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Caribbean Partners get their “mangroove” on for World Wetlands Day

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Grupo Jaragua and Sociedad Ornitológica Puertorriqueña, Inc. marked World Wetlands Day with programmes aimed at raising awareness of the value and benefits delivered by the Caribbean’s shrinking coastal mangroves.

Proposed Pipeline Threatens Important Bird Areas in Canada; Public Review Enters Final Stages

Thursday, August 30, 2012

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Proposed Pipeline Threatens Important Bird Areas in Canada; Public Review Enters Final Stages

In Canada, a public review of a proposed pipeline project through an area of exceptional importance for marine birds is entering its final stages.

Nesting shorebirds protected at the Cabo Rojo Salt Flats, Puerto Rico

Friday, July 6, 2012

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Nesting shorebirds protected at the Cabo Rojo Salt Flats, Puerto Rico

During May 2012, Sociedad Ornitológica Puertorriqueña, Inc. (SOPI, BirdLife in Puerto Rico) installed 25 signs in the Cabo Rojo Salt Flats National Wildlife Refuge to mark important nesting sites for resident shorebirds that were being disturbed by visitors.

Grupo Jaragua’s first land purchase initiative saves 100 ha of threatened Caribbean forest

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

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Grupo Jaragua’s first land purchase initiative saves 100 ha of threatened Caribbean forest

Grupo Jaragua (BirdLife in the Dominican Republic) has successfully purchased a 100 ha corridor of transitional, previously unprotected and highly threatened forest within the Jaragua-Bahoruco-Enriquillo Biosphere Reserve.

Jaragua Community Volunteers celebrate World Bird Festival

Monday, December 5, 2011

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Jaragua Community Volunteers celebrate World Bird Festival

Last October, the local community of El Cajuil-located in the south-west of Dominican Republic-participated in World Bird Festival (WBF) activities.

BirdLife and the Ramsar Convention focus on mangrove conservation in the Americas

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

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BirdLife and the Ramsar Convention focus on mangrove conservation in the Americas

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.

Study confirms IBAs are priority sites for expansion of protected area network in Africa

Monday, May 9, 2011

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A new publication finds a significant mismatch between the protected area network in Africa, and the key habitats occupied by the continent’s most threatened birds.

Important Bird Areas of the Americas: Priority Sites for Biodiversity Conservation

Monday, January 10, 2011

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460 pages, £44.99, Available to buy. This book provides a concise summary of the 2345 Important Bird Areas in the Americas.

Americas IBA directory chapters now available in Spanish (Portuguese, French and Dutch)

Friday, October 15, 2010

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All country chapters of the Americas Important Bird Area (IBA) directory are now available for download in their principal languages. A total of 19 chapters are available in Spanish, two in Dutch, one in French and one in Portuguese.

Caribbean Partners get their “mangroove” on for World Wetlands Day

Proposed Pipeline Threatens Important Bird Areas in Canada; Public Review Enters Final Stages

Nesting shorebirds protected at the Cabo Rojo Salt Flats, Puerto Rico

Grupo Jaragua’s first land purchase initiative saves 100 ha of threatened Caribbean forest

Jaragua Community Volunteers celebrate World Bird Festival

BirdLife and the Ramsar Convention focus on mangrove conservation in the Americas

Study confirms IBAs are priority sites for expansion of protected area network in Africa

Important Bird Areas of the Americas: Priority Sites for Biodiversity Conservation

Americas IBA directory chapters now available in Spanish (Portuguese, French and Dutch)

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