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Rat eradication success in New Caledonia

Follow up surveys has confirmed that three important seabird islands are officially rat-free, and bird populations are showing signs of recovery...

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Move to halt Pacific bird extinctions – interview with Don Stewart

Read the Radio Australia interview between Don Stewart (BirdLife Director for the Pacific Partnership) and presenter Jemima Garrett...

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BirdLife Species Champions strike gold in Chukotka

Heritage Expeditions - a BirdLife Species Champion supporting Spoon-billed Sandpiper - struck gold this week when they, and the passengers they have taken to the Russian Far East, helped discover a previously unknown breeding population of these rapidly declining waders.

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Saving Spoon-billed Sandpiper

An international team of conservationists is on an emergency mission to help save one of the world’s rarest birds from extinction.

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Keeping islands rat-free for pacific birds and people – with Elenoa Seniloli

Find out about BirdLife's ground-breaking programme with local communities to rid Pacific islands of invasive rats.

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New eco-tourism initiative benefits Spoon-billed Sandpiper conservation

Spoon-billed Sandpiper conservation has received a vital boost from BirdLife Species Champion and award-winning expedition travel company Heritage Expeditions.

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Fijian site support groups receive fundraising & biosecurity training

BirdLife International Fiji Programme, for the first time brought together representatives of Site Support Groups from 6 sites for a fundraising and biosecurity workshop in early July. The sites include 3 Important Bird Areas (IBAs) and 3 potential seabird IBAs. The workshop which was jointly funded by the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund and the David [...]

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