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Petrels fuel Fijian exchange programme

Friday, November 2, 2012

Community members from two BirdLife Fiji Programme Site Support Groups recently visited a NatureFiji-MareqetiViti project on Gau Island to learn about petrel conservation techniques...

Species from the Pacific added to IUCN Red List

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

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New information for Pacific Island freshwater fishes, land snails and reptiles is part of the latest update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ has been released. These data indicate that 32% of these species are threatened with extinction.

Launch of new funding opportunity for biodiversity hotspot

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

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Launch of new funding opportunity for biodiversity hotspot

BirdLife International, IUCN and EWNHS have launched a new funding opportunity for conservation in the Eastern Afromontane Biodiversity Hotspot

Biodiversity survey of paradise in the South Pacific

Monday, August 6, 2012

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Biodiversity survey of paradise in the South Pacific

Last June, a team of scientists and technicians joined the Ornithological Society of Polynesia-Manu (SOP-Manu - BirdLife in French Polynesia) to survey the flora and fauna of remote atolls in the south-east Tuamotu Archipelago.

Titi Forever: Research supports conservation of Tuamotu Sandpiper

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

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Titi Forever: Research supports conservation of Tuamotu Sandpiper

Most of the world’s sandpiper species migrate thousands of kilometers between arctic breeding grounds and subtropical wintering grounds, but in the not-too distant evolutionary past, one group gave up this habit and went native in French Polynesia...

Restoring Pacific paradise

Friday, July 27, 2012

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In total, 51% of all threatened birds are being driven towards extinction by invasive alien species. The problem is especially acute on oceanic islands where 75% of threatened birds are affected. In an effort to address this serious threat, the Pacific Partnership of BirdLife International has received renewed support from the David & Lucile Packard Foundation to protect globally important seabird colonies by eradicating invasive alien species...

Islands In The Sky – Conserving The Cloud Forests Of Samoa

Thursday, July 26, 2012

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The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and the Samoa Ministry of Natural Resources and environment (MNRE) have recently completed a 12-day intensive survey, with the assistance of BirdLife Pacific, of the wildlife in the highest point of Samoa – the Savaii upland cloud forest...

BirdLife International and CEPF invite new Letters of Inquiry for the Indo-Burma Hotspot.

Monday, July 2, 2012

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BirdLife International in Indochina, in its role as the Regional Implementation Team (RIT) for CEPF in the Indo-Burma Hotspot, invites proposals for small grants from non-government organisations, community groups, and other civil society organisations.

Fijian Community Group Receives Global Prize

Thursday, June 21, 2012

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Fijian Community Group Receives Global Prize

A voluntary group of local landowners from Fiji has been awarded a prestigious Equator Prize for 2012. A representative of the group, Silio Lalaqila, received the award at a special ceremony last night co-hosted by actor, Ed Norton and Brazilian actress and environmental advocate, Camilla Pitanga.

BirdLife in Indochina newsletter The Babbler No.41 released

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

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BirdLife International in Indochina has released its quarterly newsletter The Babbler No. 41 (February -May 2012).

Rat eradication planned in the Cooks

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

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TIS (BirdLife in the Cook Islands) is planning a project with BirdLife International and the Cook Island's National Environment Service to eradicate rats from Suwarrow National Park to protect Suwarrow’s globally important seabird populations...

Spotlight on three Important Bird Areas in the Cook Islands

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

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Spotlight on three Important Bird Areas in the Cook Islands

TIS (BirdLife in the Cook Islands) recently visited the islands of Atiu and Aitutaki to raise awareness in the community about the identification of their islands as Key Biodiversity Areas and Important Bird Areas...

New Palau Conservation Society website and video showcase success

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

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New Palau Conservation Society website and video showcase success

The Palau Conservation Society (PCS – BirdLife Partner) works to empower their communities to steward Palau’s environment and launched a new website and video recently showcasing their work...

World Migratory Bird Day to be celebrated in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi Kurdistan.

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

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World Migratory Bird Day to be celebrated in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi Kurdistan.

Nature Iraq (BirdLife Partner), is proud to announce that the 10th BirdLife Middle East Partnership Meeting will be held from Friday 11th to Monday 14th of May 2012 in Sulaimaniya, Iraq