http://www.birdlife.org/community Talking together for birds and people Fri, 24 May 2013 08:35:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.birdlife.org/community/2013/05/cbd-day-convention-on-biological-diversity-or-clean-bathing-and-drinking/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cbd-day-convention-on-biological-diversity-or-clean-bathing-and-drinking http://www.birdlife.org/community/2013/05/cbd-day-convention-on-biological-diversity-or-clean-bathing-and-drinking/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 13:50:38 +0000 Carolina Hazin http://www.birdlife.org/community/?p=21886

May 22 is the International Day of Biological Diversity. This year the Convention on Biological Diversity has chosen the theme Water and Biodiversity, to coincide with the United Nations designation of 2013 as the International Year of Water Cooperation.]]> http://www.birdlife.org/community/2013/05/cbd-day-convention-on-biological-diversity-or-clean-bathing-and-drinking/feed/ 0 http://www.birdlife.org/community/2013/05/world-migratory-bird-day-2013-highlights-importance-of-joined-up-networks-for-migratory-birds/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=world-migratory-bird-day-2013-highlights-importance-of-joined-up-networks-for-migratory-birds http://www.birdlife.org/community/2013/05/world-migratory-bird-day-2013-highlights-importance-of-joined-up-networks-for-migratory-birds/#comments Sat, 11 May 2013 08:14:10 +0000 Ade Long http://www.birdlife.org/community/?p=21798

This weekend 11-12 May is World Migratory Bird Day 2013 is being celebrated in over 65 countries including events held by BirdLife Partners.]]> http://www.birdlife.org/community/2013/05/world-migratory-bird-day-2013-highlights-importance-of-joined-up-networks-for-migratory-birds/feed/ 0 http://www.birdlife.org/community/2013/05/suwarrow-blog-eight-land-ahoy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=suwarrow-blog-eight-land-ahoy http://www.birdlife.org/community/2013/05/suwarrow-blog-eight-land-ahoy/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 07:00:37 +0000 Nick Hayward http://www.birdlife.org/community/?p=21695

The latest blog from wildlife filmmaker Nick Hayward as he joins a team from BirdLife and Te Ipukarea Society (BirdLife in the Cook Islands) eradicating rats from Suwarrow – a seabird mecca in the South Pacific. Today they land on Suwarrow and are welcomed by swarms of seabirds, sharks and crabs…]]> http://www.birdlife.org/community/2013/05/suwarrow-blog-eight-land-ahoy/feed/ 1 -13.2692738 -163.1113586 http://www.birdlife.org/community/2013/04/celebrate-world-penguin-day-and-the-world-penguin-tracking-database/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=celebrate-world-penguin-day-and-the-world-penguin-tracking-database http://www.birdlife.org/community/2013/04/celebrate-world-penguin-day-and-the-world-penguin-tracking-database/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:34:17 +0000 Martin Fowlie http://www.birdlife.org/community/?p=21615

BirdLife International and the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research have joined the British Antarctic Survey to compile a “tracking database” on six penguin species. The project is funded by the UK Government’s Darwin Initiative.]]> http://www.birdlife.org/community/2013/04/celebrate-world-penguin-day-and-the-world-penguin-tracking-database/feed/ 1 http://www.birdlife.org/community/2013/04/plan-to-save-new-zealand-seabirds-heralds-changes-to-fishing-practises/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=plan-to-save-new-zealand-seabirds-heralds-changes-to-fishing-practises http://www.birdlife.org/community/2013/04/plan-to-save-new-zealand-seabirds-heralds-changes-to-fishing-practises/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:52:10 +0000 Forest & Bird http://www.birdlife.org/community/?p=21568

BirdLife Partner, Forest & Bird is welcoming the release of a government-approved statement of intent to save native seabirds, including endangered albatrosses and petrels, from being killed by commercial and non-commercial fishing activity...]]> http://www.birdlife.org/community/2013/04/plan-to-save-new-zealand-seabirds-heralds-changes-to-fishing-practises/feed/ 1 -41.2864609 174.7762299