Very pleased to publish this review of migratory soaring bird monitoring in one of the most globally important flyways.
Through coordinated efforts, we can learn much more about some of the most remarkable birds in the world.
Sandgrouse (@_OSME) @BirdLife_News#BirdLifeScience
How can we achieve flyway-scale monitoring of soaring birds in the East African-Eurasian flyway?
A new Sandgrouse (@_OSME) paper lead by @BenJobson_ (@BirdLife_News) reviews challenges and opportunities for flyway-scale coordination of migration counts: https://t.co/bYO7mb1Bbu
Our project to save #vultures along the #flyway by working with partners in 14 countries has been shortlisted for the LIFE awards - help us win: https://t.co/fTmT0gJuBL
BREAKING 📢 The Government's own MPs and many others across parties call for a BAN on destructive bottom-trawl fishing in offshore marine protected areas🪸
This intervention from the Environmental Audit Committee shows that pressure is building 💥💥💥
https://t.co/zkmfaG4UHm
📘 Opportunities for Enhancing Biodiversity at Wind and Solar Energy Developments
This #WorldEnvironmentDay let’s reflect on IUCN’s Renewable For Nature (REN) Coalition publication on how #RenewableEnergy can enhance #biodiversity 🌿⚡
🔗 https://t.co/9tzDd3IBI3
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On guard for storks in #Lebanon
Over the weekend, members of our joint Anti-Poaching Unit which is a collaboration between the Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) & @SpnlOrg sent three teams to monitor the stork passage through several known ‘bottleneck’ areas …
Which species should we prioritise? Here with Daniel Field discussing Evolutionary Distinct Globally Endangered (EDGE) species with the help of Darwin’s famous sketch and a stuffed hoatzin and skeleton.
For full video and 75 others see https://t.co/qXegaJOJzl
✅ ¡SOLUCIONES!
Cómo desarrollar e implantar las energías #RenovablesResponsables es posible y como dice la canción "...no es tan difícil j**r!"
👉 Las tienes en https://t.co/Vc0oyNoS2D y en el informe asociado a la campaña: https://t.co/bsU2KPtpqL
Interested in the big changes required for mining companies to help bend the curve of biodiversity loss? Check out our new paper on a Nature Positive Mining model in PLOS Sustainability and Transformation https://t.co/tki47tr2e6
Keep the Batumi Raptor Count flying high with your support!
To continue our work in 2025, we need your support!
Your generosity will help us to continue our world-class monitoring in the Batumi bottleneck. Please read our full appeal here: 👉https://t.co/hw0mIiAoUS
🚨The CMS Energy Task Force has launched a questionnaire on bird electrocution. Do you have a moment to complete it and to share within your contacts?
We need your expertise to work on solutions to this top threat to migrant birds!
https://t.co/BDTvktDY4F
⚠️ CAUTION! Video does not make for nice viewing. Sadly, it was not the only Whooper Swan under this stretch of wires. It was one of 18 dead! Powerlines, in certain areas, still pose deadly risks to our waterbirds. 2/3
Amazing evidence of dusk Peregrine attack on a Grey Plover, while the bird was flying at an altitude of 3000 metres (nearly 10,000 feet).
A short thread 1/5
Paper by Michiel P. Boom et al:
https://t.co/Lrb8Eq21G4
#ornithology#peregrine#waders#shorebirds
August 2024 update of the WDPA and WD-OECM: 🌍
WDPA: is 304,744 (302,934 #ProtectedAreas), covering 244 countries & territories.
WD-OECM: is 6,485 (6,464 OECMs), covering 15 countries & territories.
Find out more on the Protected Planet website: ⤵️
https://t.co/vyOsUyqOV8
¡TENEMOS NUEVO PARQUE NACIONAL! 📢🤩
El único exclusivamente marino, que comprende 24.000 hectáreas al sur de El Hierro, en Canarias.🌊
Es un enclave de extraordinaria #biodiversidad y un ejemplo de conservación marina.🐠🪼
ℹ️ https://t.co/bBtvkyYZMT
#parquenacional#canarias