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What We Do

We unite and strengthen conservation across borders, so birds and all life can thrive.

We conduct world-leading research, build sustainable solutions and influence decision makers to conserve nature around the world — and create an ecosystem of action.

How we work

We work as a global Partnership made up of 123 conservation organisations across 119 countries. Together, we harness collective power to ignite connections that create long-term change.

We’re the largest international Partnership for nature conservation, with regional offices in Amman, Brussels, Cambridge, Dakar, Nairobi, Singapore, Suva, Tokyo, and Quito.

We nurture connections between national conservation and global impact, scientific evidence and grassroots action, nature and climate, and birds and all life.

By looking at conservation in this interconnected way, we create long-term change that is greater than the sum of our parts, so birds and all life can thrive.


Our focus areas

We organise our work around four key pillars:
Species, Sites, Society and Systems.

We work across our pillars to prevent extinctions, protect habitats, change harmful behaviours, systems and policies, and educate and inspire society at large.

BirdLife Malta © Kristina Govorukha

Programmes and projects

We’re working in global Partnership to conserve birds and all life on our planet. That work takes shape in many different ways.

Global Flyways

PRESERVING MIGRATION ROUTES

With our Global Flyways programme we’re working alongside governments, the private sector, local communities, scientists and policymakers to protect essential migration routes.

Marine Programme

PROTECTING THE WORLD’S SEABIRDS

Seabirds are in peril, having declined by at least 70% over the last 50 years. Our Marine Programme is at the forefront of trying to turn this situation around, pushing for sites and species to be protected.

Partnership

HARNESSING THE POWER OF MANY

Explore stories of hope, change and advocacy from our global community — from people, Partners and organisations dedicated to conserving birds and all life on our planet.

Climate

FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE

We tackle biodiversity loss and climate change as the interconnected challenges they are.

Forests

SCALING CONSERVATION PROJECTS

Our Forest Impact Accelerator helps to find and support conservation projects that have potential to scale.

We needyour help

Want to help us build a future where birds and all life thrive? Donate today, or learn about other ways you can help.