News
Welcome to the BirdLife News Section. Here you will find news stories, features, press releases, and information about forthcoming events.
Fiji Petrel
28-08-2008: An expedition in search of Fiji’s only endemic seabird - Critically Endangered Fiji Petrel – had to be aborted. Conservation action now continues to focus upon working alongside local communities to locate and protect their elusive breeding grounds... More »
Drugs firms told to do more to prevent vulture extinctions
27-08-2008: The Indian government has ordered a crackdown on companies selling the drug responsible for the near-extinction of vultures. More »
Canal diverted to save Jerdon's Courser
22-08-2008: The 270-mile Teluga Ganga Canal in India is to be diverted around the only remaining habitat of the Critically Endangered Jerdon's Courser More »
Peru’s spectacular seabirds seeking sanctuary
20-08-2008: Peru’s seabirds, especially the spectacular aggregations at its guano islands, are world famous. However, a new BirdLife report indicates that many of the sites and species are under increased threat and urgently need better protection... More »
Sir David Attenborough champions BirdLife International's work to halt extinctions
18-08-2008: Sir David Attenborough, the greatest wildlife communicator of our age, has added his weight to the BirdLife Preventing Extinctions Programme by becoming a Species Champion. More »
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