World Migratory Bird Day 2013 highlights importance of site networks for migratory birds
This weekend 11-12 May is World Migratory Bird Day 2013 is being celebrated in over 65 countries including events held by BirdLife Partners.
Continue reading...NABU International launches fund to support families of rangers killed in action
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
A Ranger Family Support Fund was launched in Ethiopia last week to provide financial assistance to the families that are left behind from rangers who lose their lives to poachers
Continue reading...Kuwait’s new arabic-language field guide is testimony to work of dedicated field workers
Friday, April 26, 2013
The Kuwait Environment Protection Society have built a network of people to survey and monitor birds across their country.
Continue reading...Celebrate World Penguin Day -and the world penguin tracking database
Thursday, April 25, 2013
BirdLife International and the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research have joined the British Antarctic Survey to compile a “tracking database” on six penguin species. The project is funded by the UK Government’s Darwin Initiative.
Continue reading...Plan to save New Zealand seabirds heralds changes to fishing practises
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
BirdLife Partner, Forest & Bird is welcoming the release of a government-approved statement of intent to save native seabirds, including endangered albatrosses and petrels, from being killed by commercial and non-commercial fishing activity...
Continue reading...Spoon-billed Sandpiper wintering site becomes Bangladesh’s 20th IBA
Monday, April 22, 2013
Sonadia Island in Bangladesh, where 10% of the known population of the Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper spends the winter, has been recognised by BirdLife as Bangladesh’s 20th Important Bird Area.
Continue reading...Massive Marine Protected Area announced in the Southern Indian Ocean
Thursday, April 18, 2013
An enormous Marine Protected Area, one of the largest in the world, has been declared in South Africa’s sub-Antarctic territory, the Prince Edward Islands.
Continue reading...Amazing 2012 breeding season for Tahiti Monarch
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
The Critically Endangered Tahiti Monarch has enjoyed its most successful breeding season since Société d'Ornithologie de Polynésie began an intensive programme of nest protection in 1998.
Continue reading...2013 Conservation Leadership Programme awards winners announced!
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
The Conservation Leadership Programme has announced this year’s 28 award-winning projects in 22 different countries, worth a total of $470,000.
Continue reading...Protected status for Panama Bay reinstated by court ruling
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
The Bay of Panama, one of the most important sites for migratory waterbirds in the America, has received a reprieve from destructive development.
Continue reading...The World’s Rarest Birds photo competition winners announced and book launched
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
The winners of the second international photo competition run by The World’s Rarest Birds book project have been announced and the book launched
Continue reading...Cambridge Conservation Initiative to create conservation campus to help transform understanding and conservation of biodiversity
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
The launch of the Cambridge Conservation Campus , which will become the hub for the Cambridge Conservation Initiative (CCI), was marked by a lecture by Sir David Attenborough.
Continue reading...Bird boxes Iraqi-style
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
An exciting project in Iraq is developing the next generation of young conservationists and also helping birds.
Continue reading...After five years of success, CEPF commits $10 million more to Indo-Burma hotspot
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Five years ago, in response to the environmental crisis engulfing mainland South-East Asia, the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund launched a $10 million grants programme to conserve the critical ecosystems of the Indo-Burma Hotspot.
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