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
22 Oct 2020

Press release: European Parliament wants to kill off nature for good

This Friday, Members of the European Parliament will conclude a series of nature-killin
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Europe and Central Asia
19 Feb 2020

Climate and biodiversity: two birds of the same feather

To protect biodiversity also means to keep carbon within nature – and not eject it into the atmosphere where it changes the climate. We’re in a climate and biodiversity emergency: the EU must act accordingly.
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Europe and Central Asia
8 Jul 2020

Why we desperately need space for nature on farms

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Europe and Central Asia
13 Nov 2020

Report: The use of the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund in Croatia in relation to the...

A new repor
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Europe and Central AsiaCroatia
1 Jul 2020

Fish Tales – Episode 5: Hasan from Izmir

"My name is Hasan. I live in Izmir, Turkey.
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Europe and Central AsiaTurkey
11 May 2020

Exposed: Slovenian government exploits pandemic to shatter environmental safeguards

It is no secret that the Covid-19 crisis has mutated from a health issue to a full-blown economic and societal crisis. In Slovenia, the government announced a new “anti-Corona law”, to protect the health of their...
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Europe and Central Asia
4 Mar 2020

Blue Manifesto - The roadmap to healthy ocean in 2030

More than 100 environmental organisations, led by BirdLife Europe, ClientEarth, Oceana,
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Europe and Central Asia
2 Dec 2020

Green 10 open letter to the EU Commission: Support the biodiversity ambition under the Recovery and...

Brussels, 2nd December 2020
 
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Europe and Central Asia
23 Sep 2020

Ending “temporary cessation” for good – How an EU subsidy is driving overfishing

This report explores and demonstrates, how EU payments for “temporary cessation” of fishing are not only an ineffective management tool for reducing fishing effort, but also ineffective in supporting marine conservation...
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Europe and Central Asia
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