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😱 What a way to fledge! This little Barnacle Goose is seriously tough...

⚠️ The illegal wildlife trade is fourth most lucrative international crime after drugs, weapons and human trafficking. Here's what we're doing to tackle this complex problem:

😮 Even penguins aren't above a bit of skulduggery...

More birds migrate than you think - from fearsome falcons to blustering bustards. And we've got a plan for all of them:

One of our all-time favourite bird stories! 😊 ❤️ Read how we're helping storks like Klepetan migrate in safety here: https://www.birdlife.org/…/migration-lo ng-distance-love-sto…

How can Africa tackle criminals that are constantly changing their tactics? Ken Mwathe of BirdLife Africa offers a message of hope. #EndWildlifeCrime

This pint-sized owl is far more formidable than it looks...

⚠️ This is the Giant Noctule, Europe's biggest bat. But it's also one of the rarest - and in Belarus, a major road construction could add to its peril. Read more here: https://bit.ly/2Cqb58w

Support is gathering for this groundbreaking plan...

If you're young and poor, it can be hard to resist get-rich-quick schemes - even if they destroy habitats. But these communities are coming together to offer their youth a better - and more sustainable - future.

In New England, USA, the Loon's call embodies the sound of Autumn on a misty lake... 🍂 🍁
What's the iconic sound of Autumn for you?

The trade in elephants, rhinos and pangolins has got a lot of press recently - but what's being done about the illegal bird trade?
Don't worry guys, we've got this. #EndWildlifeCrime

Some positive news for UK bitterns! 😊

Not all countries have the resources to conduct big scientific surveys. But a new approach is proving highly effective...

This rare bat hadn't been seen in Belarus since the 1930s. Its rediscovery rocked the scientific world - and the latest findings give us important information on how to protect it...

Some of these photos convey an important message as well as being beautiful...

At this moment, millions of birds are making the long and perilous journey across continents. Here's what we're doing to make their lives a little easier.

This bird no longer exists in the wild.

in bandung city there are kampoong call ranca bayawak, where it becomes the place of wild birds nesting and migrating. Today to the future; this environment will change by development, please support us to raise opinion to keep the habitat of these birds. Thank you.

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Your work is educating so many and we all need to speak out on

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We need to stand together all over the world to save Birdlife. We can do it!

U r doing grate job for our world.l m belonged to part of Kashmir from pak side.Kashmir is called the paradise on earth but here is no proper saifty for birds.I saw a lot of killings .because of awareness.

Thoroughly enjoy visiting this page to read all the interesting post and information regarding our feathered friends from around the world. As a wildlife photographer and naturalist, birds are typically extremely challenging to photograph, but they never fail to provide me hours of wonderment and entertainment. Keep up the great job you are doing in bringing attention to the beauty and elegance of birds everywhere.

The pitcures are so clear and beautiful. It's like you are right there. And the video's make me feel calm ad take the stress of the day away. I just love birds and the joy they bring. Thank you

Please scroll down to find the announcement about plastic bans in Africa.......Wake up faster Canada!!!!!!!!

People do not kill us birds. They are wonderful, but alive!!!!

Just found this page today. A friend shared the unusual & cool dance of Patagonia's "Hooded Grebe" birds.

Its a must to know about the avian community

Is important to focus on the birds...

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I am always enthralled by the life around us and greatly appreciate the efforts of organizations such as Birdlife International to counteract the human efforts toward self servicing activities without concern for our effect on our natural surroundings.

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By Nick Hoare

#Makatea

Just a week and a half after the French Polynesian marae, Taputapuatea on the island of Raiatea, has been awarded UNESCO World Heritage status, another French Polynesian heritage site has edged one step closer to ecological ruin with the arrival of an Australian-based mining company to the island of Makatea.

A widely recognised ‘hotspot for biodiversity’, Makatea is a raised coral atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago which despite being mined for over fifty years during the first half of the twentieth-century is now home to some of the richest avifauna in the region. The island’s unique geography and remarkable ecological recovery since the end of phosphate mining in 1966 are just some of the reasons Birdlife International have labelled Makatea a site of major importance for endemic birds.

The island’s unique ecological status has been under threat since 2008 when Newcastle mining engineer, Colin Randall, turned his attention away from selling coal to the Japanese market and towards selling them phosphate instead. Randall has reputedly invested two million US dollars into the enterprise already and despite having the support of the pro-development mayor of Makatea, Julien Mai, and the mayor of Rangiroa (the commune to which Makatea belongs), Teina Maraeura, Randall has consistently come up against staunch opposition from many of the island’s fatu fenua (or landowners). Coalescing under two banners, Te Fatu Fenua no Makatea, and Te Rupe no Makatea, both associations have been fighting a grass-roots battle against the wealthy Australian who staged a lavish exhibition to promote his project at the French Polynesian Presidence in late 2016.

Since then, Randall has been busy trying to convince the French Polynesian President, Édouard Fritch, that he has secured the support of the island’s landowners. Randall’s promises of 62 jobs over a period of 30 years have not exactly won over a local population still carrying bitter memories over decades of phosphate mining followed by French nuclear testing in their region.

Randall and his associates have arrived on Makatea this week along with a delegation of officials from the Rangiroa commune in an apparent attempt to further their aim of winning the landowners over. The party will be joined by President Fritch later in the week as part of a larger Government inquiry into the granting of a mining concession to the Australian. The visit appears to have been largely unannounced, leaving the two organisations little time to organise transport for their Tahiti-based members to return to Makatea and be heard.

The jury is still out as to whether Fritch’s Government will agree to the concession or not. Unlike Gaston Flosse before him, who granted the initial prospecting license, Fritch has thus far been cautious not to receive Randall or formally endorse his project. Yet neither has he expressed his opposition to the idea like Oscar Temaru did as President prior to Flosse.

While Fritch has rightfully garnered plenty of adulation for the UNESCO bid for protection of Taputapuatea, perhaps the most sacred site in all of Polynesia, it would be unfortunate to see this good publicity squandered by failing to protect what is possibly the most important environmental zone in the Tuamotu Archipelago.

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Amazing!

Amazing effort!!! Hats Off!!! I have felt being a small part.....just a weekend / hobbyist birder...... but still I have felt it & I believe it has worked, we stand TALL together to protect/ save Birdlife.