South Africa's Department of Environmental Affairs and
BirdLife South Africa say they hope to rid Marion Island of mice by 2023.
Pambos, a Caretta Caretta turtle, is travelling around the Cyprus coast looking for 'romance', according to environmental group,
BirdLife Cyprus.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, in cooperation with
BirdLife International Cambodia, has banned the sale and use of diclofenac to safeguard the remaining Cambodian vulture population.
Conservationist group
BirdLife Cyprus is deeply concerned about a concert scheduled to take place without any environmental permit on 23 June at Lady's Mile fearing the impact on vulnerable bird species in a protected area.
Sadly, like everywhere else,
birdlife in this area has declined.
(TAP)- Les Amis des Oiseaux (AAO,
BirdLife in Tunisia) and Reseau Enfants de la Terre (RET) associations Friday inked an agreement which provides for the launch of a project to conserve Sejoumi sabkha.
This means 187 avian species have disappeared since the conservation group
BirdLife International began keeping records.
After six fruitful years of collaboration, HeidelbergCement and
BirdLife International have renewed their global partnership, which is based on shared values of promoting biodiversity while using natural resources sustainably.
The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF), the
BirdLife International Partner in Nigeria, will be celebrating this event in Omo Forest Reserve, Ogun State, South-west Nigeria.
"The main causes of the drop in African vulture populations are thought to be indiscriminate poisonings, where the birds are drawn to poisoned baits, use of vulture body organs in traditional medicine, and deliberate targeting by poachers, as the presence of vultures can alert authorities to illegally killed big game carcasses," said the study which concluded the latest assessment of birds for the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, carried out by
BirdLife International - an IUCN Red List partner.
The assessment was conducted by conservation group (http://www.birdlife.org/worldwide/news/africa%E2%80%99s-vultures-are-sliding-towards-extinction-warns-birdlife)
BirdLife International for the International Union for Conservation of Nature's "Red List of Threatened Species," which is deemed the most authoritative estimate of wild bird and animal populations.