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A smarter and greener EU Budget would contribute to employment and economic prosperity
A coalition of Environmental Groups launches a major study by GHK Consultants on “the contribution a green EU Budget could make to job creation and the economy”
Continue reading...Ornithological tourism project kicks off with meeting in Barcelona
28. January 2012
A two-year project promoting responsible and sustainable birdwatching tourism among birds and their habitats has begun.
Continue reading...EU Environment Ministers fail to stand up for nature in face of farm lobby interests
3. January 2012
The EU Environment Council conclusions on the EU 2020 Biodiversity Strategy, show the interests of the farm lobby will weaken biodiversity protection.
Continue reading...Aircraft carrier and helicopters come to unique island’s rescue
20. December 2011
A ground-breaking $2.3million RSPB (BirdLife in the UK) project to eliminate introduced rats from an uninhabited island in the central Pacific has attempted to remove the fingerprints of man from an otherwise idyllic tropical paradise.
Continue reading...Conservation fund for the Mediterranean Basin gives key role to the BirdLife Partnership
19. December 2011
The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) investment in the Mediterranean Basin will have an implemtation team comprising BirdLife Partners and the BirdLife International Global Secretariat and Middle East Division.
Continue reading...The EU continues to fail in financing successful and effective LIFE programmes
12. December 2011
On Monday 12 December, the European Commission proposed the renewal after 2013 of the LIFE programme, a key tool for financing biodiversity and the Natura 2000 network.
Continue reading...Official report confirms massive misuse of EU fisheries funds
12. December 2011
On Monday 12 December, the EU Court of Auditors published a report damning costly failures to eliminate overfishing in Europe.
Continue reading...New report reveals dramatic changes in the UKs waterbirds
9. December 2011
The State of the UK’s Birds 2011 report, recently produced by the RSPB in coalition with other British Environmental NGOs, highlights signs of dramatic changes for some wetland birds.
Continue reading...Sponsor and protect a Cory’s Shearwater,SPEA’s bird of the year 2011
7. December 2011
The Portuguese Society for the studies of birds, SPEA (BirdLife in Portugal), launched its campaign ‘Travel with the Bird of the Year’.
Continue reading...Spain opens the public process to designate 41 marine Special Protection Areas (SPAs), totalling almost 50,000 km2
6. December 2011
The Spanish Ministry of the Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs has published a proposal designating 41 marine Important Bird Areas (IBAs) in Spain.
Continue reading...SEO/ BirdLife in Spain receives the Spanish « Fondena » Award for its important contribution to the protection of nature
5. December 2011
Every two years, the Spanish Foundation “Fondo para la Defensa de la Naturaleza” (Fondena) awards an organisation for its work in protecting nature. This year, and more precisely on 22 November, the Spanish king Juan Carlos delivered the Fondena Award, endowed with 40 000 euros, to SEO/ BirdLife in Spain, for its important nature conservation work on Spanish territory.
Continue reading...New EU fisheries fund: a shift towards sustainability?
2. December 2011
The European Commission has made a step in retargeting EU fisheries subsidies towards sustainable fishing and supporting marine life and ecosystems, while increasing transparency and conditionality of the fund.
Continue reading...A brighter future for Europe’s rarest migratory songbird
2. December 2011
Aquatic Warbler, the rarest passerine bird in mainland Europe, is facing a brighter future thanks to six years of intensive work.
Continue reading...Baltic seaduck take a dive
1. December 2011
On Wednesday 1 December, a new report presenting the results of a census of wintering waterbirds in the Baltic Sea has been launched. The studies reveal that overall numbers have declined by more than 40% since the 1990s.
Continue reading...Call to save UK’s hummingbirds, albatrosses and whales
30. November 2011
Almost 17,000 people have called for the British Government to step up and honour its responsibilities to the UK Overseas Territories, which contain over 85% of the UK’s globally threatened species.
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...Solar, wind and ocean energy ‘greenest’ for Europe – but governments must do more for wildlife and climate
22. November 2011
Energy from the sun, wind and oceans can be harnessed without harm to Europe’s birds and other wildlife, but European and national governments must step up to the challenge, according to a report released on Tuesday 22 November, in Brussels.
Leading conservation body BirdLife Europe has added its voice to call for a renewables revolution to combat climate change.
Grid operators and environmental organisations team up to promote sustainable modernisation of electricity grids
22. November 2011
Nineteen grid operators and environmental NGOs signed the European Grid Declaration on Electricity Network Development and Nature Conservation in Europe on 10 November 2011 in Brussels, in an open signatory process.
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...BirdLife Europe calls for a renewables revolution in harmony with nature
15. November 2011
With the launch of its new report, Meeting Europe’s Renewable Energy Targets in Harmony with Nature, in Brussels on 22 November, BirdLife Europe wants to show how we can meet our 2020 renewable energy targets without impacting on wildlife.
Continue reading...Music and Migration II : a musical appeal to stop illegal bird killing in Malta
15. November 2011
UK/DK Music label ‘Second Language’ releases Music and Migration II in support of BirdLife Malta’s campaign against illegal bird killing
Continue reading...BirdLife’s key asks of Parties at UNFCCC COP 17
12. November 2011
The BirdLife Partnership are calling on the parties to the Climate Change Convention to six key asks.
Continue reading...Powerlines and migratory birds
8. November 2011
BirdLife International is challenging the energy sector to improve the bird safety standards of powerlines in Europe.
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...Fires are destroying the main biodiversity hotspots in Bosnia and Herzegovina
26. October 2011
The greatest ornithological hotspots in Bosnia and Herzegovina , the natural park Hutovo blato and Livanjsko polje (the biggest karst field in the world),were destroyed by fires in early October
Continue reading...Appeal to EU policy makers to stop needless seabird bycatch
21. October 2011
BirdLife Europe launches exhibition at the European Parliament with stunning albatross images
Continue reading...UPDATE: over 866,000 birds slaughtered so far this autumn in Cyprus! – Sign the petition to stop this now!
13. October 2011
The number of birds killed on limesticks and in mist nets in Cyprus this autumn is increasing sharply, reaching over 860,000 by October 9th…and it is still growing
Continue reading...EuroBirdwatch11: more than 80,200 people observing the miracle of bird migration in Europe and Central Asia
13. October 2011
Over the first weekend in October, BirdLife invited people to observe and learn about the fascinating bird migration for “EuroBirdWatch” – BirdLife’s annual birdwatching event in Europe.
Continue reading...CAP disappoints on green hopes
12. October 2011
BirdLife is deeply disappointed with the CAP reform proposals that have emerged from the Commission.
Continue reading...Environment Commissioners win a round for biodiversity on Cohesion policy, but harder CAP fight is still in balance
6. October 2011
The European Commission has made a timid step forward towards honoring its commitment to integrate biodiversity in its legislative proposal on the Cohesion Policy, one of the two main components of the EU Budget.
Continue reading...BirdLife Europe continues to strengthen ties between business and biodiversity
6. October 2011
BirdLife Europe, in collaboration with BirdLife Partners organised a lunch debate on the topic ‘Business for Biodiversity, Sustainable solutions for a changing world’.
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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