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Una Introducción a la Conservación y a los Derechos Humanos Para los Socios de BirdLife International
Una Introducción a la Conservación y a los Derechos Humanos Para los Socios de BirdLife International brinda una visión general de algunos de los derechos humanos relevantes en el contexto de la conservación.
Continue reading...First Global Wildlife Ambassador Award honours Audubon and BirdLife supporter Jane Alexander
23. October 2012
Renowned actress Jane Alexander, a member of the board of the National Audubon Society, is to be the first recipient of an award which recognises individuals who support the natural world by leading others to action.
Continue reading...Outrage at extreme act of vandalism in San Rafael
16. October 2012
Guyra Paraguay staff in Asunción, Paraguay, have received the disturbing news that three people have burnt down the visitors’ house at the Kanguery administrative center in Guyra Paraguay’s “Guyra Reta” reserve in San Rafael.
Continue reading...Caribbean Seabird Tracking Pilot Study Gives Encouraging Results
25. September 2012
Dog Island is an uninhabited offshore islet lying northwest of the Caribbean UK Overseas Territory (UKOT) of Anguilla, and is considered to be the second most important individual island for seabirds in the eastern Caribbean, despite being only about 200 ha in size.
Continue reading...Securing tenure and livelihoods in Paraguay’s Atlantic Forest
16. September 2012
BirdLife Partner Guyra Paraguay is working with local communities at Important Bird Areas to demonstrate how conserving biodiversity can improve the quality of life and livelihoods, and alleviate poverty. Important sites for biodiversity conservation in Paraguay are being lost at an unprecedented speed. Almost 90% of Paraguay’s share of South America’s Atlantic forest has been [...]
Continue reading...Se firman acuerdos que buscan proteger 474 hectáreas de bosques amenazados en Argentina, Paraguay y República Dominicana
13. September 2012
En el marco de la Reunión Regional de la Red de Socios de BirdLife de las Américas y con el apoyo de la Fundación Aage V. Jensen Charity, se firmaron tres acuerdos para la adquisición de tierras en zonas clave de IBAs de Argentina, Paraguay y República Dominicana. Estas tierras son parte del programa Bosques [...]
Continue reading...Agreements that seek to protect 474 hectares of threatened forests in Argentina, Paraguay and the Dominican Republic are signed
13. September 2012
During the 2012 BirdLife Americas Partnership Meeting three agreements were signed for land acquisition in key IBAs in Argentina, Paraguay and the Dominican Republic.
Continue reading...Proposed Pipeline Threatens Important Bird Areas in Canada; Public Review Enters Final Stages
30. August 2012
In Canada, a public review of a proposed pipeline project through an area of exceptional importance for marine birds is entering its final stages.
Continue reading...State of Paraguay’s birds is published
31. July 2012
Guyra Paraguay has launched the first major report on the status of bird populations in Paraguay. The report, entitled State of Paraguay’s birds, outlines in detail the current status of the country’s birds, the threats they face and the urgent actions needed to secure their future.
Continue reading...Black-browed Albatross shows population increase
24. July 2012
A new report indicates a healthy increase in the numbers of Black-browed Albatrosses breeding in the Falkland Islands.
Continue reading...El hábitat de anidaje de las limícolas está protegido en las Salinas de Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico
11. July 2012
Durante mayo de 2012, la Sociedad Ornitológica Puertorriqueña, Inc. (SOPI, BirdLife en Puerto Rico) instaló 25 rótulos en el Refugio Nacional de Vida Silvestre de Cabo Rojo para delimitar una localidad de anidaje importante para las limícolas residentes que estaban siendo perturbadas por visitantes.
Continue reading...Nesting shorebirds protected at the Cabo Rojo Salt Flats, Puerto Rico
6. July 2012
During May 2012, Sociedad Ornitológica Puertorriqueña, Inc. (SOPI, BirdLife in Puerto Rico) installed 25 signs in the Cabo Rojo Salt Flats National Wildlife Refuge to mark important nesting sites for resident shorebirds that were being disturbed by visitors.
Continue reading...Mountain Chicken’s portrait
4. July 2012
The Mountain Chicken Project, funded by the UK government’s Darwin Initiative and executed by the Department of Environment of Montserrat and Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, is pleased to announce the publication of a poster and a brochure aimed at raising awareness of the Critically Endangered Mountain Chicken Leptodactylus fallax on Montserrat.
Continue reading...La primera compra de tierras de Grupo Jaragua salvaguarda 100 ha de bosque amenazado del Caribe
3. July 2012
Grupo Jaragua (BirdLife en la República Dominicana) ha comprado exitosamente 100 ha de un corredor de bosque de transición, anteriormente sin protección y sumamente amenazado en la Reserva de la Biósfera de Jaragua-Bahoruco-Enriquillo.
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