Film by Michael and Paula Webster featuring the Hooded Grebe and it's spectacular courting ritual. Full movie to be released soon. To save birds' habitats and breeding grounds, please visit http://www.birdlife.org/nest-quest
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The Hooded Grebe is a Critically Endangered bird that breeds on a few basaltic lakes in the interior of Santa Cruz, extreme south-west Argentina.
Film by Michael and Paula Webster featuring the Hooded Grebe and it's spectacular courting ritual. Full movie to be released soon. To save birds' habitats and breeding grounds, please visit http://www.birdlife.org/nest-quest
Film by Michael and Paula Webster featuring the Hooded Grebe and it's spectacular courting ritual. Full movie to be released soon. To save birds' habitats and breeding grounds, please visit http://www.birdlife.org/nest-quest
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Film by Michael and Paula Webster featuring the Hooded Grebe and it's spectacular courting ritual. Full movie to be released soon. To save birds' habitats and breeding grounds, please visit http://www.birdlife.org/nest-quest
The ways that these communities gather their food, build their infrastructure, and manage their land, all impact the success of the birds’ migration journeys. Our BirdLife partners spread throughout the flyway play an important role in working with these communities to ensure that both birds and humans continue to thrive side by side.
That's why the Forest Governance Project, led by BirdLife and funded by the EU, is empowering and enhancing the involvement of non-state actors in forest monitoring, nature conservation and policy processes, at important forest landscapes in the region.
Find out more: birdlife.org/projects/asia-pacific-forest-governance
The latest State of the World’s Birds report paints the most concerning picture yet of the future of bird species and, by extension, all life on Earth. Nearly half of all bird species were found to be in decline. One in eight bird species is currently threatened with extinction.
State of the World’s Birds 2022 also shows the solutions needed to address the biodiversity crisis, many of which are being put in place across the world. Safeguarding and protecting important sites for nature, restoring damaged ecosystems, and tackling key threats to birds and biodiversity are all critical.
Read more at birdlife.org/state-of-the-worlds-birds
Sharing what you see could even help with bird conservation efforts around the globe. Find out more: birdlife.org/news/2022/09/23/take-someone-under-your-wing-this-world-migratory-bird-day
The natural world is in peril, but the BirdLife Partnership is rising to the challenge of combatting the climate and biodiversity crises. Here, some of our scientists talk about how these crises are affecting the world’s birds and what can be done to save them.
We’ve got 10 Years To Act. It’s Time.
Find out more: birdlife.org/our-science
Donate today: birdlife.org/campaigns-appeals/prevent-extinctions
This new tool allows developers to identify areas where renewable energy facilities will have a minimal impact on birds. Launched initially in Nepal, India, Thailand and Vietnam, it is hoped AVISTEP will soon be rolled out across other countries and play a crucial role in making sure our transition away from fossil-fuels does not come at the cost of biodiversity.
Explore the tool here: avistep.birdlife.org
As part of the Seabird Sentinels project, scientists tracked the movements of Wandering albatross to better understand their interactions with fisheries. The data collected enabled scientists to map areas where Wandering albatross are most at risk from bycatch and identify the countries who fish there.
With various fisheries and countries identified, the results highlight how important it is to work with multiple stakeholders, including fisheries managers, operators and crew to protect the future of these iconic sentinels of the sea.
#WorldAlbatrossDay #BirdLifeScience
This animation is the fourth in a series created as part of the @britishantarcticsurvey @Birdlife Seabird Sentinels project. Animation by Hannah Whitman / scianimationstudio.com
Coastal wetlands provide a range of benefits -ecosystem services- to our daily lives and protect biodiversity. For example, they enable fish and salt production, support bird habitats, and contribute to improve water and soil quality and to capture and sequester carbon. Yet, they remain largely misunderstood, especially when it comes to their contribution to local economies and social development.
With the new targets currently being defined at global level such as the SDGs, the Aichi targets, the EU Green Deal as well as the post-2020 Biodiversity framework, governments will be urged to apply measures that recreate resilience and increase benefits to people. In this context, Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in coastal wetlands offer a perfect example of economic development based on natural resources which can be preserved in the long term. Still, today, no common framework exists to highlight and assess the multiple interests of such solutions.
In order to help coastal wetland managers, practitioners and decision-makers to understand and implement solutions where nature and socio-economic aspects can live in harmony, we are organising a series of webinars between this autumn and next spring. The webinars will be based on pragmatic approaches with the right tools that will help you to:
1) Integrate NbS, based on cost-benefit analysis, in your management plans and land use planning;
2) Connect and build dialogues between the different local actors and sectors that take into account needs and benefits for all;
3) (Re-)Create a sustainable balance between human needs and natural resources availabilities in your country/region.
These make fisheries safe for seabirds and can reduce seabird bycatch by over 90% in some fisheries, helping to protect many globally threatened species around the world.
