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Threatened bird of
the day:
Jul 25, 2008
Giant Nuthatch
Sitta magna

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IBAs of the Last Frontier

21-07-2008: With a diversity of habitats that range from temperate rainforest to Arctic tundra, Alaska is a place of superlatives... More »


Other News

St Helena plant back from the sedge of extinction
23-07-2008: The South Atlantic Invasive Species project, funded by the European Union and managed by the RSPB (BirdLife in the UK), has rediscovered a plant not seen for two centuries on the UK Oversea Territory island of St Helena... More »

Socotra recognised as World Heritage Site
18-07-2008: The Socotra Archipelago was recently added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Natural Sites. Many international organisations including BirdLife have long campaigned for the Socotra Conservation and Development Programme's submission for this prestigious designation... More »

Tana gets temporary reprieve
17-07-2008: The Tana Delta in Kenya has received a temporary reprieve after the High Court stopped a controversial $370 million sugar and biofuels project... More »

The BirdLife Games are coming!
14-07-2008: Some of the world's greatest athletes are birds. Celebrating the amazing achievements of birds, next month we’ll be running the BirdLife Games. This will be a series of online events designed to see if you can spot a winner... More »

Kazakh IBAs get first natural World Heritage Site status for central Asia
11-07-2008: Two of central Asia’s most important Important Bird Areas have been recognised as a World Heritage Site More »

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Think Pink - save Africa's flamingos
BirdLife's position statement on the proposed Lake Natron soda ash development. More »

BirdLife News Round-up: June 2008
BirdLife International’s IBA programme is a worldwide initiative aimed at identifying and protecting a network of critical sites for the conservation of the world's birds. News at birdlife.org last month reminded us of the importance of IBAs... More »

Price of power
A ubiquitous part of modern life, electricity and the infrastructure that provide it have devastating effects on several bird species. More »

 

 

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