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Results of survey on promoting evidence-based bird conservation

A questionnaire survey, on how to best promote evidence-based bird conservation, launched in June by BirdLife International and the University of Cambridge,...

Promoting evidence-based bird conservation: a valuable new resource and opportunities to share knowledge

There is a growing trend in nature conservation towards making decisions based on the best available scientific evidence, rather than using other,...

Forest discovery improves prospects for Angola’s endemics

A large tract of near-pristine Afromontane forest has been found in Angola’s Namba Mountains, tripling the amount of this habitat that was thought to survive in Angola.

Africa

New review reveals worrying declines in the world’s seabirds

The status of the world’s seabirds has deteriorated rapidly over recent decades and several species and many populations are now perilously close to extinction. These are the findings of a major new review published this week in the scientific journal Bird Conservation International.

Pacific

Timor Bush-warbler rediscovered

A paper published online in BirdLife’s journal, Bird Conservation International reports the rediscovery of the Timor Bush-warbler in Timor-Leste

Asia

IBA monitoring data will measure progress towards CBD targets

In a significant contribution to indicators that track trends in the rate of global biodiversity loss, the BirdLife Partnership has developed a standard framework for monitoring Important Bird Areas (IBAs).

Africa