Press Releases
Threat to the Amazon’s birds greater than ever, Red List update reveals
07-06-2012: The risk of extinction has increased substantially for nearly 100 species of Amazonian birds, reveals the 2012 IUCN Red List update for birds released today by BirdLife International. More »
China’s rarest bird discovered wintering in Indonesia
30-12-2010: A wintering Chinese Crested Tern has been seen and photographed in Pulau Lusaolate, north Seram, Indonesia, representing the first record of the species outside the breeding season for over 70 years. More »
CEMEX and BirdLife complete groundbreaking study of biodiversity in operations worldwide
18-10-2010: CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: CX) announced today the results of a comprehensive scoping study on the biodiversity status of its operations worldwide undertaken in conjunction with BirdLife International, as part of a ten-year global partnership signed in 2007. More »
Wetland aliens cause bird extinction
26-05-2010: BirdLife International has announced the extinction of Alaotra Grebe in the 2010 IUCN Red List update for birds. More »
World governments fail to deliver on 2010 biodiversity target
29-04-2010: A new paper published in the journal Science by BirdLife and others is the first comprehensive test to show that the 2010 CBD biodiversity targets have not been achieved More »
Critically Endangered Fiji Petrel found and photographed at sea – pungent fish attracts “lost” species
11-09-2009: An expedition to find one of the world’s least-known seabirds at sea, the Critically Endangered Fiji Petrel, has been successful. More »
Trans-boundary park will be a symbol of peace and stability
15-05-2009: The Presidents of Sierra Leone and Liberia jointly inaugurated a Trans-boundary Rainforest Peace Park, which will protect one of the largest remaining blocks of intact forests of West Africa. More »
BirdLife International announces more Critically Endangered birds than ever before
14-05-2009: BirdLife International’s latest evaluation of the world’s birds has revealed that more species than ever are threatened with extinction More »
Birds show that world is falling short of biodiversity target
09-10-2008: In 2002 the world’s governments took the unprecedented step of committing themselves to achieve a significant reduction in the rate of biodiversity loss by 2010. More »
Business answers conservation call
24-09-2008: Rio Tinto Alcan, a division of Rio Tinto, one of the world’s leading mining and exploration companies, has become the latest corporation to join the BirdLife Preventing Extinctions Programme. More »
Birds indicate biodiversity crisis – and the way forward
22-09-2008: Common birds are in decline across the world, providing evidence of a rapid deterioration in the global environment that is affecting all life on earth – including human life. All the world’s governments have committed themselves to slowing or halting the loss of biodiversity by 2010. But reluctance to commit what are often trivial sums in terms of national budgets means that this target is almost certain to be missed... More »
Sir David Attenborough champions BirdLife International's work to halt extinctions
18-08-2008: Sir David Attenborough, the greatest wildlife communicator of our age, has added his weight to the BirdLife Preventing Extinctions Programme by becoming a Species Champion. More »
Saving the world's most threatened birds...
10-06-2008: What’s the best way to save a species? For 99% of Globally Threatened Birds, safeguarding Important Bird Areas (IBAs) is a key part of the solution... More »
UN Conference fails life on Earth
30-05-2008: The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity fails to address the urgency of biodiversity loss by 2010. Although 191 countries agreed in Bonn that the diversity of life on Earth is essential for human survival, and despite scientific proof that species are rapidly declining, they were unable to agree on many of the concrete steps forward that would have been necessary.... More »