BirdLife International
Organisation O0006
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| Détails de contact | BirdLife International Wellbrook Court Girton Road Cambridge CB3 0NA UK Phone: +44 (0)1223 277 318 Fax: +44 (0)1223 277 200 E-mail: birdlife@birdlife.org |
| Type d'organisation | Conservation organisation |
| Intérët d'organisation | Conservation |
| Location | United Kingdom |
| Membre de Groupe d'apprentissage | Yes |
Déscription
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. Many of the pressures on the environment that threaten birds, their habitats and biodiversity also have adverse effects on local communities. By integrating conservation and development through a process of empowerment of local communities, bottom-up decision-making and support for measures to meet people’s needs and improve local livelihoods, BirdLife International helps people to achieve secure, sustainable livelihoods that are positively linked to natural ecosystems.
Projets
1.African Partnerships for Sustainable Biodiversity Action: A collaborative effort by African BirdLife Partners to conserve and manage Important Bird Areas (IBAs) in Africa. It works with people to maintain and improve livelihoods.
2. Improving Livelihoods Projects (funded by SwedBio and AECID): These projects aim at “improving livelihoods by promoting sustainable use of renewable natural resources through increased participation in biodiversity policy making and implementation”. They have been in implementation since 2004.
3. Serra das Lontras Atlantic Forest Project: This project is looking to establish an integrated system of protection, combined with production of organic, shade cacao under the traditional cabrucas system.
4. Wetland Conservation in Madagascar seeks to integrate modern, scientifically-based resource management and protection systems into traditionally-based resource use rules.
5. The Palas Conservation and Development Project: The goal of this project is to safeguard the biodiversity of the Palas valley by enabling local communities to tackle the linked causes of poverty and incipient natural resource degradation.
6. Conserving Afromontane Forest in the Bamenda Highlands of Cameroon: BirdLife is working with local communities and the Ministry of Environment and Forestry in Cameroon to conserve the endangered biodiversity of the Cameroon Mountains, by giving local people more control of the forest resources that they have traditionally depended on for their livelihoods, as well as more equitable sharing of the benefits from these forests.
7. Community-Based Wetland Management for Sustainable Livelihoods and Biodiversity Conservation in Ethiopia: The goal of this initiative is the management of the Berga Floodplain for conservation of the Endangered White-winged Flufftail Sarothrura ayresi while promoting sustainable and wise use of the floodplain by the local communities and other stakeholders. The project is supporting community management of the wetland, dissemination of lessons-learned, and is advocating the sustainable management of wetlands throughout Ethiopia.
8. Local Conservation Group approach: BirdLife International involves local communities through support to empowerment of and good governance by local institutions called Local Conservation Groups (also known as Site Support Groups or IBA-Caretakers) at Important Bird Areas. Local Conservation Group members monitor their site, engage in advocacy work, carry out conservation activities, and develop ways of generating income with the local community.
9. Promoting biodiversity conservation and its sustainable use in 3 IBAs in the Dry Forest of the Piura Region, Peru. This programme aims to: increase people’s capacity to exert their rights through strengthened and legally recognised CBOs; increase incomes through improved agricultural capacity and ecotourism; and strengthen the role of rural communities in natural resources planning in the buffer zones of 3 Important Bird Areas (IBAs).
10. Reviving Hima, an ancient Conservation System for a Modern World: This programme, being led from BirdLife’s Middle East Division in Amman (Jordan), aims to combine the traditional community resource management approach of hima with that of Important Bird Areas (IBAs).
11. Mainstreaming conservation of migratory soaring birds into key productive sectors along the Red Sea / Rift Valley flyway: This project is primarily working to ensure inclusion of biodiversity aspects into productive sector policies and programmes at national level (including agriculture and tourism). However, the project is also working to ensure that local socioeconomic needs are met, by developing incentives for sustainable.
Couverture géographique
Africa
Americas
Asia
Europe
Oceania
Gens
David Thomas, Head of Site Action Unit
E-mail: david.thomas@birdlife.org
URL de web
http://www.birdlife.org/
Related records below this one:
- Working with Communities at Important Bird Areas: Seeking “genuine participation” as a principle for conservation and development in practice (Document D0217)
- 10 - Evaluating livelihoods impacts – Institutional Approaches and Challenges (Document D0162)
- Palas Conservation and Development Project (PCDP) (Case study C0252)
- Agrícola Aiko de Talamanca (Case study C0155)
- Building Partnerships: Working Together for Conservation and Development (Biblio B1611)
- Conserving biodiversity in Africa: Guidelines for applying the Site Support Group Approach (Biblio B1598)
- The BirdLife International Partnership: Conserving Biodiversity, Improving Livelihoods (Biblio B1597)
- Livelihoods and the Environment at Important Bird Areas: Listening to Local Voices (Biblio B1466)
- Basic Framework for Monitoring Poverty Reduction Impact at IBAs and Projects (Biblio B1455)
- Developing an Approach for Monitoring the Contribution of BirdLife’s Local Work to Human Well-Being and Poverty Reduction (Biblio B1454)
- Monitoring the Socio-Economic Impacts of Projects at IBAs: A Global Framework (Biblio B1450)
- Understanding the Links Between Conservation and Development in the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon (Biblio B0001)