Sentences with phrase «international bird protection»

Under the leadership (1980 - 1999) of Gerard A. Bertrand, Mass Audubon spearheaded passage of critical land and water protection legislation, while also maintaining focus on local and international bird protection, launching the Coastal Waterbird Program in 1987 and beginning cooperative work with the Belize Audubon Society in 1984, then forming Programme for Belize in 1988.

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Although there is nothing illegal about international trade in tree sparrows, the size of the shipment — at least eight times the British breeding population of this species — is causing anxiety at the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.

Although there's little that scientists and wildlife managers working in Gorongosa can do to eliminate the threats that any one bird might face outside the protections of the park, the information they gather can be used to inform international agreements around the availability of toxins and other hazards.

He also helped set up the World Wide Fund for Nature and has been involved with several other conservation organisations, including Flora and Fauna International and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.

A new study led by Durham University and BirdLife International, shows that many bird species are likely to suffer under future climate change, and will require enhanced protection of important sites, better management of the wider countryside, [continue reading...]