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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.birdlife.org BirdLife International Home Page]
*[http://www.webcitation.org/5QE8rvIqH?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.birdlife.org BirdLife International Home Page]
*[http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/search/ BirdLife International Data Zone with fact sheets for all bird species]
*[http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/search/ BirdLife International Data Zone with fact sheets for all bird species]
*[http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/site/search/ BirdLife International Data Zone with fact sheets for all Important Bird Areas (IBAs)]
*[http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/site/search/ BirdLife International Data Zone with fact sheets for all Important Bird Areas (IBAs)]

Revision as of 01:41, 3 November 2016

BirdLife International
Formation1922
TypeINGO
PurposeConservation
HeadquartersCambridge, United Kingdom
Region served
Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Central Asia, Pacific
Chairman
Khaled Anis Irani
Chief executive
Patricia Zurita
Websitewww.birdlife.org

BirdLife International (formerly the International Committee for Bird Protection) is a global partnership of conservation organisations that strives to conserve birds, their habitats and global biodiversity, working with people towards sustainability in the use of natural resources. It is the world's largest partnership of conservation organisations, with over 120 partner organisations.[1]

History

BirdLife International was founded as in 1922 the International Committee for Bird Protection by American ornithologists T. Gilbert Pearson and Jean Theodore Delacour. This lobbying group changed its name in 1993 to "BirdLife International".[2]

Regional work

BirdLife International has conservation work programmes in the following parts of the world, which it describes as "regions" - Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Central Asia, the Middle East and the Pacific.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

Member organisations

There are about 120 regional partners of BirdLife International, including:[10]

Global programmes

Within each of these regions, BirdLife has nine programmes - some are well established, others are more recent and responding to specific conservation issues. In addition to the regional programmes, there are "global" programmes, not specific to a region. Together these programmes help the partnership to focus and work on common priorities. They provide the framework for planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating conservation work. BirdLife programmes are; the Seabird and Marine Programme, the Birdlife Preventing Extinctions Programme, the Migratory Birds and Flyways Programme, the Climate Change Programme, the Forests of Hope Programme, the Local Empowerment Programme, the Invasive Alien Species Programme and the Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas Programme.[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]

Magazine

BirdLife International publishes a quarterly magazine, World Birdwatch, which contains recent news and authoritative articles about birds, their habitats, and their conservation around the world.[19]

Red List

BirdLife International is the official Red List authority for birds, for the International Union for Conservation of Nature. In the 2012 assessment, 1,313 species of birds are considered threatened with extinction (in the categories of critically endangered, endangered or vulnerable). This represents 13% of the 10,064 extant bird species in the world.[citation needed]

See also

  • allaboutbirds.org

References

  1. ^ "BirdLife Partners". BirdLife International. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Our History". BirdLife International. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Regions". BirdLife International. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Africa". BirdLife International. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Americas". BirdLife International. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Asia". BirdLife International. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Europe and Central Asia". BirdLife International. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  8. ^ "Middle East". BirdLife International. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  9. ^ "Pacific". BirdLife International. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  10. ^ BirdLife Partners, BirdLife International (page visited on 16 August 2016).
  11. ^ "Marine". BirdLife International. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  12. ^ "Preventing Extinctions". BirdLife International. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  13. ^ "Migratory Birds and Flyways". BirdLife International. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  14. ^ "Climate Change". BirdLife International. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  15. ^ "Forests of Hope". BirdLife International. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  16. ^ "Local Empowerment". BirdLife International. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  17. ^ "Invasive Alien Species". BirdLife International. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  18. ^ "Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBAs)". BirdLife International. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  19. ^ "BirdLife's World Bird Club". BirdLife International. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
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