Migratory species and climate change

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Sustainability may start at home, but many environmental challenges require the cooperation of multiple countries – and international agreements help to create a framework for such collaboration. For example, diverse nations, sometimes at opposite ends of the globe, share a responsibility to care for and protect migratory species and their habitats. The Convention on […]

Bringing Ocean View to the ocean

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Flock At Sea Again! in April 2017 will have some special guests. The team from the Ocean View Association for People with Disabilities (OVAPD) centre that makes our bird-scaring lines will be joining us on board, thanks to holding albithe generous sponsorship of Rand Merchant Bank. The OVAPD centre runs the Tori Line project as […]

Namibian National Awareness Workshop

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Through a series of workshops, the Common Oceans Tuna Project aims to reduce the impacts of pelagic (tuna) longline fisheries on albatross and petrel populations and ensure that the implementation of best-practice seabird by-catch measures is accelerated. Read about the latest National Awareness Workshop in October, which was aimed at government officials, fishing industry representatives […]

Wilge Stewardship Project

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Wilge River runs through the grasslands of the beautiful eastern Free State, an area that contains many threatened bird species and is an important water catchment. Its formal protection is a matter of urgency, which is why BirdLife South Africa and partners are undertaking the Wilge Stewardship Project. Grasslands are not universally appreciated, especially […]

The Kruger Bird & Wildlife Challenge

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Flock on the West Coast 2018

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] After the great success that was Flock at Sea AGAIN! 2017, the BirdLife South Africa staff have returned to shore and planning is well under way for next year’s Flock on the West Coast. Featuring the bi-annual Learn About Birds (LAB) symposium, the event will take place from 7 to 11 March 2018 and […]

BirdLife South Africa Staff Meeting 2017

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The BirdLife South Africa staff meeting, held from 23 to 25 May 2017, had a change of venue this year and took place at the picturesque Sea Villa Glen Craig Conference Venue in Pringle Bay, Western Cape. This annual meeting gives the 38 BirdLife South Africa staff and interns a chance to discuss the progress […]

On the high seas

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Steve’s poem: Out on the limitless ocean Nothing to see but the waves: Ever changing, peaking, subsiding, All the same but each detail different. Cairns upon hills upon mountains, Rolling, swirling, constantly in motion. Now smooth, now rough, Now blue, now white, Wind whipping the spray along. Then, from far off comes serenity, A […]

Working around the subregion

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]2016 was a very busy year for the Avitourism & Special Projects Programme, which has been involved in the East Atlantic Flyway Initiative, partner development work in southern Africa and the State of South Africa’s Birds Report and regional Red List publications, as well as the revived BirdLife South Africa Bird Guide Training Project. We […]

Hosting Events

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Events Programme over the past 12 months was as versatile as ever and new twists to familiar themes proved to be very popular. On behalf of everyone at BirdLife South Africa, I’d like to say a big thank you to everyone who supported our Events Programme for making this year a great one. […]