#WorldAlbatrossDay #BirdLifeScience
This animation is the third in a series created as part of the @britishantarcticsurvey @BirdlifeInternational Seabird Sentinels project. Keep your eyes peeled for how we can protect seabirds from bycatch this afternoon!
Animations by Hannah Whitman, scianimationstudio.com
Albatrosses and large petrels are particularly at risk – they’re natural scavengers, attracted to dead or dying prey near the ocean surface. They feed on longline bait or discards (offal or unwanted catch) and can get caught on hooks or collide with trawler cables.
Their huge feeding ranges create an extra challenge in monitoring and mitigating these risks!
#WorldAlbatrossDay #BirdLifeScience
This animation is the second in a series created as part of the @britishantarcticsurvey @BirdlifeInternational Seabird Sentinels project. Keep your eyes peeled for how we can protect seabirds from bycatch this afternoon!
Animations by Hannah Whitman, scianimationstudio.com
This animation is the first in a series created as part of the British Antarctic Survey and Birdlife International Seabird Sentinels project.
Vulture conservation actions are now more important than ever!
For generations they have inspired us, our art and cultures. But they are threatened more than ever.
It’s time to take flight, to change, to grow. It’s time to act.
For more information about our work for migratory birds, visit: birdlife.org/migratory-birds
This toolkit is designed to overcome this obstacle by providing practical guidance on how to identify which services may be significant at a site of interest, what data are needed to measure them, what methods or sources can be used to obtain the data and how to communicate the results.
The toolkit emphasizes the importance of comparing estimates for alternative states of a site (for example, before and after conversion to agriculture) so that decision-makers can assess the net consequences of such a change, and hence the benefits for human well-being that may be lost through the change or gained by conservation.
The toolkit has attempted to find a balance between simplicity and utility of developing convincing information for decision-makers and therefore excludes consideration of some of the more advanced concepts in ecosystem services. This is so that it can be used by non-experts, yet still provide scientifically robust information.
For more information on the toolkit, visit http://tessa.tools/
This toolkit is designed to overcome this obstacle by providing practical guidance on how to identify which services may be significant at a site of interest, what data are needed to measure them, what methods or sources can be used to obtain the data and how to communicate the results.
The toolkit emphasizes the importance of comparing estimates for alternative states of a site (for example, before and after conversion to agriculture) so that decision-makers can assess the net consequences of such a change, and hence the benefits for human well-being that may be lost through the change or gained by conservation.
The toolkit has attempted to find a balance between simplicity and utility of developing convincing information for decision-makers and therefore excludes consideration of some of the more advanced concepts in ecosystem services. This is so that it can be used by non-experts, yet still provide scientifically robust information.
For more information on the toolkit, visit http://tessa.tools/
From his career beginnings in Mauritius where he witnessed the incredible recovery of species from populations of just single figures, Roger talks of the importance of species conservation and local engagement – and why, at this critical point in history, it is vital we take greater action to prevent extinctions and ensure that common birds stay common.
Find out more: birdlife.org/projects/preventing-extinctions-bringing-the-worlds-most-threatened-birds-back-from-the-brink
Credits:
Helmeted Hornbill (Critically Endangered): Tim Plowden / www.timplowden.co.uk
European Turtle-dove (Vulnerable): erenarpacik / Shutterstock
Eurasian Skylark (Least Concern): Recorder75 / Shutterstock
Pink Pigeon (Vulnerable): Mauritian Wildlife Foundation
Mauritius Kestrel (Endangered) & chicks: Katiana Saleiko
Marquesas Ground-dove (Endangered): S. Cranwell
Northern Bald Ibis (Endangered): Yuval Dax / www.yuvaldax.com
Wreathed Hornbill (Vulnerable): Sanit Fuangnakhon / Shutterstock
Tahiti Monarch (Critically Endangered): Thomas Ghestemme / SOP Manu
Conservation action for Tahiti Monarch: SOP Manu
Photos: Roger Safford
Rooted in the foundations of a handful of campaigning national organisations, it steadily gathered momentum, spread its wings and eventually evolved into a powerful global voice for nature.
This is how the BirdLife story began.
100 Years of BirdLife
100 Years of Collaboration
100 Years of Achievements
100 Years of Conservation
10 Years to Act
1 Year to Inspire
It's Time.
Find out more about 100 Years of BirdLife here: birdlife.org/birdlife100
Coastal wetlands provide a range of benefits -ecosystem services- to our daily lives and protect biodiversity. For example, they enable fish and salt production, support bird habitats, and contribute to improve water and soil quality and to capture and sequester carbon. Yet, they remain largely misunderstood, especially when it comes to their contribution to local economies and social development.
