Working together for birds and people
21-11-2008: A group working to conserve the Kikuyu Escarpment forest Important Bird Area in Kenya has won the prestigious Equator Prize for 2008. The Kijabe Environment Volunteers were chosen from 310 nominations and received the award at the IUCN World Conservation Congress...
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Switzerland publishes IBA inventory
19-11-2008: ‘Important Bird Areas in Switzerland' has recently been published. It will be distributed to decision-makers to help gain more protection for key sites...
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RSPB urges swift action to restore threatened farmland birds
18-11-2008: The UK government has revealed that the populations of some iconic countryside birds fell last year to their lowest levels since 1970...
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Brazil pledges to help save seabirds
17-11-2008: Brazil has become the most recent country to formally ratify a major global seabird treaty. This will strengthen conservation action being undertaken around the world to save the 300,000 seabirds - including 100,000 albatrosses – killed in longline fisheries each year...
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British company endangers wildlife paradise
14-11-2008: A British company wants to mine coal in the heart of one of South Africa’ most ecologically sensitive natural environments. Conservationists believe the prospecting rights obtained by Delta Mining is illegal and poses one of the most serious threats to the country’s natural heritage for decades...
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Climate Change
BirdLife International's position statement on Climate Change
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BirdLife News Round-up: September 2008
Despite some hard hitting publications, looking at BirdLife’s news in September it’s hard not to feel positive...
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State of the World´s Birds
Common birds are in decline across the world, providing evidence of a rapid deterioration in the global environment that is affecting all life on earth – including human life...
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