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Debate heating up on biofuels – BirdLife’s November 2010 Round Up

Biofuels are any kind of fuel derived from living things. In principle, they are a way of reducing greenhouse gas emissions compared to conventional fossil fuels like oil and coal. It is also estimated that emissions from burning biofuels are broadly comparable to the amount of the gas absorbed from the atmosphere when the biofuel plants are grown. Sounds great. Right? Sadly not...

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Time to hit the biodiversity target – BirdLife’s September 2010 Round Up

Next month the world's leaders are meeting in Japan to discuss a new biodiversity target. This is a vitally important milestone for the future of wildlife on our shared planet. We’ll be covering the news from the event, however looking back at September’s stories we already have some powerful messages for governments to consider...

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Conservation gets personal – BirdLife’s August 2010 Round Up

“Conservation is all about what each of us can do personally to help”, said Richard Grimmett – BirdLife’s Assistant Director of Conservation – last month. Richard was speaking about the success of BirdLife’s Common Swift nesting boxes which were erected recently by our office manager and are already attracting the attention of these fabulous migratory [...]

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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...

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Top Ten News – BirdLife’s June 2010 Round Up

Like the FIFA Football World Cup, BirdLife’s news in June 2010 shows the ups and downs of international conservation efforts. In June we kept up the focus on some vital BirdLife work from around the globe...

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