BirdLife Africa Update
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Tata Chemicals Ltd has finally withdrawn the much discredited Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Report for the proposed Lake Natron soda ash plant.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 BirdLife Partners integrate climate change issues into their conservation programmes
The scientific evidence for climate change and its damaging effects on people, biodiversity and habitats is overwhelming. 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 »
|
 |
|||||||||||||||||||