With the new targets currently being defined at global level such as the SDGs, the Aichi targets, the EU Green Deal as well as the post-2020 Biodiversity framework, governments will be urged to apply measures that recreate resilience and increase benefits to people. In this context, Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in coastal wetlands offer a perfect example of economic development based on natural resources which can be preserved in the long term. Still, today, no common framework exists to highlight and assess the multiple interests of such solutions.
In order to help coastal wetland managers, practitioners and decision-makers to understand and implement solutions where nature and socio-economic aspects can live in harmony, we are organising a series of webinars between this autumn and next spring. The webinars will be based on pragmatic approaches with the right tools that will help you to:
1) Integrate NbS, based on cost-benefit analysis, in your management plans and land use planning;
2) Connect and build dialogues between the different local actors and sectors that take into account needs and benefits for all;
3) (Re-)Create a sustainable balance between human needs and natural resources availabilities in your country/region.
What is the work being done on the ground by BirdLife partners to protect these wetlands and their shorebird visitors?
What are the most pressing conservation issues faced by these wetland sites?
What are the actions needed to better protect these sites?
To find the answers to these questions and more, join us for this upcoming webinar and hear insights from the ground in Southeast Asia.
Leading conservationists from three BirdLife partners in Asia will share their work to protect some of the region’s most important wetlands and their threatened migratory birds.
BirdLife Partnership Speakers:
Ding Li Yong - BirdLife International, Asia
Thiri Dae We Aung - Biodiversity and Nature Conservation Association, Myanmar (16:32)
Khwankhao Sinhaseni - Bird Conservation Society of Thailand (30:20)
Le Trong Trai - Viet Nature Conservation Centre, Vietnam (52:15)
Donate to support our Spoonie appeal at birdlife.org/savespoonie
Follow the QR code from BCST's presentation to this link: https://www.bcst.or.th/donate
The growing demand for fish around the world is leading to an expansion in commercial and artisanal fishery operations. Accidental or unintended catch of non-target marine megafauna in fishing gear in some fisheries adds to cumulative impacts from exploitation, habitat destruction, climate change, pollution, and invasive alien species. Bycatch is the main marine threat driving population declines of marine megafauna species.
Supplying around one-fifth of global marine catches, the maritime areas under the jurisdiction of the Sub-Regional Fisheries Commission (SRFC) Member States - Cabo Verde, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Mauritania, Senegal, Sierra Leone and The Gambia - are subject to intense and growing fishing pressure.
The West Africa Bycatch partnership is the first initiative in the SRFC region that aims to minimise the bycatch of seabird ad sea turtles in industrial fishing fleets through improving scientific knowledge on fisheries impact on species, building capacity of fisheries observers, providing recommendations on bycatch mitigation techniques, raising awareness of the issue, and informing policy decisions. Funded by the
MAVA Foundation, the West Africa bycatch project is coordinated by
BirdLife International, and implemented by SRFC countries’ fisheries Agencies, IRD, CMS, University of Barcelona, PRCM, and NOAA.
Watch this webinar to learn more about our work in the region and successful initiatives from the continent.
Coastal wetlands provide a range of benefits -ecosystem services- to our daily lives and protect biodiversity. For example, they enable fish and salt production, support bird habitats, and contribute to improve water and soil quality and to capture and sequester carbon. Yet, they remain largely misunderstood, especially when it comes to their contribution to local economies and social development.
With the new targets currently being defined at global level (SDGs, Post-2020 Biodiversity framework), governments will be urged to apply measures that recreate resilience and increase benefits to people. In this context, Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in coastal wetlands offer a perfect example of economic development based on natural resources which can be preserved in the long term. Still, today, no common framework exists to highlight and assess the multiple interests of such solutions.
In order to help coastal wetland managers, practitioners and decision-makers to understand and implement solutions where nature and socio-economic aspects can live in harmony, we are organising a series of webinars between this autumn and next spring. The webinars will be based on pragmatic approaches with the right tools that will help you to:
1) Integrate NbS, based on cost-benefit analysis, in your management plans and land use planning
2) Connect and build dialogues between the different local actors & sectors that take into account needs and benefits for all
3) (Re-)Create a sustainable balance between human needs & natural resources availabilities in your country/region.
Speakers include:Barend van Gemerden: BirdLife InternationalJames Casey and Pete Davidson: Birds CanadaAna Agreda: Aves y ConservaciónRoef Mulder: Vogelbescherming Nederland (VBN)
Support our work for Coastal Wetlands here: donorbox.org/wetlands
Support Birds Canada to protect the Fraser River Delta by sending an email to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada, here: e-activist.com/page/94627/action/1
Agenda- An overview of the importance of coastal wetlands and the challenges they are facing - Barend van Gemerden, BirdLife International (00:23)- Haringvliet: restoration of a coastal wetland in The Netherlands - Roef Mulder, Vogelbescherming Nederland (14:23)- Conserving Coastal Wetlands of the Fraser River Delta – James Casey, Birds Canada (23:45)- Saltlakes and Mangrove Forests: Two critical ecosystems for migratory shorebirds in Ecuador – Ana Agreda, Aves y Conservación (35:28)- Audience Q&A (46:33)
On 10 November, we held a panel discussion on our East Asian Australasian Flyway Initiative with Warren Evans of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Carlos Manuel Rodriguez (GEF) and Yoon Lee from the EAAFI.
