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Gibraltar (to UK)
Gibraltar Ornithological and Natural History Society (GONHS)
Gibraltar Ornithological and Natural History Society (GONHS) is the BirdLife Partner
Founded in: 1976Members: 400
Staff: 7
Address: The Gibraltar Natural History Field Centre, Jews' Gate, Upper Rock Nature Reserve, P.O. Box 843, Gibraltar
Email: gonhs@gibnet.gi
Web: http://www.gonhs.org/
Mission of the organisation
Fostering the study, conservation and dissemination of information on nature in Gibraltar and its hinterland.
Key Activities
- Advocacy and Lobbying;
- Environmental Watchdog role;
- Practical conservation: habitat restoration, re-introductions;
- Research;
- Promoting public awareness;
- Wildlife management.
Recent Achievements
- Led a campaign to enforce laws banning net fishing which is detrimental to fish stocks and to the desmarestii race of Shag;
- Monitored daily numbers of passing birds of prey and contributed results to SEO/BirdLife's MIGRES programme;
- Contributed observations on seabirds to the LIFE Balearic Shearwater project;
- Successfully bred Lesser Kestrels in captivity for the first time. This programme will form the basis for boosting numbers of this species in Gibraltar;
- Achieved a long-standing aim of achieving full voting rights on the Territory's Development and Planning Commission.