BirdLife International
Over Christmas weekend 2021, the planet lost two of its most precious moral leaders in Archbishop Desmond Tutu and conservationist Dr. Thomas Lovejoy. For those of us dedicated to saving nature, the loss of a giant like Lovejoy is profound. Forty years ago, his insights led
Subtitled An Avian Miscellany, this work is a treasure trove of anecdotes, musings, ideas, folk stories and cultural insights about birds and the history of our relationship with them. The Bedtime Book of Birds was first published in 2005 but such is its enduring appeal that
Drop any preconceptions of dinosaurs, which are likely reptile-centric and warped by Spielberg; the real dinosaurs are outside your window. Yes, birds are dinosaurs. Shaun Hurrell interviews dinosaur evolution expert Professor Roger Benson to unearth the latest research on
BirdLife International, in collaboration with the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature, BirdLife’s partner in Jordan, launched the regional workshop ” A Road Map to tackle Illegal Killing, Taking and Trade of Birds (IKB) in the Middle East”.”
The head of BirdLife International on why safeguarding other species is inseparable from ensuring humanity’s own survival. In 1995, a young Patricia Zurita was researching freshwater dolphins in the Andean mountains when the latest bout of border violence erupted between her
Today, BirdLife announced an ambitious new collaboration with the Asian Development Bank and the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership to protect wetlands along one of the world’s major bird migration routes. Every year, some 50 million waterbirds of over 200
In a landmark historical moment, the UN Human Rights Council has unanimously voted in favour of introducing a new human right: the universal right to a healthy environment. This fantastic success is the result more than a year of advocacy from the #1Planet1Right campaign,
Today in Geneva, the UN’s Human Rights Commission adopted the resolution of the universal right to a healthy environment and it’s on its way to the UN General Assembly. There were NO naysayers, it was a ringing endorsement. It was just as the pandemic was
We all know that spending time in nature is enjoyable, but there’s increasing evidence that wildlife – and birds in particular – have a profound positive impact on our mental wellbeing. We delve into the latest discoveries from the fields of biology, economics and
By Melanie Heath, Director of Science, Policy & Information Despite the ongoing COVID pandemic, amid the escalating climate and biodiversity emergencies, BirdLife CEO Patricia Zurita led a small policy delegation to the just-closed International Union for the