Wise decisions for wetlands? Ramsar COP11 begins in Bucharest
BirdLife will be using the meeting to highlight the threats to key wetlands from ill-considered ‘development’ that focuses only on short-term benefits.
Continue reading...Nesting shorebirds protected at the Cabo Rojo Salt Flats, Puerto Rico
Friday, July 6, 2012
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.
Continue reading...Science + local involvement = better conservation for mangroves
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Sociedad Ornitológica Puertorriqueña Inc. (SOPI, BirdLife in Puerto Rico) has been awarded funds by the Mangrove Alliance Small Grants Program (SGP) to perform the first comprehensive study of the mangrove community at Caño Tiburones.
Continue reading...SalvaNATURA registers 67 species in 2nd Central American Aquatic Bird Census
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
With the help of BirdLife International, on February 18th and 19th, SalvaNATURA held the 2nd Central American Aquatic Bird Census, registering 67 species, of which 6 are considered Critically Endangered in the Official List of Endangered Species at the national level.
Continue reading...Jamaicans set to put an economic value on a threatened mangrove site
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
The Windsor Research Centre (WRC) is implementing a project to engage the people of Jamaica in the conservation and protection of the Coral Spring-Mountain Spring Protected Area (CPMSPA) and its mangrove habitat.
Continue reading...Secretary General of the Ramsar Convention celebrates Earth Day in Bay of Panama Ramsar site
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
The National Wetlands Committee of Panama celebrated Earth Day with the visit of the Secretary General of the Ramsar Convention, Anada Tiéga, to Panama Bay Ramsar Site.
Continue reading...Haiti´s inland mangroves disappear under rising waters
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
As part of a Haiti-wide mangrove survey, the Fondation pour la Protection de la Biodiversité Marine (FoProBiM) has undertaken visits to Trou Caïman and Lac Azuéi Important Bird Areas to search these brackish lakes for remnants of inland mangroves.
Continue reading...The Caribbean wetland experience
Thursday, February 2, 2012
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...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...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...Mangrove planting in Cambodia to celebrate Ramsar Convention 40th Anniversary
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
In 1998, Cambodia officially became a contracting party to the Ramsar Convention and designated three sites as Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar sites).
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.
Continue reading...Malaysian Nature Society gets help from Ricoh for forest ecosystem conservation work
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Ricoh are to help MNS's mangrove forest recovery work at Kuala Selangor Nature Park.
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