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1 Jun 2012
Mark Avery's daily blog from RIO+20
By Adrian Long
Dr Mark Avery, former Conservation Director of the RSPB (BirdLife in the UK), is a writer on the environment. Each day on 1-20 June he is writing a blog about biodiversity, sustainability and global issues – such as the Arctic, rainforests, oceans and climate change. He says: "to come are New York’s water supply, neonicotinoids, coral reefs, how to feed the world and much more." Read Mark's daily RIO+20 postsGet Mark's posts via a RSS feed
On behalf of the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, BirdLife announces a new Call for Letters of Inquiry for projects focused on plant conservation in Palestine.
The Albatross Task Force is on a mission to reduce seabird bycatch at some of the world's most deadly fisheries. Discover what motivates the "human stars" of #AlbatrossStories to make such large lifestyle sacrifices for...
Earlier this year, the shocking, and unexplained, discovery of numerous clusters of dead vultures across Guinea-Bissau rocked the conservation world. However, investigations are shedding light on the crime behind the...
In this year’s Red List update, the Echo Parakeet moved from Endangered to Vulnerable – an impressive recovery for a species that once numbered just a dozen birds. But successes like this aren’t built in a day, or even...
A driver of deforestation, chocolate may be even more of a guilty pleasure than you thought. But in Indonesia, one cocoa collective is protecting forests while lifting local people out of poverty.
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to escalate, BirdLife CEO Patricia Zurita provides an update on measures taken, impacts on the wider conservation world, and the light at the end of the tunnel
Like many countries, Japan is making great strides in renewable energy – but at what cost? BirdLife supports sustainable energy sources – but it’s important to locate structures like wind farms out of harm’s way. Read...
Migratory birds are arriving in Africa, and now there’s a new Spring Alive species to look out for - the Collared Sand Martin. Discover its unique relationship with quarries, and find out how one particular extraction...
In late 2019, a team of scientists and conservationists undertook a mission to capture and fit tracking equipment to Madagascar Pond-herons. This ongoing study is building upon the knowledge of the species and will aid...
