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<dc:date>2010-11-29T17:45:09-00:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Record numbers of White-shouldered Ibis counted]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A record-breaking 429 White-shouldered Ibis have been recorded in Cambodia, making the known global population much larger than previously thought.]]></description>
<dc:date>2010-09-14</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[From government policy to personal choices, we must recognise the value of biodiversity ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[BirdLife International experts are among a group of leading conservation scientists and practitioners calling for a fundamental shift in the way we view biodiversity.]]></description>
<dc:date>2010-09-09</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Largest seabird event ever aims high]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The world&rsquo;s foremost experts on albatrosses, penguins, and other marine birds are meeting in Victoria on Vancouver Island, Canada, this week for the largest seabird event ever held. With seabirds becoming increasingly threatened and at a faster rate globally than all other species-groups of birds, delegates will be discussing the urgent need for conservation action, and are setting their sights high...]]></description>
<dc:date>2010-09-08</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Catastrophic forest fire delivers huge blow to Europe’s rarest seabird]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A massive forest fire on Madeira has killed several breeding adults and 65% of this year&rsquo;s chicks of Endangered Zino&rsquo;s Petrel. Funds are urgently needed for&nbsp;emergency conservation work before the winter sets in.]]></description>
<dc:date>2010-08-26</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Tropical rainforests get major boost from Royal and Corporate support ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[BirdLife&rsquo;s efforts to save threatened rainforests around the globe have received a major boost following the support of HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco and Singapore Airlines at events held in Singapore today...]]></description>
<dc:date>2010-08-20</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Dominican Republic provides a conservation safety net for its biodiversity]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Grupo Jaragua (BirdLife in Dominican Republic) has launched the country's first Important Bird Area directory, providing a safety net for the country's fragile and declining biodiversity.]]></description>
<dc:date>2010-08-16</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Biofuel threat to Kenyan IBA continues]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Kenya's National Environment Management Authority has refused a licence for a 50,000 hectare biofuel plantation at the Dakatcha Woodland IBA. However, they indicate that the full project may still under consideration for conversion to biofuel plantations...]]></description>
<dc:date>2010-08-11</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Saving wildlife in the UK Overseas Territories]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The UK Government was warned that the outstanding natural qualities for which Henderson Island was listed as a World Heritage Site would be jeopardised if rats are allowed to continue killing and eating unique seabirds and their eggs.]]></description>
<dc:date>2010-08-06</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[BirdLife report points the way to a more sustainable future]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A new report highlights BirdLife&rsquo;s work around  the world which combines biodiversity conservation with sustainable  development.]]></description>
<dc:date>2010-08-02</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Smart business leaders see nature as an asset]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Attitudes of consumers and business leaders are changing, with biodiversity being placed higher up on everyone's agenda says a recent report compiled by The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB)]]></description>
<dc:date>2010-07-29</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[New directory set to help conserve Cuba's birds]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The National Centre for Protected Areas (CNAP, BirdLife in Cuba) has launched an Important Bird Areas directory for Cuba, detailing 28 IBAs, covering over 2.3 million hectares.]]></description>
<dc:date>2010-07-28</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Guadeloupe gets national IBA directory]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[AMAZONA has published an IBA&nbsp;directory for Guadeloupe, the first national language IBA publication for the Caribbean]]></description>
<dc:date>2010-07-22</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Conservation and the Cook Islands]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[BirdLife International has received a grant from the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) to produce an inventory of priority conservation sites for biodiversity in the Cook Islands...]]></description>
<dc:date>2010-07-20</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Donation of ibis gives Middle East's rarest bird renewed hope of survival]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Northern Bald Ibis was once revered as a god. But now this bird has become the rarest in the Middle East. However a new cross-country conservation collaboration is already providing some exciting results.]]></description>
<dc:date>2010-07-13</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Iraq: war-torn nation or wildlife hotspot?]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[If your impression of Iraq is a landscape of sandy deserts without a shade of green in sight, then a UK photographic exhibition organised by Nature Iraq (BirdLife in Iraq) and BirdLife International - and supported by the RSPB (BirdLife in the UK) - will reveal an increasingly different view...]]></description>
<dc:date>2010-07-08</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Assessing Nepal's natural services]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Bird Conservation Nepal and BirdLife International with funding from the UK government's Darwin Initiative programme, have embarked on a three-year project to assess and monitor ecosystem services  - the benefits - that nature provides.]]></description>
<dc:date>2010-07-02</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Bioenergy: a carbon accounting time bomb]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Two new independent scientific studies cast further doubt on the EU's policy of promoting biomass as fuel for heat and power generation, and biofuels for transport.]]></description>
<dc:date>2010-06-30</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[World first for vultures facing extinction]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The latest news from the Vulture breeding centres in India reveals that all three species of Critically Endangered vultures have been successfully reared for the first time.]]></description>
<dc:date>2010-06-29</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Fate of weird wader on knife edge]]></title>
<link>http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2010/06/spoon-billed-sandpiper-paper-BCI.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A new paper shows that Spoon-billed Sandpiper has undergone a rapid recent population decline and faces imminent extinction unless conservation measures are taken]]></description>
<dc:date>2010-06-29</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[It's time for a turn on tuna]]></title>
<link>http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2010/06/Its-time-for-a-turn-on-tuna.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Fishing for tuna - a staple of sandwiches, jacket spuds and baguettes the world over is creating a needless conservation crisis, as many species of seabird facing extinction are dying at the hands of the longline fishing fleet targeting the highly-prized fish.]]></description>
<dc:date>2010-06-28</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[UN uses BirdLife's IBAs as key indicator]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The newly published 2010 UN Millennium Development Goals report profiles one of BirdLife International's key indicators for the first time - the degree of protection of IBAs]]></description>
<dc:date>2010-06-25</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[BirdLife Europe's main successes celebrated in its first Annual Report		]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[BirdLife's European Division presents its first Annual Report, covering the main achievements and successes of 2009.]]></description>
<dc:date>2010-06-25</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[NatureKenya oppose the destruction of Dakatcha Woodland IBA]]></title>
<link>http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2010/06/Nature-Kenya-oppose-destruction-of-Dakatcha-Woodland.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Nature Kenya is working alongside local community members to oppose the destruction of a vitally important woodland for biodiversity and people at the Kenya's coast. In total 50,000 ha have been identified for conversion to grow Jatropha - a plant used for biodiesel production which is largely untested and potentially destructive...]]></description>
<dc:date>2010-06-21</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Restoration model set to transform Indonesia's forest sector]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Indonesia's forests, which have been severely diminished by logging and burning in recent decades, have received a boost as the Government of Indonesia doubled the size of the country's first forest for ecosystem restoration]]></description>
<dc:date>2010-06-18</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[BBC fund helps to keep albatrosses off the hook]]></title>
<link>http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2010/06/BBC-fund-helps-to-keep-albatrosses-off-the-hook.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[BirdLife seabird conservationists in Brazil have made a breakthrough&nbsp;with the protection of several species of imperiled albatross. Their efforts have shown that with simple measures around nine out of the ten albatrosses caught on longline fishing hooks three years ago can now be saved...]]></description>
<dc:date>2010-06-17</dc:date>
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