BirdLife welcomes cancellation of mining project in Zambia’s Lower Zambezi National Park
In August 2023, conservationists in Zambia heaved a sigh of relief when the Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) cancelled a decision to allow for mining in Zambia’s Lower Zambezi National…
As Canadian oil company pauses oil exploration in Okavango Basin, BirdLife International calls for oil drilling moratorium
Canada-based oil and gas company ReconAfrica, which has been exploring for oil in Namibia’s Kavango regions since 2021, has paused all operations in the country. BirdLife International and other international organizations including Re:wild,…
2022 highlights of BirdLife Europe and Central Asia
The year that started with us still struggling to emerge from the Covid pandemic ended in hope that world leaders had grasped the scale of the nature and climate emergency…
BirdLife Africa Partners’ Joint Statement on the Development Threats to and Management of World Heritage Sites
BirdLife International Partners in 26 African countries (the BirdLife Africa Partnership), would like to convey our congratulations on the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the World Heritage Convention. While the Convention has…
BirdLife joins governments in Panama as they take decisions to ensure the sustainability of the wildlife trade
November is a busy month for international efforts to save the natural world. Taking on the baton from the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, and as governments continue to negotiate solutions…