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BirdLife scientist receives top conservation award
01-07-2008: Dr Stuart Butchart, BirdLife's Global Research and Indicators Coordinator, was recently presented with the prestigious Zoological Society of London's (ZSL) Marsh Award for Conservation Biology. The Award recognises his scientific work for BirdLife, in particular on developing indicators using data on birds as powerful tools to track biodiversity trends...
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All Blacks -1 : BirdLife +1
28-06-2008: Anton Oliver, the New Zealand rugby star and former All Blacks captain, is now tackling problems of a different kind – seabird conservation! Anton is embarking on a new career this July when he starts a Masters course at Oxford University. He is now working with BirdLife International in Fiji's outlying Ringgold Islands...
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BirdLife's European birdwatching campaign a big success
27-06-2008: The Spring Alive 2008 online campaign finished on a high this week. Since February, children from 30 European countries have watched the arrival of four popular migratory species, and entered their observations on the project website. Altogether BirdLife International – organizer of the campaign - has received over 50,000 observations.
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Stop seabird bycatch through EU Policy
26-06-2008: BirdLife International presented the European Parliament with alarming data about the extent of seabird bycatch globally and in Europe yesterday. At the same time, BirdLife welcomed the long awaited first steps of the European Commission to tackle the problem by developing a Community Plan of Action on seabirds with the intention of completing it next year.
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Action Plan for White-winged Flufftail must address migration question
25-06-2008: A workshop to develop an International Single Species Action Plan for Endangered White-winged Flufftail has been held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Although the flufftail has been recorded at nine wetland sites in South Africa, the only evidence of breeding comes from three wetland sites in the central highlands of Ethiopia...
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Think Pink - save Africa's flamingos
BirdLife's position statement on the proposed Lake Natron soda ash development.
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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...
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Price of power
A ubiquitous part of modern life, electricity and the infrastructure that provide it have devastating effects on several bird species.
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