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Aussie eyrie internet hit

15. September 2011

Birds Australia’s nest monitoring camera of a family of White-bellied Sea-Eagles has been an online hit since its launch in August.

Peter and Jane: A Short Film about Biofuels

8. August 2011

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More than 20 environmental organisations across Europe are calling on the EU to stop the environmental damage caused by EU biofuels targets with the help of Peter and Jane, characters in this specially-created animated short film.

“The missing” visitors in Cyprus are not tourists but birds !

29. July 2011

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“The missing” visitors in Cyprus are not tourists but birds !

BirdLife Cyprus has created this short film on the trapping situation in Cyprus

Search for the Fiji Petrel – Video

20. May 2011

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A short video showing the search for the Criticality Endangered Fiji Petrel by NatureFiji-MareqetiViti.

Migrants under threat

13. May 2011

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The theme for World Migratory Bird Day 2011 is ‘Land use changes from a bird’s-eye view’ and it highlights the negative effects human activities are having on migratory birds, their habitats and the planet’s natural environment

Saving Asia’s Vultures from Extinction

12. April 2011

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Saving Asia's Vultures from Extinction from The RSPB on Vimeo.

Watch the new video to find out more about the Vulture project and to meet the people who are saving Asia’s vultures from extinction.

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.

Audubon celebrates 10th year of Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act

10. March 2011

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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….

Forests for water and wetlands

2. February 2011

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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.

Help stop illegal hunting in Malta

19. January 2011

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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.

Miracle in the marshes of Iraq

17. January 2011

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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…

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.

Study shows alarming drop in Kenyan vultures

22. December 2010

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

Spoony needs your vote!

2. December 2010

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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.