BirdLife International
Conservation organization for birds, headquartered in Cambridge / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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BirdLife International is a global partnership of non-governmental organizations that strives to conserve birds and their habitats.[1] BirdLife International's priorities include preventing extinction of bird species, identifying and safeguarding important sites for birds, maintaining and restoring key bird habitats, and empowering conservationists worldwide.
Formation | June 20, 1922; 101 years ago (1922-06-20) |
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Type | INGO |
Purpose | Conservation |
Headquarters | Cambridge, United Kingdom |
Region served | Worldwide |
Chairman | Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias |
Chief Executive | Patricia Zurita |
Website | www |
Formerly called | International Council for Bird Preservation |
It has a membership of more than 2.5 million people across 116 country partner organizations, including the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, the Wild Bird Society of Japan, the National Audubon Society, and American Bird Conservancy.[2]
BirdLife International has identified 13,000 Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas and is the official International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List authority for birds.[3][4] As of 2015,[update] BirdLife International has established that 1,375 bird species (13% of the total) are threatened with extinction (critically endangered, endangered or vulnerable).[5]
BirdLife International publishes a quarterly magazine, BirdLife: The Magazine, which contains recent news and authoritative articles about birds and their conservation.[6][7]