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The marine waters of West Africa's coast are highly productive, supporting numerous seabird species. However, these birds are threatened by bycatch, overfishing, climate change, their habitat destruction, and invasive alien species (IAS) among others.

Read articlePress Release: BirdLife launches Seabird Conservation Handbook for West Africa  

After another summer with extreme weather, EU decision-makers are returning to their desks in Brussels. Meaning, it’s time to get back to those debates that matter most for nature and our future. Here’s what to look out for:

Read articleSummer is over! Back to European nature politics
White-rumped Vulture

On the 31st of July, Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), BirdLife in India, received the good news that two more veterinary drugs- Ketoprofen and Aceclofenac, could no longer be manufactured, sold and distributed throughout India. After 10 years of working with government agencies and other NGO’s, this official gazette issued by the Delhi High Court was a welcome step forward for the protection of vultures in India.

Read articleBans on two more veterinary drugs linked to vulture deaths in India

There is currently a very serious outbreak of the highly pathogenic avian influenza in Finnmark, in the north of Norway. Several thousand seabirds, primarily kittiwakes, have been found dead. It was reported that just in the municipality of Vadsø, 15 000 kittiwakes have died in the past three weeks. The Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) could go from being ‘endangered’ to ‘critically endangered’ on the Norwegian Red List in the span of a few tragic summer weeks. Yet environmental authorities are not getting involved. WARNING: GRAPHIC AND SENSITIVE CONTENT

Read articleNorway is failing its seabirds 

The New York Times Birding Project is a citizen science project with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and encourages people to contribute bird data using eBird and Merlin.

Read articleNature Kenya and BirdLife International host Nairobi Bird Walk in support of the New York Times Birding Project

With a 25-day streak of days above 40 degrees C (105 F) in Phoenix, Arizona, fires raging on the Greek islands, and a national record of 52 degrees C (125 F) in northwest China, the Northern Hemisphere has had its hottest summer on record for the past 120,000 years. And some birds in these regions are now struggling to survive the record heat.

Read articleWhat ongoing heatwaves could mean for bird populations around the globe

As part of the Migratory Soaring Birds (MSB) Project, a total of 182 poles were retrofitted in Ethiopia's Central and Eastern Regions in 2023

Read articleFostering Partnerships for Bird-Safe Energy in Ethiopia

The EU PAPFor project aims to help the locals manage and protect the natural resources of the Gola Rainforest National Park.

Read articleEU-PAPFor Achieves Conservation Planning in Sierra Leone’s Gola Forest

Ending the Tragedy of Horizons; an opinion from Martin Harper, Interim CEO, BirdLife International

Read articleThe Tragedy of Horizons

The project aimed at addressing environmental degradation due to human activities and climate change, leading to negative socio-economic impacts on local communities.

Read articleReviving Hope and Sustainability in Senegal’s Tocc Tocc Community Nature Reserve

In the spring of 2020 with covid ravaging the planet, BirdLife’s then CEO Patricia Zurita and SEO/BirdLife’s CEO Asuncion Ruiz launched the BirdLife Partnership’s 1Planet1Right campaign to engage the public in supporting the universal human right to a healthy planet - a movement already well-established in human rights and environmental circles.

Read articleRight to a Healthy Environment Global Coalition Wins UN Human Rights Prize

In summer 2023, in support of The New York Times Birding Project, BirdLife International is hosting bird walks around the world, and we invite you to join us. You’ll meet passionate and knowledgeable scientists, naturalists, conservation leaders, and leaders in business and public policy while observing birds and learning about how we work to protect them locally and across the world’s great migratory flyways.

Read articleBirdLife's Global Bird Walks for The New York Times Birding Project
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