BirdLife International is a global conservation charity working to tackle the world’s nature and climate crises. Our Mission is to conserve birds, their habitats and global biodiversity, working with people toward sustainability in the use of natural resources.

 

If BirdLife International didn’t exist, you’d have to invent us. People are destroying and consuming nature at a devastating rate. Birds are our early warning system. 

 

We do three things differently:

We focus on birds; they’re nature’s most effective early warning system, and when we protect birds, we protect all life.

We’re a grassroots partnership on a global scale; we empower local people to work for nature in their own places in more than 119 countries.

And we’re world leaders in conservation science; everything we do is guided by cutting-edge research so we can make the greatest possible difference.

 

We protect life on our planet by preventing extinctions, looking after the most vital habitats, working to make human activities kinder to nature – from agriculture to fishing and forestry – and rallying society to take positive action.

 

We’ve helped over 700 threatened species survive, convinced governments to protect over 1 million km2 of vital natural habitats – an area five times the size of the UK – and we set the standards that all conservation organisations use today.1*

 

From protecting rainforests in Indonesia, ending poisoning of vultures in Botswana, promoting sustainable farming in Spain, helping fast-track renewable energy in Nepal, and making migratory flight safe from Canada to Patagonia, we’re wherever there’s need to re-establish harmony between people and nature. And we’re answering global challenges that need global action.

 

1* Refers to BirdLife’s research and work around Important Bird Areas (IBAs) paving the way for Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs), and helping set the criteria used by governments and conservation organisations across the world to protect vital habitats.

 

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