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Sustainable tourism for Nepal’s wetlands
The focus of this year’s World Wetlands Day is sustainable tourism. Find out about Bird Conservation Nepal’s work at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve.
Continue reading...BirdLife and ITTO agree to pursue common goals on tropical forests
25. January 2012
BirdLife International and The International Tropical Timber Organisation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance cooperation between the two organisations.
Continue reading...New stronghold for Japanese Murrelet found
23. January 2012
A recent study led by the Wild Bird Society of Japan has found that the Izu Islands, on the Pacific side of Japan, hold the second largest concentration of the threatened Japanese Murrelet
Continue reading...Targeting hunters to save Spoon-billed Sandpiper
17. January 2012
In an attempt to mitigate hunting pressure, the Biodiversity and Nature Conservation Association (BANCA – BirdLife in Myanmar) carried out socio-economic surveys and provided livelihood replacement support in communities on both the eastern and western shores of the Gulf of Martaban.
Continue reading...Timor Bush-warbler rediscovered
30. December 2011
A paper published online in BirdLife’s journal, Bird Conservation International reports the rediscovery of the Timor Bush-warbler in Timor-Leste
Continue reading...Only international action will save migratory birds
21. November 2011
Populations of long-distance migratory landbirds are declining rapidly in the African-Eurasian flyway and urgent actions are needed across regions.
Continue reading...Proposal to include Saker Falcon on Appendix 1 of the Convention on Migratory Species
6. November 2011
BirdLife Internatiional is supporting the proposal for listing Saker Falcon on the CMS list of Endangered Migratory Species.
Continue reading...Triple figures of Spoon-billed Sandpiper in China
27. October 2011
Up to 103 Spoon-billed Sandpipers were observed earlier this month at Rudong, in Jiangsu Province just north of the Yangtze Estuary in China.
Continue reading...New documentary highlights importance of IBAs for people in Nepal
19. October 2011
Bird Conservation Nepal has launched a documentary to highlight the value of Important Bird Areas to people.
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...‘State of Nepal’s Birds’ launched
26. September 2011
A major new report has been published entitled State of Nepal’s Birds 2010. Produced by Bird Conservation Nepal and the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation.
Continue reading...Mangrove planting in Cambodia to celebrate Ramsar Convention 40th Anniversary
6. September 2011
In 1998, Cambodia officially became a contracting party to the Ramsar Convention and designated three sites as Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar sites).
Continue reading...India’s pharmacies flout diclofenac ban but vulture breeding centres have best year yet
6. September 2011
A study published in the journal Oryx has found that over a third of Indian pharmacies continue to sell diclofenac to livestock farmers.
Continue reading...Conservationists concerned for future of White-shouldered Ibis
5. September 2011
The 2011 Cambodian census of White-shouldered Ibis Pseudibis davisoni has found a larger number of birds than ever before, but celebrations are muted, as this species’ survival is imminently threatened by serious habitat loss.
Continue reading...Record flock of migrating Sociable Lapwings recorded in Kazakhstan
1. September 2011
BirdLife International scientists monitoring migrating Sociable Lapwings in the heart of the Great Steppe have recently discovered the largest single flock seen in Kazakhstan since 1939.
Continue reading...BirdLife Species Champions strike gold in Chukotka
9. July 2011
Heritage Expeditions – a BirdLife Species Champion supporting Spoon-billed Sandpiper – struck gold this week when they, and the passengers they have taken to the Russian Far East, helped discover a previously unknown breeding population of these rapidly declining waders.
Continue reading...Malaysian Nature Society gets help from Ricoh for forest ecosystem conservation work
29. June 2011
Ricoh are to help MNS’s mangrove forest recovery work at Kuala Selangor Nature Park.
Continue reading...Saving Spoon-billed Sandpiper
24. June 2011
An international team of conservationists is on an emergency mission to help save one of the world’s rarest birds from extinction.
Continue reading...Muted celebrations for Thailand’s most colourful bird
14. June 2011
The rediscovery of Gurney’s Pitta 25 years ago brought hope for a beautiful bird feared extinct, but the bird’s future still hangs in the balance.
Continue reading...First signs of progress in saving Indian vultures from killer drug
12. May 2011
The ban on a veterinary drug which caused an unprecedented decline in Asian vulture populations has shown the first signs of progress, according to scientists.
Continue reading...Census finds unexplained fall in Black-faced Spoonbill numbers
5. May 2011
The 2011 International Black-faced Spoonbill Census has found a large decrease in the known wintering populations since last year’s census.
Continue reading...The Babbler 37 now available
13. April 2011
You can now access the 37th edition (January -March 2011) of The Babbler, the quarterly newsletter of BirdLife International in Indochina online
Continue reading...Saving Asia’s Vultures from Extinction
12. April 2011
Watch the new video to find out more about the Vulture project and to meet the people who are saving Asia’s vultures from extinction.
Continue reading...Spoony wins hearts and votes from Disney’s Friends for Change
24. March 2011
‘Saving Spoony’s Chinese Wetlands’, BirdLife’s project to save two key resting and feeding sites used by Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpipers in China, has been selected to receive a $100,000 grant by The Walt Disney Company, through Disney’s Friends for Change.
Continue reading...The Indian Bird Conservation Network
19. March 2011
This report is part of a project which aims to capture, document and disseminate these experiences and the lessons learned from them. The review is part of a project funded by the Aage V. Jensen Foundation.
Continue reading...Local Conservation Groups in Nepal – Partnerships for conservation and development
19. March 2011
This report is part of a project which aims to capture, document and disseminate these experiences and the lessons learned from them. It is based on a visit to Nepal by David Thomas in November 2010, and is based on discussions between DT and Ishana Thapa (Senior Conservation Officer) and a visit together to LCGs at Phulchoki IBA.
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...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...Spoon-billed Sandpiper podcast
2. February 2011
In this podcast Charlie Moores from www.talking-naturally.co.uk talks with Jim Lawrence, Manager of BirdLife International’s Preventing Extinctions Programme, Chris Collins, a highly-experienced Leader with Heritage Expeditions, and Dr Zockler about Spoon-billed Sandpiper conservation.
Continue reading...Ruddy marvellous! turnstone flies 27,000 km – twice!!
31. January 2011
Researchers from the Victorian Wader Study Group – a special interest group of Birds Australia [BirdLife Partner] – have just recaptured a Ruddy Turnstone which has completed a 27,000 km round trip migration for the second time.
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
- 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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