Posted on the 3rd May 2011IBA’s - WESTERN CAPE
IBA’s are areas declared as being important for birds for specific reasons based on international criteria. This may mean that the area is important for a particular ... Read more
Posted on the 26th April 2011NOTIFICATION OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROCESS
KOGELBERG BIOSPHERE RESERVE
STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION PROCESS TO PREPARE A FRAMEWORK PLAN
The Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve Company (KBRC) has appointed co... Read more
Posted on the 15th April 2011(There is an interesting debate developing about the possible extention of the Wheatbelt IBA. What do you think? - Ed.)
Hello Keith,
Many thanks for this - sounds like you did a sterling... Read more
Posted on the 27th March 2011Ornithological Observations, a joint initiative of the ADU and BirdLife South Africa, is an e-journal which publishes information about birds.
A new article was put on the OO website today (http://... Read more
Posted on the 26th March 2011Dear Crane Supporters,
The Cranes are blogging again – please visit the blog on EWT’s blog – Crane Call – for the first blog by Kerryn Morrison, the Manager of the African Cra... Read more
Posted on the 17th March 2011BirdLife South Africa
Position Statement on the effect of solar power facilities on birds
- BirdLife South Africa (BLSA) acknowledges that South Africa is one of the top 10 developing countries whic... Read more
Posted on the 14th February 2011As was discussed at the 2010 EWT-African Crane Conservation Programme’s AGM held at Kasoega in the Eastern Cape, we will be developing Biodiversity Management Plans for Species (BMP-S) for each ... Read more
Posted on the 11th February 2011Important we need your support ---- refer to Hayley Wittridge's emails below and to the media release below.
Refer to the website below which contains our reserve boundaries and management plans
fo... Read more
Posted on the 5th February 2011Mining and prospecting prohibition call by NGOs
Johannesburg, 1 February 2011: BirdLife South Africa supports the formal request by the Centre for Environmental Rights to the Minister of Mineral Res... Read more
Posted on the 4th February 2011Dear All,
You have all probably heard about the proclamation process that is taking place at the moment for the False Bay Nature Reserve. We are currently in the stage of public participation which... Read more
Posted on the 17th January 2011The Important Bird Areas (IBA) Programme is one of the largest global conservation programmes, and nearly 11 000 sites have been identified and declared IBAs. After a site has been declared an IBA, th... Read more
Posted on the 5th December 2010(Herewith we copy the introductory comments to Mark Anderson's report to the Council of the organisation on 4 December 2010. It gives a good summary of what had been achieved during 2010. - Ed.)... Read more
Posted on the 5th December 2010(This overview of BirdLife South Africa's work on terrestrial species was taken from CEO Mark Anderson', report to Council on 4 December 2010. - Ed.)
One of BirdLife South Africa’s priorities i... Read more
Posted on the 5th December 2010(This overview of BLSA's work on seabirds during 2010 was taken from CEO Mark Anderson's report to Council on 4 December 2010. - Ed.)
Seabirds
Dr Ross Wanless is the Manager of the Seabird Division,... Read more
Posted on the 27th October 2010The City of Cape Town's Invasive Alien Species department, together with CapeNature, is working on the programme to overcome the House Crow problem in and around Cape Town. The co-ordinator for the Ci... Read more
