BirdLife International (2004) State of the world’s birds 2004: indicators for our changing world. Cambridge, UK
State of the world’s birds was first published in 2004. It provided a comprehensive account of the work and knowledge of more than 100 BirdLife Partners, and thousands of other reseachers, in a booklet of just 72 pages.
BirdLife International (2008) State of the world’s birds: indicators for our changing world. Cambridge, UK.
The information and analysis presented in State of the world’s birds was updated in 2008.
The information held within the State of the world's birds database is used to develop targeted advocacy materials which support BirdLife’s involvement at events such as the World Seabird Conference and the Conference of the Parties to the CBD. Below are some of the main recent publications. BirdLife International (2008) Critically Endangered birds: a global audit. Cambridge, UK.
BirdLife International (2010) Marine Important Bird Areas: priority sites for the conservation of biodiversity. Cambridge, UK.
BirdLife International (2010) Meeting the 2020 biodiversity targets: action and monitoring based on birds. Cambridge, UK.
BirdLife International (2010) Important Bird Areas (IBA) poster. Cambridge, UK.
Alliance for Zero Extinction (2010) 2010 AZE update: Pinpointing and conserving epicenters of imminent extinctions
The Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE), a global initiative of biodiversity conservation organisations including BirdLife, aims to prevent extinction by identifying and safeguarding key sites where species are in imminent danger of disappearing. This map depicts the updated set of sites following the 2010 update.
CCI and BirdLife (2011) Measuring and monitoring ecosystem services at the site scale. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Conservation Initiative and BirdLife International
Ecosystem services underpin our very existence. Despite this, they are consistently undervalued in economic analyses and decision-making. This booklet introduces a new 'toolkit' for measuring ecosystem services at the site scale which is accessible to non-experts and delivers scientifically robust results.