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Liberia and Sierra Leone move to designate Gola Rainforest as National Park

Monday, November 22, 2010

The governments of Liberia and Sierra Leone have started the formal processes of designating the Gola Rainforest as a shared National Park and Protected Area...

Post-earthquake support started for Haiti’s environmental NGO sector

Thursday, November 18, 2010

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The BirdLife Caribbean Program has secured over US$250,000 from the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund to strengthen Haiti's environmental civil society/NGO sector in the aftermath of the January 2010 earthquake.

MacArthur Foundation helps build a long-term future for Haitian biodiversity

Thursday, November 18, 2010

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The MacArthur Foundation is supporting the BirdLife Caribbean Program’s commitment to build the capacity of Société Audubon Haïti (SAH) with a US$250,000 capacity building grant. Société Audubon Haïti (SAH) is a registered foundation that has operated in Haiti since 2003. SAH has 17 (mostly part-time or project-funded contract) staff and over 100 volunteers who work [...]

Ministers swarm in to Nagoya

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

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The arrival of the ministers and celebrities has given a new stimulus to achieve concrete results here at the CBD COP10.

Project launched to identify conservation targets within one million km2 of Eastern Africa

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

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Project launched to identify conservation targets within one million km2 of Eastern Africa

This week BirdLife International and the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) are launching a new project to create a conservation strategy for mountain ranges across eastern Africa, from Saudi Arabia and Yemen in the north to Zimbabwe in the south.

Building a future on IBA conservation in the Dominican Republic

Monday, September 27, 2010

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Building a future on IBA conservation in the Dominican Republic

Grupo Jaragua (BirdLife in the Dominican Republic) are motivating communities in the Jaragua-Bahoruco-Enriquillo Biosphere Reserve to protect and value their natural resources, by getting them involved in conservation planning, environmental awareness activities and the implementation of alternatives for sustainable development.

New edition of The Babbler

Thursday, September 16, 2010

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BirdLife International in Indochina has just released its quarterly newsletter, Babbler 35, for July - September 2010, which includes a feature on BirdLife CEPF Regional Implementation Team progress in Indochina. This feature gives an update on an additional one large and one small grant, brief progress of fifteen funded projects and especially the CEPF mid-term assessment workshops held in July in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.

BirdLife and CEPF expand funding opportunities for biodiversity conservation in the Indo-Burma Hotspot

Monday, August 16, 2010

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Non-governmental organisations (NGOs), academic institutions, community groups and other civil society organisations working in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Vietnam have been given another opportunity to apply for funding to conserve the Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot

How long will they stand?

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

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The destruction of the world's mangrove forests is happening up to four times faster than the world's land-based forests, according to a new United Nations report. A study commissioned by the U.N. Environmental Program (UNEP) reports that one fifth (around 35,500 square kilometers) of the world's mangroves -- forests straddling both land and sea -- have been lost since 1980.

Leading by example – BirdLife’s July 2010 Round Up

Thursday, August 5, 2010

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Leading by example – BirdLife’s July 2010 Round Up

BirdLife works hard to hold governments to account, ensuring they keep their promises. And when governments fail, or fall below international best practices, BirdLife is ready with the practical solutions and encouragement to get them back on track...