BirdLife Africa Update
Lake Nakuru becomes Africa's first IBA-branded National Park
Lake Nakuru National Park, famous for its population of up to 1.5 million non-breeding Lesser Flamingo, has become the first National Park in Africa to be branded as an IBA... More »
Deathly owl scares Zimbabwean family
The Chitofu family living in Eastlea, Zimbabwe, feared that they had been bewitched by an owl which had haunted them for four months and refused to fly away when approached... More »
Trans-boundary park will be a symbol of peace and stability
The Presidents of Sierra Leone and Liberia jointly inaugurated a Trans-boundary Rainforest Peace Park, which will protect one of the largest remaining blocks of intact forests of West Africa. More »
Africa makes progress in conserving IBAs
The annual planning and review meeting of the Africa Protected Area/IBA Monitoring Project was held in the first week of March 2009, hosted by Association ‘Les Amis des Oiseaux’ (AAO, BirdLife in Tunisia). The preliminary findings of the mid-term evaluation, presented at the meeting, revealed that the project is on course, and that a lot of work has gone into addressing the key deliverables... More »
Improving efficiency in monitoring Africa's IBAs
It is taken as given that Africa is well endowed with rich biodiversity. Increasingly, national governments, NGOs and other stakeholders are making concerted efforts to protect it. However, Africa is a vast continent and hence investments of limited resources in conservation work need to be targeted to those areas where they will deliver the highest possible returns... More »
Action Plan for White-winged Flufftail must address migration question
A workshop to develop an International Single Species Action Plan for Endangered White-winged Flufftail has been held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Although the flufftail has been recorded at nine wetland sites in South Africa, the only evidence of breeding comes from three wetland sites in the central highlands of Ethiopia... More »
Kenyan Government grants the destruction of Tana’s birds, biodiversity and livelihoods
The Kenyan Government has approved a proposal to turn 20,000 ha of the pristine Tana Delta into irrigated sugarcane plantations. Conservationists and villagers living in the Delta believe the decision is illegal and are determined to block the development and are considering what action they might take... More »
Data management for successful biodiversity monitoring in Africa
A recent workshop in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, outlined how data management, analysis and presentation underpins effective conservation action and advocacy... More »
New partnership to improve African biodiversity and livelihoods
The Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and Development (AECID) is funding a BirdLife International in Africa project for the first time. The project aims to support Africa’s poor through sustainable use of biodiversity... More »
Tata withdraws Natron project ESIA Report
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 »
Tana biofuel plans could break the law
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 »
Madagascar Pond-heron thrown a lifeline...
The Endangered Madagascar Pond-heron has received much-needed attention from all its range states... More »
Avitourism 'takes off' in South Africa
Avitourism is proving be one of BirdLife South Africa’s most powerful conservation tools... More »
African practitioners enhance their skills in biodiversity monitoring
Practitioners from the eight countries implementing the Africa IBA Monitoring Project met at the Kenya Wildlife Training Institute. The event brought together people with diverse skills and experiences from within, and outside, the continent of Africa. More »
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