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BirdLife South Africa has boosted its Mouse-Free Marion project as it joins the Island-Ocean Connection Challenge, which aims to restore, rewild and protect islands, oceans and communities.
Tapio Lehtinen is a sailor born in 1958 with a life long experience of sailing a wide variety of boats. During the 2018 Golden Globe Race, Tapio was disappointed to see the dramatically diminished numbers of birds, whales and other sea mammals in the oceans. This has lead him to use the media visibility of the coming races to increase the awareness of the different solutions for the environmental challenges which are being offered. Tapio is also a long time proponent of youth sailing and will sail the OGR with one of the youngest teams.
Terns are an icon of migration, with many of these elegant seabirds journeying truly extraordinary distances every year. Discover more about this group and the adaptations that allow them to achieve these feats in the latest 'Through the lens' article.
Albatrosses have long been a symbol of mystery and fortune in literature and culture. Ancient tales suggest that their presence brings luck to seafarers. While some legends and myths have faded from memory today, the reverence for these ocean wanderers still lives on. To celebrate World Albatross Day, we share some of the tales behind these incredible species.
This World Environment Day we are celebrating our seabirds! Messengers of Ocean health, seabirds tell us about the impact of plastic pollution, yet remain one of the most globally threatened group of birds.
New research highlights the staggering footprint of tuna fisheries, most of which operate at the most dangerous time for albatrosses, representing a major threat to these iconic seabirds.
Despite making up close to half of the Earth’s surface, and being important to a vast diversity of species, the High Seas have been largely left unmanaged. This week, the development of a ground-breaking new treaty is a promising step to protecting nature across these remote waters, and demonstrates the type of international cooperation we will need to avert the biodiversity crisis.
In our new report, we explore how fisheries co-management approaches and tools can support efforts to tackle the bycatch of vulnerable species.
As with many of the world’s albatross species, bycatch from fisheries is a major threat to Wandering Albatrosses. A new study led by BirdLife and the British Antarctic Survey, in collaboration with Global Fishing Watch, revealed that over half of Wandering Albatrosses that breed on Bird Island, South Georgia, come into contact with fishing vessels from multiple fishing nations. Bycatch risk was highest along the Patagonian Shelf break, highlighting the critical need for conservationists to work with multiple fleets to implement best-practice mitigation measures in the region.
Two-thirds of the world's albatross species are globally threatened because of human action, with up to 100,000 birds killed annually as bycatch. Fortunately, BirdLife and partners are turning the tide on albatross extinction.
One month later, the Partner stands are packed up, the videos and photos taken have been organised and shared, and the discussions and presentations from the diverse colloquies exchanged have sparked new collaborations and lessons learned around the planet. BirdLife ended its Global Partnership Congress on a high note with a 100th anniversary celebratory dinner at London’s famed Victoria & Albert Museum on September 15th. But BirdLife’s partners from around the globe began to arrive the previous Sunday for a packed week of governance meetings and requisite votes to democratically elect its new Global Council and Chairman as well as regional committees. With 119 partners around the globe, this was in and of itself a mammoth organisational undertaking, with live feeds streaming through the planet's ether to those participants who attended virtually.
A newly released State of the Birds report for the United States is a tale of two trends, one dire and one hopeful. While over half of the country’s bird species are in decline, investments in wetland conservation have seen long-term increases in waterfowl populations, once again showcasing the change that can be achieved with effective conservation.