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Hundreds of nature sites at risk from EU transport projects

13-05-2008: Over a thousand protected nature areas in Europe are under serious threat from high-profile EU-funded transport infrastructure projects according to a new report by BirdLife International, RSPB and other environmental groups, which was presented in the European Parliament today. More »

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Tata withdraws Natron project ESIA Report
12-05-2008: Tata Chemicals Ltd has finally withdrawn the much discredited Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Report for the proposed Lake Natron soda ash plant. The development poses serious threats to the survival of Lesser Flamingos and the livelihoods of local communities... More »

Tricoloured mega-colony saved
08-05-2008: Audubon California has announced that it has reached an agreement to safeguard a single colony of 80,000 Tricoloured Blackbirds... More »

New report shows EU biofuel policy likely to cause worldwide environmental destruction
06-05-2008: The EU’s biofuel policy is likely to cause large-scale environmental harm across the world, according to a new report published today by BirdLife International. The report presents real life cases, where the production of biofuel feed stocks is leading to the clearing of natural habitats. More »

Tana biofuel plans could break the law
05-05-2008: Plans to grow biofuel crops on an idyllic river plain in Kenya underestimate the cost, overestimate the profit and could be illegal if implemented as currently proposed, consultants say in a new report... More »

Vulture crisis deepens
30-04-2008: Asian vultures will be extinct in the wild within a decade without urgent action to eliminate the livestock drug that has caused their catastrophic decline More »

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Think Pink - save Africa's flamingos
BirdLife's position statement on the proposed Lake Natron soda ash development. More »

BirdLife News Round-up: April 2008
The BirdLife Partnership has conservation programmes working in every corner of the world... More »

Price of power
A ubiquitous part of modern life, electricity and the infrastructure that provide it have devastating effects on several bird species. More »