Top Stories | BirdLife Community

New review reveals worrying declines in the world’s seabirds

9. March 2012

The status of the world’s seabirds has deteriorated rapidly over recent decades and several species and many populations are now perilously close to extinction. These are the findings of a major new review published this week in the scientific journal Bird Conservation International.

Print / PDF

The RSPB and Tesco unite to protect rainforests

1. March 2012

0 Comments

The RSPB (BirdLife in the UK) and Tesco (one of the world’s top five global retailers) have announced a ground-breaking partnership called ‘Together For Trees’ to help protect rainforests around the world.

Print / PDF

Alarm in Paraguay at settlement plans for Ñacunday National Park

29. February 2012

0 Comments

Alarm in Paraguay at settlement plans for Ñacunday National Park

Paraguayan environmental organizations including Guyra Paraguay (BirdLife in Paraguay) are alarmed at the recent decision of the national government to actively promote the settlement of small-scale farmers (‘campesinos’) within the Ñacunday National Park. The decision to promote a solution which flouts both national legislation and international conventions, sets a worrying precedent for other protected areas in the country.

Print / PDF

National assessment shows Australians must work abroad to save their birds

29. February 2012

0 Comments

National assessment shows Australians must work abroad to save their birds

A newly published study shows Australians must work with international partners if they are to save all of Australia’s birds.

Print / PDF

Guided by science, Kenyan authority rejects the case for jatropha at Dakatcha IBA

24. February 2012

0 Comments

Guided by science, Kenyan authority rejects the case for jatropha at Dakatcha IBA

Following a campaign led by Nature Kenya, supported by other BirdLife Partners, Kenya’s National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) has officially rejected a proposal to convert 10,000 hectares of Dakatcha Woodland IBA to grow the biofuel crop jatropha.

Print / PDF

Videos provide new information on Mao

21. February 2012

2 Comments

A new research project is seeking to gather ecological information on the factors that have led to the Mao’s current decline. Leading this research, Rebecca Stirnemann tells BirdLife of some recent video footage that provides new information on species…

Print / PDF

Emergency conservation work pays off: Zino’s Petrel bounces back!

15. February 2012

1 Comment

Emergency conservation work pays off: Zino’s Petrel bounces back!

Zino’s Petrel was Europe’s rarest seabird even before a ravaging wild fire hit the heart of Madeira’s central massif, where this globally endangered bird breeds.

Print / PDF

Petrel causes a storm for New Zealand

7. February 2012

3 Comments

New Zealand Storm-petrel was presumed extinct until its rediscovery by bird watchers in New Zealand’s Hauraki Gulf Marine Park in 2003. A team of ornithologists have used support from The Birdlife International Community Conservation Fund to find the first strong evidence that the tiny, Critically Endangered birds are breeding in the area.

Print / PDF

First assessment of Endangered Northern Rockhopper Penguins since 2011 oil spill

6. February 2012

0 Comments

First assessment of Endangered Northern Rockhopper Penguins since 2011 oil spill

A survey to assess the penguins’ population has started. The latest counts suggest the breeding population hasn’t suffered as much as anticipated.

Print / PDF

BirdLife welcomes passing of law to secure transboundary ecosystems in East Africa

3. February 2012

0 Comments

BirdLife welcomes passing of law to secure transboundary ecosystems in East Africa

There is excitement at the news of the East African Legislative Assembly passing a law that could transform how transboundary ecosystems and resources are managed in East Africa.

Print / PDF

Sustainable tourism for Nepal’s wetlands

2. February 2012

1 Comment

The focus of this year’s World Wetlands Day is sustainable tourism. Find out about Bird Conservation Nepal’s work at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve.

Print / PDF

BirdLife and ITTO agree to pursue common goals on tropical forests

25. January 2012

2 Comments

BirdLife International and The International Tropical Timber Organisation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance cooperation between the two organisations.

Print / PDF

New stronghold for Japanese Murrelet found

23. January 2012

1 Comment

New stronghold for Japanese Murrelet found

A recent study led by the Wild Bird Society of Japan has found that the Izu Islands, on the Pacific side of Japan, hold the second largest concentration of the threatened Japanese Murrelet

Print / PDF

Targeting hunters to save Spoon-billed Sandpiper

17. January 2012

3 Comments

Targeting hunters to save Spoon-billed Sandpiper

In an attempt to mitigate hunting pressure, the Biodiversity and Nature Conservation Association (BANCA – BirdLife in Myanmar) carried out socio-economic surveys and provided livelihood replacement support in communities on both the eastern and western shores of the Gulf of Martaban.

Print / PDF