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Video report from Nightingale Island on oil spill

23. March 2011

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Where’s Andrew TV arrived on Nightingale Island on March 23, 2011. This is what he saw.

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Audubon celebrates 10th year of Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act

10. March 2011

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Audubon celebrates 10th year of Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act

As spring approaches, millions of birds will wing their way back to North America. Red Knots near Tierra del Fuego will make a remarkable journey to the arctic tundra….

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Forests for water and wetlands

2. February 2011

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Forests for water and wetlands

Today is World Wetlands Day and the 40th anniversary of the Convention on Wetlands, which was adopted in the Iranian city of Ramsar on 2 February 1971. Over the last four decades the Ramsar Convention has had a huge positive impact on how wetlands are valued, managed and conserved around the world. The BirdLife Partnership is proud to be working in support of the Convention, as one of its International Organisation Partners.

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Help stop illegal hunting in Malta

19. January 2011

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Help stop illegal hunting in Malta

Illegal hunting is a widespread and serious problem in Malta, with poachers specifically targeting protected birds including raptors (birds of prey) and Herons as well as rarer visitors to the islands.

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Miracle in the marshes of Iraq

17. January 2011

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Miracle in the marshes of Iraq

A film documentary on the regeneration of Iraq’s Mesopotamian Marshes, a project led by Azzad Alwash, the CEO of BirdLife Affiliate Nature Iraq, will get its first public screening tomorrow on the UK’s BBC TV Channel. The documentary is being shown at 2000 GMT on BBC2′s Natural World series…

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WOW CSN Tool Development Team: Interview with BirdLife’s Dr Lincoln Fishpool

11. January 2011

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WOW CSN Tool Development Team: Interview with BirdLife’s Dr Lincoln Fishpool

Video of BirdLife’s Global Important Bird Area Co-ordinator Dr Lincoln Fishpool talking about the Wings Over Wetlands Critical Site Network Tool.

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Study shows alarming drop in Kenyan vultures

22. December 2010

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Study shows alarming drop in Kenyan vultures

Vultures in one of Africa’s most significant wildlife reserves are declining at an alarming rate according to a new study in Biological Conservation…

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Spoony needs your vote!

2. December 2010

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Spoony needs your vote!

BirdLife’s work to save two key resting and feeding sites in China, used by one of the world’s oddest and most appealing waterbirds is to receive support from Disney’s Friends for Change initiative.

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Erzhan helps locate important new staging site for Sociable Lapwing in Turkey

28. October 2010

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Erzhan helps locate important new staging site for Sociable Lapwing in Turkey

On October 10th, 554 Sociable Lapwings were located in central eastern Turkey – the largest flock of migrating Sociable Lapwings encountered so far this autumn marking the discovery of an important new staging site.

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BirdLife’s 5 Asks for COP10 CBD in Nagoya – Video

14. October 2010

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BirdLife’s 5 Asks for COP10 CBD in Nagoya – Video

Short video showing BirdLife’s 5 policy asks for the COP-10 CBD meeting in Nagoya, Japan.

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Osprey ringed in Germany found shot in Malta

6. October 2010

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Osprey ringed in Germany found shot in Malta

An Osprey ringed in Germany by NABU (BirdLife Partner) as part of a conservation project was recovered by the ALE and BirdLife Malta (BirdLife Partner) yesterday afternoon, shortly after being illegally shot in the Salina Bird Sanctuary.

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The BirdLife Partnership – Video

5. October 2010

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The BirdLife Partnership – Video

Short video about the BirdLife Partnership of conservation organisations that strives to conserve birds, their habitats and global biodiversity, working with people towards sustainability in the use of natural resources.

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BirdLife calls upon the EU to champion biodiversity in Nagoya and at home

4. October 2010

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BirdLife calls upon the EU to champion biodiversity in Nagoya and at home

BirdLife International handed in to the European Commissioner for the Environment, Mr Janez Potoƒçnik, its “message for Nagoya”.

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BirdLife Malta Raptor Camp – September 2010 Video

17. September 2010

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BirdLife Malta Raptor Camp – September 2010 Video

Raphael Vassallo joins BirdLife Malta (BirdLife Partner) and the Campaign Against Bird Slaughter (CBAS) on their Raptor Watch camp in the Maltese countryside, monitoring for illegal hunting and trapping.

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