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SCIENCE + LOCAL INVOLVEMENT = BETTER CONSERVATION FOR MANGROVES

Mangrove Alliance — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:10:05 +0000

Sociedad Ornitológica Puertorriqueña Inc. (SOPI, BirdLife in Puerto Rico) has been awarded funds by the Mangrove Alliance Small Grants Program (SGP) to perform the first comprehensive study of the mangrove community at Caño Tiburones.

Bird trapping on the rise in Cyprus – an estimated 2.8 million birds killed in 2011

BirdLife Europe — Wed, 16 May 2012 07:36:14 +0000

The latest monitoring results in Cyprus show that bird trapping with mist nets and limesticks continues to rise, threatening many migrants travelling through the Eastern Mediterranean Island.

SalvaNATURA registers 67 species in 2nd Central American Aquatic Bird Census

SalvaNATURA — Wed, 16 May 2012 00:50:06 +0000

With the help of BirdLife International, on February 18th and 19th, SalvaNATURA held the 2nd Central American Aquatic Bird Census, registering 67 species, of which 6 are considered Critically Endangered in the Official List of Endangered Species at the national level.

Want a fair and ecological agricultural policy for the EU? Add your signature!

BirdLife Europe — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:43:20 +0000

With only a few weeks left to the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), and with the ongoing reform of the European Common Agricultural Policy, several youth networks from across the EU have launched a joint initiative to mobilize citizens in support of a fair and ecological agricultural reform.

MEPs adopt the “Gerbrandy” Report on biodiversity

BirdLife Europe — Tue, 15 May 2012 14:59:49 +0000

On April 20th the European Parliament made a stand in support of biodiversity conservation and sustainable development when it adopted the “Motion for a European Parliament resolution on our life insurance, our natural capital: an EU biodiversity strategy to 2020”, authored by Dutch Liberal MEP Mr Gerben Jan Gerbrandy.