The EU Council of Ministers is on its way to signing an important Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) that would significantly increase protection for migratory raptors across European, Asian and African flyways, after a recommendation to do so by the European Commission. Read More…………..
http://www.birdlife.org/community/2010/12/spoony-needs-your-vote/
BirdLife’s work to save two key resting and feeding sites in China, used by one of the world’s oddest and most appealing waterbirds is to receive support from Disney’s Friends for Change initiative.
A massive forest fire on the island of Madeira has killed several breeding adults and 65% of this year’s chicks of Zino’s Petrel (Endangered). BirdLife International and SPEA (BirdLife in Portugal) have launched an urgent appeal (click here) for funds to carry out emergency conservation work needed before the winter sets in.
Zino’s Petrel Pterodroma madeira is Europe’s rarest seabird and one of the rarest birds in the world, nesting only on a few mountain ledges in the rugged central massif of Madeira island. Once on the edge of extinction with numbers down to a few tens of pairs, intense conservation action over the past 20 years, led by the Natural Park of Madeira (Parque Natural da Madeira – PNM) with support from SPEA, the Freira Conservation Project and Funchal Municipal Museum, has seen its population grow to almost 80 pairs. READ MORE……
The African Bird Club is making available for purchase a number of the orginal plates from The Birds of Africa which Martin Woodcock has refused to sell until recently. You can view the paintings at
http://www.africanbirdclub.org/club/paintingsales.html
or via the ABC home page at
This is a great opportunity to own a original painting from one of the most significant works to be published in recent years. All commission from sales will go into our Conservation Fund to support ornithological projects in Africa
I hope you will take advantage of this rare opportunity.
Regards
Keith Betton
Chairman
African Bird Club
BirdLife’s Global Seabird Programme (GSP) is working with Fishtek to develop a ‘hook pod’ for pelagic longline fisheries that prevents seabirds from accessing baits before a pressure sensitive valve operates at a pre-determined depth to release baited hooks. READ MORE……
Source: Birdlife Community