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Breathing New Life into a Quarry

Tue, 03/03/2015 - 15:32

Perhaps when you were a teenager you've snuck into an old quarry to take a quick dip to cool off on a...

100,000 Dutch Call to Preserve Meadow Landscapes and their Birds

Mon, 02/03/2015 - 16:41

“We must act now in order to save meadow birds and their habitats, and we must work together: the corporate sector, farmers,...

Europe and Central Asia Netherlands

Rare glimpse of elusive rail

Mon, 02/03/2015 - 15:34

James Bond's bird lives to die another day

Americas Cuba Preventing Extinctions

Nature Film Competition! Apply Online by 10th March

Mon, 02/03/2015 - 15:14

The first International Nature Film Festival will be held this 14-17 May in Gödöllő, Hungary. This event, supported by BirdLife Hungary ,...

Europe and Central Asia Hungary

The 2015 Champions of the Flyway race will take place 25th March 2015 – THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO GET INVOLVED!

Fri, 27/02/2015 - 09:22

In 2014, the Israel Ornithological Center (SPNI; BirdLife in Israel) and BirdLife International launched a new and exciting project - Champions of...

Europe and Central Asia Migratory Birds and Flyways - Europe and Central Asia

Involving women in conservation - a smart plan, or still a bit of a taboo? Conservation International, supported by BirdLife International, funds five small and innovative projects in East Africa that aim to provide a better understanding of what's really going on between men and women in environmental decision-making. The first of a series of eyeopening articles...

Africa Local Empowerment

Bay of Panama saved from destruction

Wed, 25/02/2015 - 10:25

Panama Audubon Society is celebrating after winning a hard-fought effort to reverse the Panama government’s 2012 decision to withdraw protected status for the Bay of Panama IBA

Americas Panama Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBAs)

BirdLife Partners working across the Mediterranean to protect seabirds

Fri, 20/02/2015 - 15:07

Seabird and marine conservation experts are gathering this week in Hammamet, Tunisia to discuss the current knowledge of seabirds and the key...

Europe and Central Asia Seabirds and Marine - Europe and Central Asia

Conservation plug-in charges efforts to save West Africa's seabirds

Fri, 20/02/2015 - 09:44

Efforts to save West Africa’s disappearing seabirds are to be given a boost thanks to an ambitious monitoring initiative which will help identify and protect the areas in which they forage and overwinter.

Africa Marine

International partnership aids wildlife conservation in Iraq

Thu, 19/02/2015 - 11:18

BirdLife's Iraqi Partner has been leading a wildlife study and education programme in Iraqi Kurdistan

Middle East Iraq Capacity Development

Who will save the ugly duckling?

Mon, 16/02/2015 - 17:11

You probably know the story about the ugly duckling. This fairy tale tells the story of a young duckling treated like an...

Europe and Central Asia

Asian songbird migrants in trouble

Mon, 16/02/2015 - 09:25

Migratory songbirds in East Asia are in trouble, according to new research.

Asia Migratory Birds and Flyways - Asia

COP 21 Negotiations

Fri, 13/02/2015 - 15:19

In 2011, countries at the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties in Durban, South Africa, agreed to establish a binding international agreement to...

Europe and Central Asia

Turning German Energy Around

Fri, 13/02/2015 - 15:13

The Energiewende – Germany’s energy transition - is still under pressure, even though the German government recently confirmed their CO 2 emissions...

Europe and Central Asia

Working with four villages to end soil erosion in an entire river basin

Fri, 13/02/2015 - 12:20

Save our soil! The entire catchment area of a river and its tributaries is a large, complex, interaction of ecosystems. CEPF is working with projects in the Med to best manage river basins holistically. Here is a great example from Albania.

Europe and Central Asia Albania