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 Feb 2020

Two-FACEd hunting association says no to EU lead-ban

The terrible impact lead exposure has on humans, wildlife and nature has been known for
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17 Jan 2020

Bringing back nature to the EU in the post-2020 Biodiversity Strategy

The rewilding of European ecosystems can help to tackle both the current climate and biodiversity emergencies. In a policy brief published today, a coalition of five organisations call on the European Commission to...
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Europe and Central Asia
16 Apr 2020

The time for nature restoration is now

What do you see out of your window? Before confinement, did you actually know about that old tree, the noisy redstarts that cheep around your bedroom every morning, the violet flowers defying the sidewalk concrete?...
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Europe and Central Asia
Female Blackcap
6 May 2020

Birding in confinement: discover a new world from your window

For those in the northern hemisphere, spring is unfolding all around, flowers are blo
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Europe and Central Asia
5 Jun 2020

Press release: 66 billion Euros down the drain

EU Court of Auditors: ‘Most CAP funding has little positive im
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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
12 Dec 2019

The EU Green Deal is not the real deal we so desperately need

The brush strokes of the von der Leyen/Timmermans EU Green Deal are starting to come into focus – but only in the broadest way – there is no pointillisme on the canvas yet...
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Europe and Central Asia
The fen landscape
30 Mar 2020

Reviving the fen: therapy for Europe's lungs in Belarus

Fens are natural wetland habitats: a precious home to nature. Unfortunately, some fens risk being drained for farming, threatening both biodiversity and the climate...
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Europe and Central Asia
13 May 2020

A family of Danish White-Tailed Sea Eagles invites you to its nest

Imagine: swooping down from the sky, fresh fish between its talons, a White-Tailed Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) lands in its nest to feed its hungry young chicks. And you’re there to see it all, in real time - from...
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