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World’s oldest international conservation organisation celebrates 90 years

20. June 2012

At midday on 20 June 1922, a remarkable group of people from different countries met in London and concluded that the only effective answer to the threats facing birds across the continents had to be through co-ordinated international action. So was born the International Council for Bird Preservation (now BirdLife), 90 years old today.

Asian Coastal Wetlands leaflet

15. June 2012

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Saving Asia’s rarest bunting

14. June 2012

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Rufous-backed Bunting was once common on grassland but because of conversion of its breeding habitat to farmland it was uplisted to Endangered in 2010; making it Asia’s rarest bunting.

Saving Rara for the future

28. May 2012

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Bird Conservation Nepal, the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation, and staff from BirdLife recently conducted field surveys at Rara National Park in the west of Nepal to assess and value the benefits that the Park and surrounding Buffer Zone provide to people.

BirdLife in Indochina newsletter The Babbler No.41 released

15. May 2012

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BirdLife International in Indochina has released its quarterly newsletter The Babbler No. 41 (February -May 2012).

Grey-crowned Crocias crops-up in new location

2. April 2012

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One of the rarest birds in Vietnam, has just been discovered at a new location in Kon Tum Province significantly extending its known global range and offering hope that the species may not be as threatened with extinction as scientists fear.

IBAs of the rising sun

18. March 2012

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A look at World Bird Society of Japan’s work at recruiting local people and providing them with the skills they need to monitor biodiversity

Sustainable tourism for Nepal’s wetlands

2. February 2012

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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.

BirdLife and ITTO agree to pursue common goals on tropical forests

25. January 2012

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BirdLife International and The International Tropical Timber Organisation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance cooperation between the two organisations.

New stronghold for Japanese Murrelet found

23. January 2012

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New stronghold for Japanese Murrelet found

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

Targeting hunters to save Spoon-billed Sandpiper

17. January 2012

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Targeting hunters to save Spoon-billed Sandpiper

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.