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Happy Birthday Forest & Bird

27. March 2013

Donald Stewart, Director of the BirdLife Pacific Partnership, wishes Happy 90th Birthday to our BirdLife Partner in New Zealand.

Future Leaders of the Pacific

4. March 2013

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In early February, TIS (BirdLife in the Cook Islands) Communications and Membership Coordinator, Luana Bosanquet-Heays attended the Future Leaders of the Pacific Conference…

Empowering Local Communities in Fiji

1. March 2013

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Fiji’s Sisi Initiative Site Support Group was recently celebrated with an award ceremony in the Natewa Tunuloa IBA for winning their Equator Prize 2012. During the ceremony Sisi announced how their community protected forest is benefiting their fisheries, and how they are also starting an ambitious new project in their IBA…

BirdLife Partnering to battle invasive species

27. February 2013

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BirdLife Partnering to battle invasive species

Over the last five hundred years, invasive alien species (IAS) have been partly or wholly responsible for the extinction of at least 65 bird species, making this the most common contributory factor in recent losses to the world’s avifauna. The BirdLife Partnership are working together to address this most important of threats, including developing a global programme which will build on the successes and lessons from the Pacific, among others…

Hooded Plover rescue in Oz

26. February 2013

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Monitoring threatened species takes on many forms — not only keeping an eye on populations or nesting attempts, but also looking after the individual birds themselves.

Nabukelevu youth benefit from their sustainable livelihood project

25. February 2013

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Nabukelevu youth benefit from their sustainable livelihood project

The Nabukelevu Site Support Group (SSG) was set up in 2007 to promote the conservation and sustainable use of natural resources in Mount Nabukelevu, Kadavu, Fiji. The group has gone from strength to strength in protecting their IBA, developing alternative livelihoods and providing for their future. The SSG are currently selling honey from the IBA and investing the profits in their children’s education…

New Zealand Storm-petrel discovered breeding 50 km from Auckland City

25. February 2013

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New Zealand Storm-petrel discovered breeding 50 km from Auckland City

Researchers are elated to find the sparrow-sized New Zealand Storm-petrel, thought extinct until 2003, is breeding on Little Barrier Island Hauturu in the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park.

Kiwis called to action for national kereru survey

20. February 2013

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Kiwis called to action for national kereru survey

Forest and Bird’s Kiwi Conservation Club is asking all New Zealanders, young and old, to take part in a nationwide Kereru survey that begins on Sunday…

A Guitar reveals the call of the Fiji Petrel

17. January 2013

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A Guitar reveals the call of the Fiji Petrel

Strumming his guitar after a stressful day, and Eleazar O’Connor from NatureFiji-MareqetiViti makes a world first discovery…

Don’t Fence Them In

3. January 2013

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BirdLife Australia (BirdLife Partner) has joined an alliance of conservation groups calling on the West Australian government to halt its plans to extend the State Barrier Fence…

Key sites for seabird conservation identified in the tropical Pacific

20. December 2012

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Open publication - Free publishing - More ibas

BirdLife has launched a report titled Important Areas for Seabirds – guiding marine conservation in the tropical Pacific revealing the most important sites in the tropical Pacific for seabirds – now identified as marine Important Bird Areas

New video showcases community project in Fiji

14. December 2012

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New video showcases community project in Fiji

BirdLife Pacific has released a new video about a community conservation project in Fiji…

Film-maker wanted for conservation expedition to South Pacific paradise

11. December 2012

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Film-maker wanted for conservation expedition to South Pacific paradise

Conservationists in the South Pacific are looking for an adventurous and talented film-maker to document an expedition to one of the remotest islands on the planet. “We’re searching for somebody with the full package of skills from story-boarding, to filming and editing, and who is willing to be part of a month-long expedition to an extremely remote Pacific atoll”, said Don Stewart – BirdLife Director for the Pacific Partnership…

Bitten by the Bittern bug down-under

6. December 2012

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Rice growers in Australia are being urged to keep their eyes and ears peeled for Endangered Australasian Bittern. The Rice Growers Association, BirdLife Australia (BirdLife Partner) and other organisations have teamed up to learn more about this secretive bird that is thought to have given rise to the bunyip legends…