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A brighter future for Europe’s rarest migratory songbird

Friday, December 2, 2011

Aquatic Warbler, the rarest passerine bird in mainland Europe, is facing a brighter future thanks to six years of intensive work.

Sierra Leone protects climate by saving its largest forest for the world

Friday, December 2, 2011

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Sierra Leone protects climate by saving its largest forest for the world

Sierra Leone has embraced the vital role tropical forests play in preventing climate change by conserving its most important forest.

Call to save UK’s hummingbirds, albatrosses and whales

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

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Call to save UK’s hummingbirds, albatrosses and whales

Almost 17,000 people have called for the British Government to step up and honour its responsibilities to the UK Overseas Territories, which contain over 85% of the UK's globally threatened species.

World experts discuss climate change at RSPB co-organised event

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

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Some of the world’s leading experts on climate change, wildlife and natural systems gathered earlier today at the UK's Royal Society, to discuss the latest research on the ecological impacts of global warming

Gone, but not forgotten

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

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Ghosts of Gone Birds - an unprecedented exhibition of original art, writing and music has opened in the East End of London.

Department of Environment Logo Competition Rules

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

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The Department of Environment Montserrat has announced a logo competition with a prize of $500 USD on offer.

India’s pharmacies flout diclofenac ban but vulture breeding centres have best year yet

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

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A study published in the journal Oryx has found that over a third of Indian pharmacies continue to sell diclofenac to livestock farmers.

Record flock of migrating Sociable Lapwings recorded in Kazakhstan

Thursday, September 1, 2011

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Record flock of migrating Sociable Lapwings recorded in Kazakhstan

BirdLife International scientists monitoring migrating Sociable Lapwings in the heart of the Great Steppe have recently discovered the largest single flock seen in Kazakhstan since 1939.

Ghosts of Gone Birds London haunt announced…

Friday, August 26, 2011

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Ghosts of Gone Birds London haunt announced…

Following the launch of an extraordinary new multi-media art exhibition - Ghosts of Gone Birds - at the Liverpool School of Art & Design earlier this year, the show has grown and evolved during the summer and will now 'manifest' in London's East End this November.

Climate Change: from talk to action

Monday, August 8, 2011

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The Stop Climate Chaos Scotland coalition (SCCS), within which RSPB Scotland is a key player, is the largest and most powerful civil society coalition in Scotland. The coalition is composed with different civil society groups which work together under a common goal: to stop climate chaos. They call on civil society groups in other countries to work together to create momentum for urgent action on climate change, and have produced a short film about the role of SCCS in influencing the Scottish Climate Change Act.

BirdLife Species Champions strike gold in Chukotka

Saturday, July 9, 2011

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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.

An update on Montserrat’s efforts to address the issue of feral livestock

Thursday, June 23, 2011

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An update on Montserrat’s efforts to address the issue of feral livestock

An update on the project ‘Reducing the impact of feral livestock in and around the Centre Hills’.

Art v Extinction – Ghosts of Gone Birds

Thursday, May 19, 2011

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The first in a series of innovative arts events in support of the BirdLife Preventing Extinctions Programme has launched in Liverpool, UK City of Culture.