After five years of success, CEPF commits $10 million more to Indo-Burma hotspot

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

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After five years of success, CEPF commits $10 million more to Indo-Burma hotspot

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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Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund provides US$10 million for biodiversity conservation in Indo-Burma Region

Thursday, December 13, 2012

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Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund provides US$10 million for biodiversity conservation in Indo-Burma Region

After four years, the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund’s investment in the Indo- Burma biodiversity hotspot has resulted in more than US$ 9.8 million in grants to 54 civil society organisations to conserve biodiversity in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam.

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BirdLife International and CEPF invite new Letters of Inquiry for the Indo-Burma Hotspot.

Monday, July 2, 2012

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BirdLife International and CEPF invite new Letters of Inquiry for the Indo-Burma Hotspot.

BirdLife International in Indochina, in its role as the Regional Implementation Team (RIT) for CEPF in the Indo-Burma Hotspot, invites proposals for small grants from non-government organisations, community groups, and other civil society organisations.

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Muted celebrations for Thailand’s most colourful bird

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

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Muted celebrations for Thailand’s most colourful bird

The rediscovery of Gurney’s Pitta 25 years ago brought hope for a beautiful bird feared extinct, but the bird’s future still hangs in the balance.

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Census finds unexplained fall in Black-faced Spoonbill numbers

Thursday, May 5, 2011

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Census finds unexplained fall in Black-faced Spoonbill numbers

The 2011 International Black-faced Spoonbill Census has found a large decrease in the known wintering populations since last year’s census.

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Spoon-billed Sandpiper

Monday, January 10, 2011

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Spoon-billed Sandpiper

Spoon-billed Sandpiper is one of the world's strangest-looking birds and certainly the weirdest wader. It is a small bird with, as its name suggests, a spoon-shaped bill. The species is listed as Critically Endangered by BirdLife International because it has an extremely small population, which is getting smaller This means that it is at real risk from extinction in the next few years.

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BCST supporting a Local Conservation Group

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

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BCST supporting a Local Conservation Group

Bird Conservation Society of Thailand (BCST. BirdLife in Thailand) recently brought members and birders to survey birds at public land near Bornok village in Prachuab Khirikhan Province, 300 km south of Bangkok

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BirdLife and CEPF expand funding opportunities for biodiversity conservation in the Indo-Burma Hotspot

Monday, August 16, 2010

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BirdLife and CEPF expand funding opportunities for biodiversity conservation in the Indo-Burma Hotspot

Non-governmental organisations (NGOs), academic institutions, community groups and other civil society organisations working in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Vietnam have been given another opportunity to apply for funding to conserve the Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot

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BCST joined IYB 2010 Celebration

Friday, August 13, 2010

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BCST joined IYB 2010 Celebration

In July, Bird Conservation Society of Thailand (BCST - BirdLife in Thailand) joined a government’s official event to celebrate the International Year of Biodiversity (IYB) 2010 organised by Office of Natural Resources and Environment Policy and Planning (ONEP), Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) at Khao Khiew Open Zoo in Chonburi Province, 100 km east of Bangkok, under a theme ‘Biodiversity is Our Life’.

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Oversummering Spoon-billed Sandpiper discovered in Thailand

Friday, July 30, 2010

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Oversummering Spoon-billed Sandpiper discovered in Thailand

Photos confirming the first record of the Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper oversummering in its wintering grounds in Thailand has been made.

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Rubber plantations are erasing Thailand’s lowland forest

Friday, July 23, 2010

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Rubber plantations are erasing Thailand’s lowland forest

“Rubber plantations are like a creeping cancer for biodiversity-a sterile green blanket that holds almost no food for either insectivorous or fruit-eating birds. Expansion of rubber plantations will further exacerbate the ongoing decline in wild bird populations”

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Another success story of raptor rehabilitation in Thailand

Thursday, July 15, 2010

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Another success story of raptor rehabilitation in Thailand

On March 23, 2010, Center of Wildlife Rescue Coordination, Wildlife Conservation Office, Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) brought a Brahminy Kite to Kasetsart University Raptor Rehabilitation Center (KURRU) for rehabilitation and release to the wild.

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