The Caribbean wetland experience
This year’s World Wetlands Day (WWD) theme is “Wetlands and Tourism” and BirdLife Partners in the Caribbean are ready to be part of the experience.
Continue reading...Las primeras imágenes captadas de un pichón dan esperanza a un ave marina amenazada del Caribe
Friday, January 13, 2012
Una nueva localidad de anidación para el diablotín Pterodroma hasitata ha sido descubierta en Haití a través de los esfuerzos en el campo de un grupo de colaboradores dominicanos y haitianos.
Continue reading...First ever chick photos give hope for threatened Caribbean seabird
Friday, January 13, 2012
A new nesting location for Black-capped Petrel has been discovered in Haiti by the efforts of a joint Dominican – Haitian field team.
Continue reading...A voyage for Caribbean Seabirds
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Documenting new seabird-colony Important Bird Areas, finding previously undocumented colonies and colonies thought to be extirpated: these are just some of the exciting discoveries reported within Environmental Protection in the Caribbean’s (EPIC’s) ground-breaking Seabird Breeding Atlas of the Lesser Antilles.
Continue reading...Small grants, big conservation for mangroves
Friday, December 23, 2011
The Neotropical Mangrove Conservation Alliance has awarded its first small grant to Grupo Jaragua (BirdLife in the Dominican Republic) as part of an initiative to catalyze community-based mangrove conservation in the Insular Caribbean.
Continue reading...Jaragua Community Volunteers celebrate World Bird Festival
Monday, December 5, 2011
Last October, the local community of El Cajuil-located in the south-west of Dominican Republic-participated in World Bird Festival (WBF) activities.
Continue reading...BirdLife projects flying high in UNEP-GEF top-twenty
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
To mark its 20th Anniversary, the GEF has announced and profiled its 20 best projects funded through UNEP. This ‘20-best’ list features two projects in which BirdLife International was a key player.
Continue reading...Threatened whistling-ducks arrive at Woodbourne, Barbados
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Flooding at BirdLife's Woodbourne Shorebird Refuge in Barbados reduced the amount of suitable stop-over habitat for shorebirds this autumn, but this proved good for ducks and in September, two globally threatened West Indian Whistling-ducks turned up - the first time the species has been on the island for 50 years.
Continue reading...Department of Environment Logo Competition Rules
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
The Department of Environment Montserrat has announced a logo competition with a prize of $500 USD on offer.
Continue reading...Grupo Jaragua celebrates 2nd year of the Bahoruco Summer Camp
Friday, September 23, 2011
The Bahoruco Summer Camp run by Grupo Jaragua (BirdLife in the Dominican Republic), the local grassroots organization Voluntarios Comunitarios de Jaragua and the Puerto Escondido Birding Club.
Continue reading...The Jaragua Summer Camp: fifteen years of experience in the environmental awareness of local communities
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Last August, Grupo Jaragua (BirdLife in the Dominican Republic) held its 15th Jaragua Summer Camp and in turn, celebrated 15 years of continuous efforts towards a greater environmental awareness in local communities.
Continue reading...Shooting of Whimbrels sparks calls for regulation of shorebird hunting in the Caribbean
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Two tracked Whimbrels have been shot by hunters on Guadeloupe, highlighting the danger for shorebirds in the Caribbean part of their flyway.
Continue reading...Jamaica may cease to be “the fairest isle that eyes ever beheld” in the face of climate change
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Climate models indicate that Jamaica is likely to experience significant changes in temperature, precipitation, sea-level rise and extreme weather events.
Continue reading...BirdLife and the Ramsar Convention focus on mangrove conservation in the Americas
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
BirdLife recently attended the 2nd meeting of the Ramsar Convention’s Regional Initiative for the Conservation and Wise Use of Mangroves and Coral Reefs in the Americas.
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