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Working together out of poverty

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

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A look at what the BirdLife Partnership is doing to help eradicate poverty

Eight ways to unleash the potential of local organisations

Sunday, September 16, 2012

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Eight ways to unleash the potential of local organisations, a policy brief authored jointly with the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and the Equator Initiative, draws extensively on BirdLife’s work with Local Conservation Groups. Representatives of several of these groups, which combine conservation work with well-being and livelihoods improvements for their communities, took [...]

Gaining recognition for community-based organisations at Zambales Mountains IBA, the Philippines

Sunday, September 16, 2012

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Gaining recognition for community-based organisations at Zambales Mountains IBA, the Philippines

Sales of tree seedlings from communal nurseries set up by forest dependent families in the municipality of Mangatarem, in the east of the island of Luzon, The Philippines, have provided enough income to meet daily needs, while helping with the reforestation of the Zambales Mountains Important Bird Area.

Living on the Edge: protecting and restoring ecosystems in the Sahel

Sunday, September 16, 2012

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Living on the Edge: protecting and restoring ecosystems in the Sahel

Birds and people depend on natural resources for their survival. The intricate link between people and their environment is especially apparent in the Sahel, with its millions of people (and hundreds of millions of goats), its unpredictable rainfall, and the increasing pressure on wetlands, trees and grasslands which are also used by billions of migratory and Afrotropical birds.

Livelihoods and conservation in the Philippines

Sunday, September 16, 2012

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Livelihoods and conservation in the Philippines

The Mount Hilong-hilong Important Bird Area (IBA), one of the last tracts of lowland rainforest in the northeast of mainland Mindanao in the Philippines, is the home of the globally threatened Philippine Eagle, and of the indigenous Mamanwas and Manobos.

School attendance rises and disease falls in the Bagyeli/Bakola communities

Sunday, September 16, 2012

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School attendance rises and disease falls in the Bagyeli/Bakola communities

Indigenous Bagyeli and Bakola communities in Cameroon are highly marginalised, and most live in poverty. High levels of illiteracy have hindered their efforts to claim their rights to forests and resources (non-timber forest products), and the forests where they live are being lost through logging and the expansion of agriculture. Within the framework of the [...]

Micro-loans and a voice for women around the Gola Rainforest National Park

Sunday, September 16, 2012

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Micro-loans and a voice for women around the Gola Rainforest National Park

As part of the “Across The River” Trans-boundary Peace Park project in the Gola forest between Sierra Leone and Liberia, BirdLife Partners are making sure that local people benefit from the conservation and sustainable use of the forest.

Securing tenure and livelihoods in Paraguay’s Atlantic Forest

Sunday, September 16, 2012

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Securing tenure and livelihoods in Paraguay’s Atlantic Forest

BirdLife Partner Guyra Paraguay is working with local communities at Important Bird Areas to demonstrate how conserving biodiversity can improve the quality of life and livelihoods, and alleviate poverty. Important sites for biodiversity conservation in Paraguay are being lost at an unprecedented speed. Almost 90% of Paraguay’s share of South America’s Atlantic forest has been [...]

Conservation, community benefits and a new Ramsar site: Ten years of conservation in western Madagascar.

Monday, July 30, 2012

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A decade working on wetlands in Madagascar has lead to a Ramsar designation and a host of community benefits.

Scale up work on poverty reduction and biodiversity policy making pays off in Dakatcha woodlands in Kenya

Thursday, July 12, 2012

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Scale up work on poverty reduction and biodiversity policy making pays off in Dakatcha woodlands in Kenya

Birdlife Africa Partnership got a renewed boost to its work in Poverty reduction and policy making when the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and Development (AECID) gave some additional funding amounting to Euros, 500,000 in October 2010.

Touching lives through conservation project

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

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A team of BirdLife International and Fondation NATURAMA (BirdLife Partner in Burkina Faso) visited Oursi Lake recently to assess the impact of small scale funding received from Ricoh to support the rehabilitation of Oursi Lake ecosystem and improve livelihoods. Oursi is one of the most important wetland in Burkina Faso located about 450km from Ouagadougou. [...]

Saving nature, saving people in The Seychelles

Thursday, June 28, 2012

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Saving nature, saving people in The Seychelles

Nature Seychelles is to work with vulnerable people, such as those addicted to drugs and alcohol, to improve their mental and physical wellbeing through contact with nature, and gaining practical skills to allow them to rejoin mainstream society.

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.

Working towards a green economy in Tanzania

Thursday, June 14, 2012

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Working towards a green economy in Tanzania

The Uluguru Mountains support a rich cloud forest that is home to plants and animals which are found nowhere else in the world, including the Critically Endangered Uluguru Bush-shrike.