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EU Parliament votes to end overfishing!
It was a great day for the marine environment and fisheries yesterday when the European Parliament voted to end overfishing by 2015 and allow the much depleted fish stocks to recover by 2020 with 502 votes for and 137 against.
Continue reading...Fact finding expedition to São Tomé & Principe puts biodiversity hotspot on the map
4. February 2013
São Tomé and Príncipe, an island nation located in the Gulf of Guinea, off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa, is probably one of the last unknown biodiversity hotspots in Africa. Habitat destruction, together with the absence of any census or monitoring schemes, are the country’s biggest threats.
Continue reading...Large grants available to protect critical ecosystems in Libya and Algeria
4. February 2013
BirdLife International invites Letters of Inquiry from NGOs, community groups, private enterprises, universities and other civil society organisations for large grants to conserve biodiversity in Algeria and Libya, focusing on capacity building.
Continue reading...Swiss recovery programme shows increase in bird species
30. January 2013
Over the past ten years the population of Little Owl in Switzerland has increased after a sharp decline. The Hoopoe more than doubled and the Corncrake came back at the level of breeding species after almost reaching the level of extinction in the 1990’s. These are some of the results of the Swiss Species Recovery Program for Birds.
Continue reading...Urgent International support sought for Azores Bullfinch
30. January 2013
Priolo remains one of Europe’s most threatened species and its precarious future still hangs in the balance. More work is needed to ensure population gains can be maintained and that the species’ long-term future can be secured.
Continue reading...Irish EU Presidency – Nature Creates Prosperity
21. January 2013
As Ireland has taken over the Presidency of the European Council for the period January to June 2013, BirdLife Europe together with BirdWatch Ireland have produced a policy brief entitles Nature Creates Prosperity. It highlights the top recommendations to the Presidency.
Continue reading...SPEA calls for permanent protection for Algarve wetland IBA
18. January 2013
Portugal’s Secretary of State for the Environment has halted the proposed destruction of the Pera Marsh IBA to make way for a golf course and holiday complex.
Continue reading...New report presents alternatives to harmful biofuels to decarbonise EU transport
17. January 2013
Europe can effectively replace oil with renewable energy in transport without resorting to harmful biofuels, according to the new report Sustainable Alternatives for Land-based Biofuels in the European Union, by Dutch research institute CE Delft.
Continue reading...Help end overfishing in Europe by painting a fish online and making your voice heard
17. January 2013
BirdLife Europe encourages you to paint a fish online and send it to your MEPs with a message to halt overfishing in Europe. Help out by sending your personal fish drawing and by spreading the word!
Continue reading...Turkish Court stops dam construction and defends world heritage
15. January 2013
A Turkish court has ordered an immediate halt to the construction of the controversial Ilisu dam noting that it is not in line with Turkish environmental law.
Continue reading...Successfully conserving the Aquatic Warbler
14. January 2013
The numbers of Aquatic Warblers are declining in Europe mainly due to habitat loss and speeded up by changes in water management. The Polish Society for the Birds Protection (OTOP, Birdlife Poland) started a project to protect the Aquatic Warbler already back in the 1990s and conservation measures have focused on two big projects financed by the LIFE Programme.
Continue reading...Walking the talk at HeidelbergCement Partnership meeting and award ceremony
19. December 2012
As the snow fell over Heidelberg, Germany participants gathered in City Hall to attend the Quarry Life Award Ceremony. The time had come to reward the best ideas to enhance biodiversity in the quarries of HeidelbergCement.
Continue reading...Exemptions to EU law cause wildlife damage in Malta
19. December 2012
Despite condemnation from the European Court of Justice and repeated warnings from the European Commission, Malta seems to be determined to continue ignoring EU laws on the regulation of hunting. BirdLife Europe asks the European Commission to finally take decisive action.
Continue reading...The UK has lost 44 million birds since 1966
18. December 2012
The UK has lost more than 44 million breeding birds in less than half a century, including an average of 50 house sparrows every hour, according to the State of the UK’s Birds 2012 report.
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