Founded in: 2002
Members: 15
Staff: 7
Address: Garegin Njdeh 27/2, 10, Yerevan, 0026, Armenia
Email: armbirds@yahoo.com
Web: http://www.aspbirds.org

Mission of the organisation

ASPB aims to study, protect and maintain the viable populations of birds, especially those threatened and vulnerable classified globally and at national level, and areas of strategic importance to birds as a valuable natural resource. It is committed to use birds as an important advocacy medium to leverage the environmental interest and concern.

In pursuit of these objectives ASPB seeks to:

Study and collect data on the status of birds, those rare, vulnerable or threatened with extinction, identify threats and key factors that have deleterious effect on their population size and trends or jeopardize their very survival.
Contribute to create a national strategy for conservation of birds and their habitats in Armenia; technically encourage designation of preserves, reserves and other areas of special protection in those regions.
Identify aquatic and terrestrial habitats of high avian diversity or significance.
Raise specific and public awareness about Armenian birds and their conservation priorities; Increase education efforts among target groups through their direct involvement.

Key Activities

Species conservation programme: Cinereous and Gyps vultures
National IBA Programme, conservation of 18 Armenian IBAs, development and maintenance of local caretaker groups
Research, monitoring and conservation of Lesser Kestrel
Monitoring programmes: Mid-winter counts, migratory and breeding bird counts
Educational outreach programme: promotion and advocacy of globally threatened species in schools at key IBAs
Publishing: National IBA Newsletter, other occasional promotional materials (posters, flyers, brochures)

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