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Nature collapse imminent without investment, 'Wildlife Conservation 20' warns G20

Fri, 20/11/2020

BirdLife International has today joined 20 of the world’s leading conservation organisa

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Vera Voronova out birding © Renat Eskazyuly

From student representative to Kazakhstan conservation CEO

Fri, 20/11/2020

Vera Voronova started out as a student representative for ACBK (BirdLife in Kazakhstan). Six years later, she became CEO of the organisation. Vera tells us about the challenges she faces, her hopes for the future, and how the Conservation Leadership Programme helped her to get where she is today.

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Western slope Mount Lebanon 2,600m © O. Langrand

Call for proposals: cultural landscapes in Lebanon

Thu, 19/11/2020

On behalf of the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, BirdLife announces a new large grant Call for Letters of Inquiry for projects focused on the protection of cultural landscapes in Lebanon

Middle East Lebanon

The UN Biodiversity Summit 2020 was switched to a semi-remote format © CBD

UN summit on biodiversity: world leaders’ pledge for nature

Wed, 18/11/2020

Ahead of September’s UN Summit on Biodiversity, world leaders pledged to put nature at the heart of a transformational green recovery – but will this be enough to transform our relationship with nature before it is too late? Here are our takeaways from the summit.

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Reef rescuer Athina cleaning corals at a nursery © Nature Seychelles

Saving Seychelles disappearing coral reefs

Tue, 17/11/2020

Ocean warming and coral bleaching have had a devastating impact on coral reefs, critical to supporting marine biodiversity. But in Seychelles conservationists are celebrating ten years of success of the world’s first large-scale coral reef restoration project to use the coral gardening method

Africa Seychelles

Protecting shearwaters on land and at sea: a strong partnership to preserve two Mediterranean...

Mon, 16/11/2020

LIFE PanPuffinus started September and this is welcome news for some of the mo

Europe and Central Asia

A PAcific Golden Plover was the first bird spotted © Avinash Nanda / Shutterstock

Two world records smashed in landmark birding event

Mon, 16/11/2020

The inaugural Global Bird Weekend inspired over 38,000 nature lovers from 169 countries to pool their bird spotting talents together, for the benefit of conservation.

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A courtship display between Tristan Albatrosses (Critically Endangered) © Andy Schofield

World’s remotest islands become one of largest wildlife sanctuaries

Fri, 13/11/2020

Today, UK overseas territory Tristan da Cunha – a remote island chain in the South Atlantic – has been declared a Marine Protection Zone, safeguarding habitat for millions of seabirds, fish and mammals.

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