Environmental Protection in the Caribbean’s (EPIC’s) ground-breaking Seabird Breeding Atlas of the Lesser Antilles.
Continue reading...Appeal launched for Patagonian grebe
6. January 2012
In 2011, thirty breeding adult Hooded Grebes were killed by introduced American Mink at one site. Urgent funds are now needed to support Aves Argentinas work to protect these birds.
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...Concurso de fotografía para aves – premio de $ 10.000 para el ganador
24. December 2011
Lynx edicions anuncia la convocatoria de la primera edición del HBW ‘World Bird Photo Contest’
Continue reading...Pequeñas donaciones, gran conservación de manglares
23. December 2011
La Alianza para la Conservación del Manglar Neotropical otorgó su primera pequeña donación al Grupo Jaragua (BirdLife en la República Dominicana) como parte de una iniciativa para catalizar la conservación comunal de manglares en el Caribe Insular.
Continue reading...Small grants, big conservation for mangroves
23. December 2011
The Neotropical Mangrove Conservation Alliance has awarded its first small grant to Grupo Jaragua (BirdLife in the Dominican Republic) as part of an initiative to catalyze community-based mangrove conservation in the Insular Caribbean.
Continue reading...Todo un éxito: Los productores de Ganado del Cono Sur, apoyan la conservación de las Pampas y sus aves
20. December 2011
Una vez más se reunieron los productores de ganado en campo nativo y representantes de la comunidad conservacionista de los países del Cono Sur Suramericano. Esta vez fue en Lavras do Sul, Brasil, del 27-29 de octubre de 2011. El V Encuentro de ganaderos de pastizales naturales del Cono Sur de Suramérica fue organizado por [...]
Continue reading...A resounding success: Cattle Ranchers in the Southern Cone support the conservation of the Pampas and their birds
20. December 2011
For the fifth year in succession, cattle ranchers and representatives of the conservation community in the Southern Cone of South America have gathered to discuss the conservation of natural grasslands
Continue reading...Audubon’s 112th Christmas Bird Count Reigns as a Model for ‘Crowd Science’
6. December 2011
The longest running Citizen Science survey in the world, Audubon’s annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC) will take place from December 14, 2011 to January 5, 2012.
Continue reading...Jaragua Community Volunteers celebrate World Bird Festival
5. December 2011
Last October, the local community of El Cajuil-located in the south-west of Dominican Republic-participated in World Bird Festival (WBF) activities.
Continue reading...Los Voluntarios Comunitarios de Jaragua celebran el Festival Mundial de las Aves
5. December 2011
El pasado mes de octubre, la comunidad local El Cajuil, localizada en el suroeste de República Dominicana, participó en las actividades del Festival Mundial de las Aves (FMA). Esta celebración ambiental es festejada desde el 2003 por la organización Grupo Jaragua (BirdLife en República Dominicana) y el Grupo de Conservación Local Voluntarios Comunitarios de Jaragua, para concienciar a las comunidades aledañas al Parque Nacional Jaragua sobre las aves y sus hábitats.
Continue reading...Conservation Groups Say “Save the Last Dance for the Sage Grouse”
24. November 2011
Known for its spectacular mating dance, the Greater sage-grouse is an endangered species on the brink of extinction in Canada. Nature Canada (BirdLife Partner) has called on Canada’s Environment Minister to enact an emergency protection order to protect this iconic prairie bird species.
Continue reading...Birding the net makes strong impression with surfers
24. November 2011
Audubon’s innovative social media campaign Birding the Net earnt 91 million website impressions during the past few weeks.
Continue reading...BirdLife projects flying high in UNEP-GEF top-twenty
23. November 2011
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.
Continue reading...Threatened whistling-ducks arrive at Woodbourne, Barbados
9. November 2011
Flooding at BirdLife’s Woodbourne Shorebird Refuge in Barbados reduced the amount of suitable stop-over habitat for shorebirds this autumn, but this proved good for ducks and in September, two globally threatened West Indian Whistling-ducks turned up – the first time the species has been on the island for 50 years.
Continue reading...Imperial Woodpecker found on 1956 film but not on surveys to film location.
27. October 2011
Film capturing the last ever confirmed sighting of an Imperial Woodpecker is released. But surveys to the exact location fail to find evidence that the species still exists.
Continue reading...Land rights at last for indigenous protectors of Paraguay’s Atlantic Forest
20. October 2011
After 10 years of negotiations, the indigenous Kue Tuvy Aché community in Paraguay have gained formal recognition of their ownership of the land, part of the Bosque Mbaracayú Important Bird Area.
Continue reading...Hollywood movie shines light on world of birding and Audubon
14. October 2011
The Big Year film, starring Steve Martin, Owen Wilson and Jack Black, opens across the US.
Continue reading...V Encuentro de Productores de Ganado del Cono Sur, apoyo a la conservación de las Pampas y sus aves
12. October 2011
Los productores de ganado en campo nativo y representantes de la comunidad conservacionista de los países del Cono sur sudamericano se reunirán en Lavras do Sul – Brasil del 27 al 29 de octubre de 2011. El V Encuentro de ganaderos de pastizales naturales del cono sur de Suramérica es un evento anual que se [...]
Continue reading...America, the continent of birds
7. October 2011
October is the month to celebrate birds in the Americas, and as in previous years, both BirdLife Partner and non-partner organizations are joining the celebrations.
At least 12 organizations have already started their celebratory activities, ranging from outdoor walks, birding tours, painting and photography competitions, and educational talks, among others.
América, el continente de las Aves
7. October 2011
Octubre es el mes de las Aves en las Américas y como es usual, organizaciones socias y no socias de BirdLife se unen este año a la misma.
Al menos 12 organizaciones han iniciado ya sus actividades que van desde caminatas al aire libre, visitas de observación de aves, concursos de pintura y fotografía, charlas educativas, entre otras.
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...Department of Environment Logo Competition Rules
4. October 2011
The Department of Environment Montserrat has announced a logo competition with a prize of $500 USD on offer.
Continue reading...BirdLife International Partnership honoured with Premio Gorila
1. October 2011
The award from the Loro Parque Foundation recognises BirdLife’s contribution to the conservation of biodiversity.
Continue reading...Una nueva aplicación gratuita para iPhone potenciará la península Ibérica como destino internacional de turismo ornitológico
28. September 2011
Iberian Birds se enmarca dentro del proyecto Iberaves* que ha desarrollado SEO/BirdLife junto con BirdLife International
Continue reading...A chance to raise money for El Triunfo – and win a visit
23. September 2011
“By joining in this competition you will help conserve one of the most important cloud forests in the Americas,” says Rosa María Vidal of Pronatura Chiapas
Continue reading...- Alaotra Grebe extinction – Do you care?
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- List of extinct bird species
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- 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
- laura: It´s raining petrels!...
- Dr Chawngthu Lalhmingliana: Your hard work is rewarded! Congratulations!Really...
- 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 ...
- Petrel causes a storm for New Zealand
- 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
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