Who We Are
We’re BirdLife International, the only global Partnership
conserving birds and all life on our planet.
We carry out conservation rooted in regional knowledge, working alongside Indigenous Peoples and local communities to create sustainable change.
We’re made up of 125 worldwide conservation organisations, and together we’re the global authority on birds.
For over a century, we’ve been uniting and strengthening conservation across borders, so birds and all life can thrive. Here’s our story:
What we do
We work in Partnership to unite and strengthen conservation across borders. We organise our work around four key pillars: Species, Sites, Society and Systems.
Our teams
Honorary President
Leadership
The BirdLife International Global Council
Co-opted Officials
BirdLife International Advisory Group
Chair
Peter Eerdmans (Co-Chair)
Mahima Sukhdev (Co-Chair)
Members
John S. Adams (former Co-Chair)
Margaret Atwood
Geoff Ball
Nick Butcher
Alfred D. Chandler III
Christie Constantine
Scott Dresser
Dale Forbes
John Gregory
Piyush Gupta (former Co-Chair)
Kirsten Hines
Richard Jaffe
Lynette Jaffe
James Kushlan
Tasso Leventis
Gonzalo Saenz de Miera
Benjamin Olewine IV
Susan Orr (former Chair)
Adam Riley
Deb Rivel
Barry Sullivan
Terry Townshend
Honorary Vice Presidents
Margaret Atwood
Jerry Bertrand
Piyush Gupta
Tasso Leventis
Ben Olewine
Hazell Shokellu Thompson
Baroness Barbara Young
Patricia Zurita
Our Executive Team
Our Regional Directors
