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15 bird species in India critically endangered
Fifteen species of birds seen in India have been declared critically endangered by the International Union for Conversation of Nature (IUCN) for 2013. The endangered birds, including the Great Indian...
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UAE conservationists set free 2,000 houbara birds after hunting controversy
The International Fund for Houbara Conservation (IFHC), an Abu Dhabi-based conservation group, has released 2,000 captive-bred Asian houbara birds into the wild in Kazakhstan. The move is an effort to...
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Cyprus a ‘disaster zone’ for birds
Under the cover of night, activists patrol key poaching sites in southeast Cyprus, described as an ecological disaster zone for endangered migratory birds on their Mediterranean stopover. “Cyprus is...
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The chough: RSPB survey into one of Scotland’s rarest birds
One of Scotland’s rarest birds, the chough, is to be the subject of a national survey to see how its population is faring. The study aims to assess current numbers of the red-billed birds – believed to...
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Scientists work to help rare Virginia bird
WAVERLY – Flopping around on a towel on the floor of a pine forest, a tiny chick represented hope — if hope can be blind, pink and naked. This object of optimism, no more than a blob with a beak, was a...
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Limiting lake development key to preserving water birds
A declining bird species recently listed by the Alberta government as threatened in status is managing to survive as it shares heavily developed lake habitat with humans—but care must be taken to...
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NZ battles pests to save native birds
New Zealand’s largest pest control programme has been given the go ahead to protect native wildlife from a plague of rats and stoats, Conservation Minister Nick Smith says. Dr Smith outlined the...
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Retaining forests where raptors nest can help to protect biodiversity
Raptors can affect the distribution of other species and they can also be used to find forests with high biodiversity value. Predators influence decisions on conservation actions because they awake a...
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How can we help endangered vultures?
Zoologists from the School of Natural Sciences at Trinity College Dublin are proposing an ingenious idea to help conserve populations of African white-backed vultures. The iconic birds, which play a...
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Global protection for migratory birds agreed by conservationists
Two new international agreements have been reached by conservationists to help save migratory bird species across continents. The Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS)...
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