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BirdLife International is the world’s largest nature conservation Partnership. Together we are 120 BirdLife Partners worldwide – one per country – and growing.

BirdLife International is a global Partnership of conservation organisations that strives to conserve birds, their habitats and global biodiversity, working with people towards sustainability in the use of natural resources. We are driven by our belief that local people, working for nature in their own places but connected nationally and internationally through our global Partnership, are the key

to sustaining all life on this planet. This unique local-to-global approach delivers high impact and long-term conservation for the benefit of nature and people. BirdLife is widely recognised as the world leader in bird conservation. Rigorous science informed by practical feedback from projects on the ground in important sites and habitats enables us to implement successful conservation programmes for birds and all nature. We believe that our actions are providing both practical and sustainable solutions significantly benefiting nature and people. On this website you will find many examples of BirdLife success stories from every corner of the globe.

***BirdLife Europe and Central Asia online community guidelines***

At BirdLife Europe and Central Asia, we are lucky to have an amazing online community: our people are kind, curious and respectful admirers of the natural world, passionate about protecting wildlife in general and birds in particular – and we want it to stay that way. We have developed the following community guidelines to make sure we can all enjoy a positive and engaging online environment. These guidelines apply to all our social media accounts. Do:

- Be respectful
- Stay on topic
- Engage with our content
- Engage in conversation with each other
- Call out/report inappropriate comments

Don’t:

- Post anything hateful. Homophobia, racism, sexism, xenophobia and other forms of discrimination have no place in our community.
- Encourage or suggest illegal activity or violence
- Post advertisements
- Post unintelligible or irrelevant content
- Spam
- Be creepy with others (you know what we mean)

To the extent that each respective social media platform allows, we reserve the right to remove posts or ban users that do not respect our community guidelines. We do our best to moderate swiftly, but some inappropriate posts may sometimes pass under the radar. We are not responsible for the content posted by others on our pages. Thank you for your patience, and feel free to report inappropriate posts to the social media platform. When seeing bad faith anti-nature comments under a post, we would advise you not to engage with them: you’ll only be maximising their visibility. Write a positive comment or retweet/like/uplift another positive comment instead. The anti-nature posters are not acting in good faith, debating them will not be productive. When walking in parks or nature reserves you might see signs that say “do not feed the birds.” Online, please, do not feed the trolls. :)

Find our full community guidelines here: https://www.birdlife.org/europe-and-central-asia/online-community-guidelines-birdlife-europe-and-central-asia

12/06/2026

Europe is helping migratory bird populations recover, while ensuring sustainable hunting practices

These species connect wetlands, coastlines, forests, and communities across the globe. Yet, many populations remain in decline.

While some species have been hunted traditionally for centuries, habitat loss, wetland degradation, pollution, climate change, and changing agricultural practices are usually the main drivers of their decline.

Thanks to the EU Birds Directive, many species were given the chance to recover. But some of them, like the Common Pochard (Aythya ferina), need more help. Temporary hunting restrictions, together with more conservation effort, could really help their recovery.

BirdLife’s Partners across Europe are already working to support the recovery of migratory birds. For example, our Bulgarian Partner Българско дружество за защита на птиците BirdLife Bulgaria, is launching a major new LIFE project focused on diving duck conservation.
Let’s keep working together to protect nature!

Here to know more about how EU is supporting the recovery of game birds: https://www.birdlife.org/news/2026/06/12/shared-skies-shared-responsibility-recovering-europes-migratory-birds/

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11/06/2026

🎉 Our Partner in Croatia, Biom Association, turned 20! 🐦

Since 2006, BIOM has grown into one of the leading nature conservation voices in the country. Today, we celebrate some of their greatest achievements:

• Biom is a the forefront of identifying Croatia's most important nature areas and has contributed to the designation of the country's Natura 2000 sites and key marine areas.
• One of their major successes is reducing illegal bird killing. In northern Croatia, poaching has significantly decreased, and the use of illegal quail lures and electronic calling devices has almost stopped.
• Biom is not just conserving nature; it is restoring it! They are currently leading Croatia’s largest nature restoration project, helping bring back grasslands.
• In cities, they promote urban biodiversity and coexistence with wildlife.

Most importantly, Biom inspires people every day to care for nature through education, volunteering, and citizen science. 💚

Here's to many more years of nature protection in Croatia!

Read more: https://www.birdlife.org/news/2026/06/11/20-years-of-biom-association/

📷 BIOM

08/06/2026

All the way from Brussels, we stand united with everyone defending Albania’s nature and democracy.

