Europe and Central Asia

Switzerland - SVS/BirdLife Switzerland

BirdLife Partner

Founded in 1922
Members: 62000
Staff: 12
Wiedingstrasse, Zurich, CH, 8036
Tel. +41 44 457 70 20; Fax +41 44 457 70 30
svs@birdlife.ch
www.birdlife.ch
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Mission of the organisation

The mission of the SVS/BirdLife Switzerland is the protection of birds and biodiversity from a local to the international level and by this making a contribution for a natural environment and for people.

Key Activities

  • Habitat conservation
  • Site protection
  • Species Action plans
  • International projects
News
20 May 2020

Press release: A blueprint to save the planet

Brussels – 20 May 2020
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Europe and Central Asia
10 Apr 2020

Will COVID-19 fuel the destruction of our oceans?

European fishers and aquaculture farmers who continue to work, like many others who p
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Europe and Central Asia
8 May 2020

BirdLife position paper: EU Fisheries Control Rules to protect the marine environment

Sensitive species such as seabirds, marine mammals, and sea turtles forage in highly pr
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Europe and Central Asia
19 Jun 2020

Science isn’t negotiable: Environment MEPs break off CAP negotiations with COMAGRI

It’s over. The gulf was just too wide. On 10 June, the MEPs from the Environment Committee (COMENVI) broke off negotiations with their counterparts in the Agriculture Committee (COMAGRI) on the upcoming vote on the...
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Europe and Central Asia
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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Europe and Central Asia
5 Nov 2019

Fish Tales - Episode 1: Thomas from Cyprus

«My name is Thomas. I live in Cyprus. I am 63 years old, and I have been a fisherman for 36 years.»
Being a fisher. Caring for nature.
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9 Jun 2020

The conservation disruption: when Covid struck

How do you count birds if you’re not allowed to leave your home?
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Europe and Central Asia
14 May 2020

Why the caged birdwatchers sing: raising awareness during confinement

How do you raise awareness on the importance to protect birds, beautiful winged creatures of the outdoors, when everyone is staying inside? Across the map, our partners lead the way.
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Europe and Central Asia
10 Apr 2020

Why we need space for nature on farms

In order to survive, birds and bees, fauna and flora, need space: a natural habitat, a home. This simple yet fundamental need is being trampled upon by intensive agriculture. Intensive, pesticide-dependent monoculture...
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Europe and Central Asia
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