Christopher Sands, Head of Communications

This month our BirdLife International CEO, Patricia Zurita, introduces the release of the second in a scholarly series of reports on the illegal killing and taking of birds. The layman’s review, entitled The Killing 2.0 – A View to a Kill, combines some of the findings of the initial report on the broad Mediterranean region, released 2 years ago, with a look at Northern Europe, Central Europe and the Caucasus. Read more...

On 24th October in Manila (The Philippines), at CMS COP 12, the BirdLife Partnership presented its latest publication on the illegal killing of birds in Europe - 'The Killing 2.0 - A View to a Kill'.

Read the introduction by BirdLife International’s CEO Patricia Zurita right here.

Bird lovers across Europe took out their binoculars for the bird-watching highlight of the year – BirdLife’s annual EuroBirdwatch! 22,000 people attended 934 different events across 41 countries. And now the results are in!

African-Eurasian Vultures are the most threatened group of terrestrial migratory birds on the planet. International commitment is needed now from over 120 countries to ensure the recovery of 15 vulture species

The BirdLife vision for a new food and land-use policy policy centres on a healthy agriculture sector within a rural landscape where our natural resources are managed sustainably and where biodiversity thrives.