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BirdLife Africa Celebrates International Day for Biodiversity
BirdLife International and Nature Kenya (BirdLife in Kenya) took part in the International Day for Biological Diversity celebrations which took place at the National Museums of Kenya. The theme of this day was ‘Biodiversity, Development and Poverty Alleviation’... More »
Governments must tackle Climate Change now
The scientific evidence of climate change and its actual and potential detrimental effects on people, biodiversity and habitats is now overwhelming. Climate change threatens the basic elements of life across Africa. More »
Biodiversity in Africa's Protected Areas declining Fast
The status of Biodiversity is progressively declining in African Protected Areas according to BirdLife International. This was unveiled during a side event today hosted by BirdLife during the on-going SBSTAA meeting attended by Government delegates from all over the world... More »
World governments fail to deliver on 2010 biodiversity target
World leaders have failed to deliver commitments made in 2002 to reduce the global rate of biodiversity loss by 2010, and have instead overseen alarming biodiversity declines. These findings are the result of a study by BirdLife International and others such as UNEP-WCMC which has fed into the Global Environment outlook-3, flagship publication of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) launched here at UNEP Nairobi during the the opening ceremony of the 14th Subsidiary body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 14) meeting. More »
Translating biodiversity monitoring into action
BirdLife Partners from eight countries attended a workshop in Uganda recently to discuss how to turn monitoring results from Africa’s Protected Area / Important Bird Area network into policies and actions that ensure their sustainable use and also improve the livelihoods of local communities... More »
Trans-boundary park will be a symbol of peace and stability
The Presidents of Sierra Leone and Liberia jointly inaugurated a Trans-boundary Rainforest Peace Park, which will protect one of the largest remaining blocks of intact forests of West Africa. More »
BirdLife Support for postgrad work in conservation
BirdLife International through a sub-regional project funded by the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) wishes to support ongoing or soon–to-be commenced post-graduate studies of promising young scientists/ornithologists in Africa, especially based in the Upper Guinea Forest area of West Africa. More »
BirdLife Africa staff visit children's home
BirdLife International staff in Africa recently visited a children's home in Nairobi (Kenya) to spend time with the less fortunate. They helped to cook, served food, played with the children and talked about the importance of education and wildlife... More »
Think Pink - save Africa's flamingos
Join BirdLife's campaign to stop the proposed chemical plant on Tanzania's Lake Natron. Find everything you need to know about the soda ash proposal, its potential impact on the flamingos – and why its must be stopped. More »
BirdLife position statement on Tana
BirdLife International supports environmental institutions from East Africa and the rest of the world that are calling for a reversal of the approval by National Environmental Management Authority of the Tana Delta Integrated Sugar Project. More »
Africa in Action
BirdLife's Africa Division is involved in and coordinates a number of regional and national initiatives. Find out more about our full range of projects here. More »
Action Plans for African Globally Threatened Birds
This initiative involves participative action planning for globally threatened birds in Africa that require concerted action across several countries for their conservation. More »
African Site Support Groups
Site support groups (SSGs) are members of local site-adjacent communities that actively promote the conservation of Important Bird Areas (IBAs). They are one of the most practical ways of achieving conservation by the local communities. More »
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