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🚨BREAKING: new report reveals plummeting migratory shorebird populations globally ⚠️📉 16 species have been reclassified to higher threat categories according to the latest update to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. These numbers reveal a highly concerning decline in populations of migratory shorebirds with potential causes including habitat loss and degradation, disturbance, hunting and climate change. Science shows the huge negative impact of declining species populations, with whole ecosystems and food chains being disrupted as a result. As birds migrate beyond borders, the new update highlights a need for more collaboration from governments without delay to reverse the losses of migratory birds. Shorebirds, often seen darting along beaches or feeding on mudflats, are a familiar sight all over the world. Coastal areas where many of these birds live also support millions of people by providing food, jobs, and storm protection. Protecting shorebirds is essential not just for the birds, but also for the coastal communities that depend on these habitats. We only have five more years of this defining decade. CBD COP16 is the moment to galvanise action to halt and reverse nature loss by 2030. Plummeting migratory bird populations signal that nature is in crisis. When we lose species, our future is compromised. Nature loss can be reversed but extinctions cannot. Nature loss can be reversed but extinctions cannot.❌ Read our full press release here: https://lnkd.in/eF76wQda #COP16Colombia #BirdLifeInternational #BirdLifeFlyways #RedList #HabitatLoss #Shorebirds #ClimateChange #Extinction #Conservation

The EU wants to keep killing puffins. Earlier this year, the UK and Scottish Governments announced that industrial sandeel fishing will no longer be permitted in English and Scottish waters. Why? Because industrial sandeel fishing in the North Sea is starving Puffins and Kittiwakes to death. And the EU wants to keep it that way. they just filed a complaint against the UK ban. This critical conservation measure is being blocked to cater to a small but powerful commercial lobby of Danish sandeel trawlers. Read more through the link in our comments. #Puffins #industrialfishing #restorenature RSPB LPO France BirdWatch Ireland NABU e.V. Vogelbescherming Nederland BirdLife Norge BirdLife Sweden Fuglavernd - BirdLife Iceland

What a great week spent in France with LPO France and the BirdLife Europe and Central Asia Marine Task Force. Learning, sharing and strategizing across 14 of the partners. Through these get togethers we share project work, challenges, successes and challenges, learning from each other's practical, policy, advocacy and communication skills. Our collective work covers fisheries, invasive species, protected sites, advancing marine science, policy and through the RSPB working alongside the BirdLife Europe and Central Asia secretariat we lead the strategic working on the delivery of nature positive offshore wind. Our wildlife is not limited by geographical boundaries and neither should we be. Always inspired after spending time with this awesome group of people. #strongertogether, #collaboration Tammy Davies, Helen McLachlan, Yann Rouxel, Manya Russo, Cyrielle Goldberg, Alexandra Caron-Strehlow

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The EU Commissioner hearings are coming up, and nature must be at the heart of the discussions. Here are some of our burning questions to help put out the flames of our overheating planet. Without bold action to protect it, the EU’s future is at risk, so we want to see answers that promise: 🦉 No backtracking on environmental legislation 🦅 Better enforcement of existing laws 🦚 Adequate funding for nature #EUGreenDeal #EUPolitics #RestoreNature

Join us in celebrating 20 years of the BirdLife Seabird Tracking Database!🎉 The Database has become one of the most comprehensive marine conservation collaborations in the world. 🌊🌎 It hosts one of the largest collection of seabird tracking data in existence, helping address the growing threats to seabirds and the marine environment in general.🗺 A new study published today highlights the remarkable achievements of this world-leading dataset, currently hosting more than 43 million location records and 55,000 tracks from 168 seabird species in 55 countries.🐦💧 Read more in our article here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eddipNDA #BirdLifeInternational #Seabirds #BirdLifeMigratoryFlyways #TrackingData #Conservation #MarineConservation

📢 We are hiring! 📢 We are now looking for our new Social Media & Communications Intern to assist with our social media work, primarily with TikTok. Working with us you will get a chance to engage with young audiences, as well as those interested in nature and climate issues at large, and use your creativity to help us spread our message! Deadline to apply: 6 November 2023 23:59 CET Apply here: https://lnkd.in/dveh3QcT #job #jobad #hiring #internship #tiktok

Ortağı olduğumuz, Dünya Kuşları Koruma Kurumu’nun Avrupa-Orta Asya Ortaklık Toplantısı ile Restorasyon Çalışma Grubu Yıllık Toplantısı Kazakistan Almatı’da bir arada gerçekleşti. 14-19 Ekim tarihleri arasında düzenlenen toplantılarda; İzmir Gediz Deltası’nda gerçekleştirdiğimiz çalışmaları aktardık. Buluşmada; 📍Karasal ve denizel ekosistemlerin restorasyonu, 📍Enerji dönüşümleri ve biyolojik çeşitlilik korumasında göç yollarının önemi üzerine tartışmalar, 📍Vatandaş bilimi ile doğayı koruma konusunda iş birliği ve fon sağlama üzerine fikir alışverişi öne çıktı. Tüm ortaklarımızla doğa için çalışmaya, işbirliği yapmaya devam ediyoruz. - We gathered with our partners in the BirdLife Europe and Central Asia Partnership Meeting and the Restoration Working Group Annual Meeting, which were held in Almaty, Kazakhstan, between October 14-19. During the meeting, we shared our work in the İzmir Gediz Delta and discussed the following key topics: 📍 Restoration of terrestrial and marine ecosystems, 📍 The importance of migration routes in energy transitions and biodiversity conservation, 📍 Collaboration and funding opportunities for nature conservation through citizen science, We will continue to work and collaborate with all our partners for nature. BirdLife Europe and Central Asia BirdLife International ACBK — Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity of Kazakhstan

Sweden, Finland, Estonia, and Latvia want to move cormorants to Annex II of the EU Birds Directive—basically, they want to kill birds for... eating fish. But human activities are the problem here, not birds. Instead of wasting resources on ineffective culls, we should focus on restoring coastal wetlands and marine ecosystems, reducing overfishing, and supporting sustainable fisheries that can coexist with wildlife. #RestoreNature #Agrifish #EUnaturepolitics

How to facilitate a bird-friendly🦅🦆⚡ energy transition? During the first #wingspan2024 conference in Brussels, industry, academia and civil society came together to discuss just this. We also had the opportunity to present the SafeLines4Birds project. In Belgium, Elia, Natagora and Natuurpunt are the project partners of this LIFE Programme creating a safer electricity grid and examining the most efficient approach. During the fieldtrip, participants visited the powerline in Noordschote, equipped with bird protection measures. The danger of this line has significantly been reduced by the installed equipment, but the discovery of 2 caracasses showed there is still work to be done. Our final stop was the nature reserve of the Blankaart, the first breeding location of white-tailed eagles in Belgium! They were very cooperative and we took the opportunity to explain the successes of nature restoration and Natuurpunt. Thanks to Ingrid Marchand, Manon Quetstroey, Olivia Geels and the whole teams for the organisation #natuurherstelwerkt #natuurinhethart #safelines4birds #solveclimateandbiodiversitycrisisinonego Renewables Grid Initiative, LPO France, Natuurpunt Studie, BirdLife International, BirdLife Europe and Central Asia, Noah Janssen, Stijn Ombelets, Mattias Bruynooghe, Robin Verachtert, Jean-Yves Paquet, @Dominique Verbelen