Albania is not for sale!

Sign the petition. Link in Bio.

02/06/2026

EU leaders are taking it out on cormorants, again.

Sadly, this isn’t unexpected news. Until the ‘70s, cormorants were almost brought to extinction to “protect” fish stocks. Only in 1979, under the EU Birds and Habitat Directives, did it become illegal to kill or disturb them.

But they are no longer safe. 10 EU Member States are pushing for a ‘Cormorant Management Plan’, a set of measures designed to reduce cormorants population.

Why? Fish stocks in the Baltic Sea are drastically declining, and cormorants are being blamed for it.

But science never lies. Overfishing, pollution, climate change and habitat loss are the real reason there are fewer fish in the seas.

To help marine ecosystems recover, we need stronger environmental rules, not weaker laws that harm our nature.
Cormorants need our protection, not our blame.

15/05/2026

𝗩𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗴𝘆𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗩𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲! 🦅

After 35 years of tireless conservation efforts, this species is finally coming back from the brink of extinction.

Our Bulgarian Partner Българско дружество за защита на птиците BirdLife Bulgaria has been nominated for the LIFE Programme Awards with the project “Egyptian vulture New LIFE”. With our support, they can win!

Thanks to their tireless work, in collaboration with 22 partners from 14 countries, this species has a real chance for recovery.

Support the project by voting here: https://www.lifeawards.eu/project/egyptian-vulture-new-life/

12/05/2026

🐦 We have lost 60% of Europe’s farmland birds in the last 40 years. But they can come back.

When France banned bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides, insect-eating birds like robins and blackbirds started recovering within just a few years.

Nature responds when we stop poisoning it.

Without insects and birds, pollination fails and food production goes down.

But now, instead of strengthening protections, the European Commission, alongside some EU countries and powerful industries, is proposing to weaken pesticide rules.

We can’t let this happen.

Sign our petition now: https://handsoffnature.eu/ -action

Video by Baleine sous Gravillon

08/05/2026

🚨 Right now, bulldozers are illegally tearing through one of Albania's most precious wild places.

Pishë Poro–Nartë is an ancient coastal pine forest on the Adriatic. Home to Flamingos, Dalmatian Pelicans, and a vital stopover for millions of migratory birds travelling between Europe and Africa.

Without an approved project, no public consultation, no environmental impact assessment, and no sign of a construction permit, heavy machinery moved into the protected area at the end of April.

Trees are being felled. Sand dunes shaped over centuries are being levelled.

And nobody knows who authorised it.
That, in itself, is part of the scandal.

A major development project linked to Jared Kushner has also been planned for this area, though whether the current works are connected remains unclear.

Together with our Partner we travelled to Tirana this week and delivered a strong message to Albanian authorities: the bulldozers must stop NOW.

Albania is on the path to EU membership. That means upholding the law, not running a race to destroy nature before stronger protections kick in.

06/05/2026

⚡𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲: 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆

Europe is buzzing about the rapid rollout of renewables to stop the climate crisis spiralling. But there is a catch: if we put massive turbines and solar panels in the wrong spots, we risk harming biodiversity.

It’s a delicate balance. Renewables need to be deployed fast to prevent ecological collapse, but they should also avoid wildlife-sensitive areas. The best and cheapest way to ensure that wind turbines don’t harm birds is to place them in the right location, away from vulnerable species and major migration routes, where impacts will be minor or easier to mitigate.

Sensitivity maps are gaining popularity across the industry and governments. And rightfully so, they are a tool that can be a game-changer for the wind energy sector, and our Partners are at the forefront of developing them.

But sensitivity maps are only one piece of a bigger puzzle...

SEO/BirdLife SPEA - Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves OTOP - Ogólnopolskie Towarzystwo Ochrony Ptaków LIPU

𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘱𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 👇

20/04/2026

Spring has never been so quiet.

In Europe, we have lost 19% of our birds in 40 years, 60% when considering farmland birds.

More than 80% of Europe’s nature is already in poor and bad condition, and now the EU is considering weakening the Birds and Habitats Directives – the laws that protect our wildlife, clean water, clean air and climate.

The excuses vary: we need data centres, we need more mining, we cannot do business without polluting.

The consequences are the same: worse air quality, polluted water, and degraded nature.

We must stop selling our health and nature for short term profit of a few big polluters.

Sign now and tell the EU: hands off nature 👉 https://www.birdlife.org/news/2026/02/02/sign-now-keep-your-handsoffnature/

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