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Gibraltar – Gibraltar Ornithological and Natural History Society (GONHS)

BirdLife Partner

Founded in 1976
Members: 200
Staff: 2
The Gibraltar Natural History Field Centre, Jews' Gate, Upper Rock Nature Reserve, P.O. Box 843, Gibraltar, GI
Tel. +350 20072639; Fax +350 20074022
info@gonhs.org
www.gonhs.org
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Mission of the organisation

Fostering the study, conservation and dissemination of information on nature in Gibraltar and its hinterland.

Key Activities

  • Advocacy and Lobbying;
  • Environmental Watchdog role;
  • Practical conservation: habitat restoration, re-introductions;
  • Research;
  • Promoting public awareness;
  • Wildlife management.
News
2 Apr 2021

Why public consultations matter for nature

You know that nature is suffering.
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18 Jun 2021

Common Fisheries Policy: Mission not yet accomplished

Seven years after the last reform of the Common Fisheries
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Europe's nature is disappearing under unsustainable farming and expanding towns. The new State of Nature in the EU shows alarming figures
19 Oct 2020

The new State of Nature in the EU shows alarming figures

Today the European Environment Agency’s and the European Com
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11 Jun 2021

How restoring peatlands can help us beat climate change

Peatlands are an incredible tool against the climate crisis: they absorb carbon from the atmosphere and keep it stored. Although peatlands only cover 3% of the world’s land area, they contain a third of the world's soil...
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2 Apr 2021

BirdLife threatens to walk out from Taxonomy Platform on Sustainable Finance

Right now, the European Commission is working towards finalising its sustainable financ
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2 Oct 2020

Olive oil is no longer a threat for migratory birds

I am convinced that most of the rather complex and long-standing planetary problems of our age can be solved by looking onto our food plates. Let me explain why.
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17 Dec 2020

Natura Alert: Using citizen science to protect nature

Since the late 1970s, the BirdLife Partnership has worked together to  identify, docume
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7 Oct 2020

How’s nature doing? BirdLife joins momentous collaboration for EU State of Nature report

How can we secure a healthy, sustainable future for nature and people? What do we need to do, and when? In order to figure that out, we first need to understand how nature is doing right now.
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2 Nov 2020

An Open Letter from Scientists: EMFF

[If you're a scientist and would like to sign the letter, please scroll to
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