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Seventy-three kilometers from the city of Forécariah, in southwestern Guinea, lies Benty, at the confluence of the Melakore River and the Atlantic Ocean. This is where a discreet, vast, and fragile territory is located: the Melakore estuary.

Read articleReviving the Melakore estuary in Guinea

Mark Sagan and Patricia Awing Balan explain how Indigenous People and conservation come together in their work with our Partner the Malaysian Nature Society’s Kuching Branch.

Read articleMixed Flock: Mark Sagan and Patricia Awing Balan
Local pastoralist at the Driefontein Grasslands. © Javiera Perez Ribalta

As the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists 2026 unfolds, the global importance of grasslands comes into focus, revealing what is at stake for birds and people, and how community-led conservation can secure their future.

Read articleRangelands and pastoralists: central to life

Today, we welcome the 124th organisation to join the BirdLife International family which is now active in 119 countries and territories around the world!

Read articleRed de Observadores de Aves y Vida Silvestre (ROC) joins BirdLife International as a new Partner in Chile

As the nature and climate crises worsen and their impacts increasingly affect people’s lives, it is hard not to feel that the world is moving in the wrong direction.

Read article2026: A make-or-break year for nature in Europe

The restoration of Lemnos’ seascape could help preserving many marine species, like the Yelkouan Shearwater.

Read articleThe Mediterranean wind-chaser: the Yelkouan Shearwater

The new International single Species Action Plan (SAP) for the conservation of the Audouin’s Gull has officially been adopted and offers a path to recovery of the population.

Read articleA new future for the Audouin’s Gull?
Waterbird Counting in Barr Al Hikmann, Oman. Photo by Taej Mundkur

This month marks the 60th International Waterbird Census (IWC), one of the world’s longest-running site-based bird monitoring programmes. This collaborative global effort continues to generate essential data that underpins effective conservation around the world.

Read articleCelebrating 60 years of waterbird monitoring for conservation!

Lake Nasser, one of the world’s largest man-made lakes, stretches nearly 500 kilometers across southern Egypt into Sudan.

Read articleBringing birds back: how NCE is mainstreaming Anti-IKB into Egypt’s national conservation agenda

The 7th session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA 7) took place from 8th to 12th December 2025 in Nairobi, Kenya, attended by more than 5,600 people from 190 countries.

Read articleMentoring the next generation of Africa’s Environmental Leaders

A new NGO-led evaluation finds that implementation of the Nature Restoration Law (NRL) is underway in most Member States, marking a crucial first step towards repairing Europe’s degraded ecosystems. With National Restoration Plans (NRPs)[1] taking shape across the EU, success now hinges on political leadership, proper resourcing and broad stakeholder backing.

Read articleNature restoration takes off: mid-term assessment of National Restoration Plans

The Snowy Owl has been declared Regionally Extinct in Sweden. For the first time in 20 years, the country has officially lost a bird species.

Read articleSweden has lost the Snowy Owl
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