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Birdlife International wrote a new post, Conservation Action Has Reduced Bird Extinction Rates by 40% 4 years, 9 months ago

Written by Jessica Law

It’s easy to become disheartened by the constant barrage of environmental doom and gloom. Disaster stories certainly capture public attention, but they can also create apathy: if the wo […]

Birdlife International wrote a new post, America’s 3 Billion Missing Birds: Where Did They Go? 5 years, 1 month ago

Written by Jessica Law

Can you imagine waking up to a world without birdsong? Or looking out on your garden to find it completely empty of birds? New research shows that, unless we act fast, this terrible […]

Birdlife International wrote a new post, Scale of Illegal Bird Killing in the Middle East Revealed for First Time 5 years, 2 months ago

A study out this week estimates, for the first time, the scale and extent of the illegal killing and taking of wild birds in the Arabian Peninsula, Iraq and Iran. Using a diverse range of data sources and […]

Birdlife International wrote a new post, Critically Endangered Hornbill Becomes Community Flagship for Forest Conservation 5 years, 2 months ago

Written by David Quimpo, Haribon Foundation

After two days of trekking through the mountains – across rivers, steep cliffs, and towering ridges – we reach the site, 741 meters above sea level. We are in the […]

Birdlife International wrote a new post, Meet the Former Tiger Hunter Turned Forest Protector 5 years, 4 months ago

Written by Shaun Hurrell

Mem Mai kicks his motorbike into gear, the rear tire squirming in sandy soil as he accelerates, binoculars proudly hooked over his shoulder. This motorbike would look more apt on the […]

Birdlife International wrote a new post, The B Word: Communicating Biodiversity to a World That Doesn’t Care Enough 5 years, 5 months ago

Written by Shaun Hurrell

Both incredibly complex and simply vital, biodiversity is much more than a contraction of ‘biological diversity’. First coined by Thomas Lovejoy in 1985, the term actually describes the […]

Birdlife International wrote a new post, Think Millennials are Apathetic About Conservation? Think Again 5 years, 5 months ago

Written by Sherilyn Bos

Today’s young people are going to be dealing with some of the biggest conservation challenges the planet has experienced – but we think they’re up to the task. That’s why we give up- […]

Birdlife International wrote a new post, The Beginning of the End? 5 years, 6 months ago

Jonathan Franzen wasn’t always a birder. But a chance encounter in a local park in his 40s inspired his move to become a passionate environmental activist. After penning the opening essay for National G […]

Birdlife International wrote a new post, North Macedonia’s Stork Villages: Where Birds and People Live Side by Side 5 years, 6 months ago

Written by Jessica Law

This article is part of our Nature’s Heroes series, celebrating local people on the front line of conservation action.

White storks (Ciconia ciconia) are arriving in Europe following t […]

Birdlife International wrote a new post, Anti-Poaching Camps Give Honey-Buzzards Sweet Taste of Success 5 years, 6 months ago

Written by Jessica Law

The European honey-buzzard (Pernis apivorus) is a bird of contradictions. Despite their sugary name, they don’t eat honey. Their main food isn’t even bees; they rely more on the larvae o […]

Birdlife International wrote a new post, The Adjutant Army: An All-Female Campaign for an Endangered Stork 5 years, 7 months ago

Written by Neha Sinha

The village hall is a riot of color. Women in vivid clothing give speeches, sing and shake percussion, and a large, ornately decorated cake is placed at the center of the throng, complete […]

Birdlife International wrote a new post, Netted, Glued and Eaten Whole: Can We Keep This Songbird Free? 5 years, 7 months ago

Written by By Jessica Law

The Eurasian Blackcap is one of seven flagship birds in our Flight for Survival campaign to raise awareness of the scope and scale of the illegal killing of migratory birds.

For […]

Birdlife International wrote a new post, How Can We Prevent Birds From Flying Into Windows? 5 years, 7 months ago

Written by Jessica Law

This article is part of our Spring Alive program to inspire and educate children across Africa and Eurasia about the wonders of nature and bird migration.

Nothing is more […]

Birdlife International wrote a new post, Flight For Survival Campaign Spotlights Illegal Bird Killings Along Migration Routes 5 years, 8 months ago

Every year, millions of migratory birds are unlawfully killed as they embark on their epic journeys between their homes in Europe and Africa. In response, BirdLife International has launched Flight for Survival, a […]

Birdlife International wrote a new post, World’s Only Tool-Using Vulture Risks Being Lost Forever 5 years, 8 months ago

Faced with a challenge as tough as an ostrich egg, lesser scavengers may give up. Not Egyptian vultures. One of evolution’s great problem-solvers, these ingenious raptors will set off in search of a suitably s […]

Birdlife International wrote a new post, The Tale of the Albatross and the Algorithm 5 years, 9 months ago

Written by Sarah Bladen

Stephanie Winnard is a person on a mission. Simply put, that mission is to end the accidental killing of tens of thousands of albatrosses every year in the fishing industry.

Winnard […]

Birdlife International wrote a new post, Gurney's Pitta: Lost and Found, and Lost Again? 5 years, 9 months ago

Populations of the endangered Gurney’s pitta (Hydrornis gurneyi) have declined by a staggering 70% in just 13 years. This rapid population plummet is a result of habitat loss. Following a relatively recent e […]

Birdlife International wrote a new post, 12 positive environmental stories from 2018 5 years, 10 months ago

Written by Margaret Sessa-Hawkins and Fiona Dobson

Reading about the environment can sometimes seem like a depressing litany of fading species, increased development, and a warming planet. But there are reasons […]

Birdlife International wrote a new post, 7 Birds You Won’t Believe Are Threatened With Extinction 5 years, 10 months ago

Written by Jessica Law

It’s not just elusive species on remote, far-flung islands. These are birds you may have come across countless times in your day-to-day life, or birds whose image is so famous and i […]

Birdlife International wrote a new post, Red List Status of Mountain Gorilla and Fin Whale Improved by Conservation 5 years, 11 months ago

By Margaret Sessa-Hawkins

Mountain gorillas are critically endangered no more.

According to the latest release of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, the […]

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