Migratory birds represent a big challenge for conservation, as they move over vast areas throughout the year in order to complete their annual cycle. They depend on a network of sites where they can eat, rest, and nest, and this network is only as strong as its weakest link. Populations of migratory birds particularly those that migrate between Africa and Europe, have been declining, and require collaborative action to reverse this trend.
The BirdLife East Atlantic Flyway Initiative has been coordinating conservation efforts of BirdLife Partners along this migratory route, from Iceland to South Africa. Dozens of actions benefitting migratory birds are taking place, from strengthening of organisations to engagement with policy platforms, and including direct conservation actions on the ground. Wathc this webinar we held on the occasion of World to learn more about the East Atlantic Flyway Initiative and the efforts being undertaken to conserve migratory birds.
Illegal killing, taking and trade of birds (IKB), is a global threat that could lead to the extinction of affected species. Sub-Sahara Africa is home to 2406 bird species, 1400 of which are endemic to the region. However, multiple threats/pressures including IKB have contributed to dramatic decline of some groups.
From scientific studies on IKB conducted by BirdLife for the Mediterranean region in 2016, 11–36 million birds were estimated to be illegally killed/taken every year. In Cyprus, Egypt, Italy, Lebanon, and Syria, more than 2 million birds per year were reportedly killed. However, there is limited information available on the scale and scope of IKB in Sub-Sahara Africa. As a first step in addressing this gap, and with the help of several partners, we have conducted a literature review, bringing together various scattered pieces of documented information about IKB in Sub-Sahara Africa. Watch this webinar where we share preliminary results of this review.
The BirdLife Partnership is already putting words into action, showing how to truly build back greener.
#COP26 sends a strong message: In order to solve the climate crisis, we must focus on safeguarding ecosystems and protecting natural habitats.
The outcomes of next week’s Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, UK will decide the fate of our planet for decades to come. Discover how BirdLife’s unique insights can help to ensure that nature conservation remains at the core of climate action!
Migratory routes inspire and encourage us to establish comprehensive conservation actions that protect wildlife and natural resources while creating sustainable livelihoods.
What do you know about bird migration? In this online challenge, your knowledge of the wonderful world of bird migration will be put to the test!
Donate to our campaign to stop the illegal killing of birds at donorbox.org/ikb
Find out more about the project here: birdlife.org/forest-governance
Through the experience of BirdLife International and Trillion Trees in delivering forest restoration across scales, panellists will share views on the key principles and best practices needed to design equitable and effective forest restoration; and discuss the political and financial opportunities for integrating forest restoration at the core of a green and just recovery.
Event speakers:
• Poshendra Satyal, Global Forest Policy coordinator, Birdlife International
• John Lotspeich, Executive Director, Trillion Trees
• José Luis Cartes, CEO, Guyra Paraguay & Andrés Bosso, NEA programme Coordinator, Aves Argentina
• Solomon Adefolu, Lead, Climate Change Programme, Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF).
• Eva Mayerhofer, Principal Advisor, Lead Environment and Biodiversity Specialist, European Investment Bank
We were joined by Anuj Jain of, Illegal Bird Trade Co-ordinator from BirdLife International's Asia team, Benny Aladin of Burung Indonesia and Yeap Chin Aik of the Malaysian Nature Society.
Time stamps:
00:01 - Patricia Zurita, BirdLife CEO
08:52 – Anuj Jain, BirdLife International
22:42 – Benny Aladin, Burung Indonesia
31:35 – Yeap Chin Aik, Malaysian Nature Society
Donation link: www.donorbox.org/ibt
This is a hugely complex issue because the threats to vultures vary from region to region and are part of the bigger picture of the continuing challenge of poaching, competition for resources, cultural attitudes and beliefs, and the absence of safeguards for biodiversity in many development plans.
Through continued knowledge gathering and sharing, direct action, advocacy with governments at every level, strategic partnerships with landowners and managers, and awareness raising and behaviour change, we are saving vultures from extinction.
Watch this video to learn more about vulture threats and the fight of BirdLife Africa partnership to save vultures.
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Through the formation of the BirdLife Africa Vulture Conservation Forum, BirdLife International aims to increase partner capacity and inspire learning and engagement in vulture conservation to ramp up initiatives at the scale needed to address the continued decline in vulture populations.