ANIMAL PEOPLE FORUM | Birdlife International | Activity https://animalpeopleforum.org/members/birdlifeinternational/activity/ Activity feed for Birdlife International. Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:44:06 -0700 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.2.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 d9289946d9807e31c73ebd873fbf3f23 Birdlife International wrote a new post, Conservation Action Has Reduced Bird Extinction Rates by 40% https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=28432 Thu, 16 Jan 2020 18:03:26 -0800 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 […]

]]> 0 77d82c44071e1f4aa9b4493e8a64e436 Birdlife International wrote a new post, America’s 3 Billion Missing Birds: Where Did They Go? https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=26766 Thu, 26 Sep 2019 15:22:39 -0700 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 […]

]]> 0 ba29f4abaf5a1528b779541535e35c4b Birdlife International wrote a new post, Scale of Illegal Bird Killing in the Middle East Revealed for First Time https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=26473 Thu, 29 Aug 2019 15:56:30 -0700 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 […]

]]> 0 c32b3dacb33a88ed4083eb4122af0c63 Birdlife International wrote a new post, Critically Endangered Hornbill Becomes Community Flagship for Forest Conservation https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=26229 Tue, 13 Aug 2019 22:01:17 -0700 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 […]

]]> 0 3f8bd4938f5497843dc3bc5cdb99aa7a Birdlife International wrote a new post, Meet the Former Tiger Hunter Turned Forest Protector https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=25765 Tue, 09 Jul 2019 18:19:10 -0700 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 […]

]]> 0 30881f2d366e1383141485fe381af5c3 Birdlife International wrote a new post, The B Word: Communicating Biodiversity to a World That Doesn’t Care Enough https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=25409 Tue, 04 Jun 2019 23:50:53 -0700 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 […]

]]> 0 491fa7f7de4e22c11b1035da3531e343 Birdlife International wrote a new post, Think Millennials are Apathetic About Conservation? Think Again https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=25056 Wed, 15 May 2019 18:33:41 -0700 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- […]

]]> 0 69f97673f472d39da9586795fc7ac6ac Birdlife International wrote a new post, The Beginning of the End? https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=24715 Tue, 30 Apr 2019 19:39:12 -0700 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 […]

]]> 0 ffe73addb64ca14f15e5b9fc2c760993 Birdlife International wrote a new post, North Macedonia’s Stork Villages: Where Birds and People Live Side by Side https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=24627 Tue, 23 Apr 2019 16:35:47 -0700 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 […]

]]> 0 d698304ba31bc3ed78b7b256da8683e2 Birdlife International wrote a new post, Anti-Poaching Camps Give Honey-Buzzards Sweet Taste of Success https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=24512 Thu, 11 Apr 2019 19:11:44 -0700 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 […]

]]> 0 8a32a2f449f83aa33b81b5132ccd8b4c Birdlife International wrote a new post, The Adjutant Army: An All-Female Campaign for an Endangered Stork https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=24229 Thu, 28 Mar 2019 16:46:02 -0700 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 […]

]]> 0 5ecd991acdd61839338885c623af4246 Birdlife International wrote a new post, Netted, Glued and Eaten Whole: Can We Keep This Songbird Free? https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=24105 Thu, 21 Mar 2019 18:21:15 -0700 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 […]

]]> 0 725aa7ad8d3963b5e2b85954bd011b90 Birdlife International wrote a new post, How Can We Prevent Birds From Flying Into Windows? https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=23965 Thu, 14 Mar 2019 17:13:20 -0700 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 […]

]]> 0 a29aeb3e4320f568552c47d75443991c Birdlife International wrote a new post, Flight For Survival Campaign Spotlights Illegal Bird Killings Along Migration Routes https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=23813 Wed, 06 Mar 2019 18:57:59 -0800 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 […]

]]> 0 40e15909025d9ef4d7e15d79f7129879 Birdlife International wrote a new post, World’s Only Tool-Using Vulture Risks Being Lost Forever https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=23711 Thu, 28 Feb 2019 16:20:37 -0800 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 […]

]]> 0 1b0d99fc64e4c4273c99e99c8b7e84a3 Birdlife International wrote a new post, The Tale of the Albatross and the Algorithm https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=23224 Fri, 01 Feb 2019 20:16:16 -0800 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 […]

]]> 0 f348cc63a3d644695d3303167f0f94af Birdlife International wrote a new post, Gurney's Pitta: Lost and Found, and Lost Again? https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=23038 Wed, 23 Jan 2019 18:12:26 -0800 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 […]

]]> 0 be12a413d0b4d03348b5ad465cac6cde Birdlife International wrote a new post, 12 positive environmental stories from 2018 https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=22678 Thu, 03 Jan 2019 19:01:50 -0800 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 […]

]]> 0 5eef17cbb45868e6a4332b692e2b0a85 Birdlife International wrote a new post, 7 Birds You Won’t Believe Are Threatened With Extinction https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=22488 Tue, 18 Dec 2018 23:54:47 -0800 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 […]

]]> 0 867d093d566b8305c2c7b1c53de70ef7 Birdlife International wrote a new post, Red List Status of Mountain Gorilla and Fin Whale Improved by Conservation https://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=22198 Tue, 04 Dec 2018 20:46:33 -0800 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 […]

]]> 0 b8d4640df5271b088e93a2e81fb002ce Birdlife International wrote a new post, Saving the sentinels of the skies: Kenya's rapid-response vulture unit http://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=20135 Thu, 13 Sep 2018 18:16:24 -0700 By Jessica Law

A vulture rides the thermals a thousand meters above the ground, the savanna laid out before her in a vast, emerald patchwork. Her soaring may look serene, but her eyes are constantly trained on […]

]]> 0 d97d22fca0791ca43c6be700785dc8f1 Birdlife International wrote a new post, Spix’s Macaw heads list of first bird extinctions confirmed this decade http://animalpeopleforum.org/?p=19974 Fri, 07 Sep 2018 16:20:46 -0700 Written by Alex Dale

In the 2011 animated film Rio, Blu, a captive-raised Spix’s Macaw, arrives in Brazil to mate with the last-known wild member of his species, a female named Jewel. But according to B […]

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