Posted on the 14th December 2011Dear CER Subscriber,
Latest news from our website:
'List of Threatened and Endangered Ecosystems finally gazetted'
On 9 December 2011, the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs finally pu... Read more
Posted on the 2nd December 2011Invasive species: Mallard Control Programme
· Hanneline Smit attended a National Problem Bird Forum meeting at EWT offices on 31 October. This meeting included a follow up on responsibilities ... Read more
Posted on the 2nd December 2011(This is a summary of the work being done at BirdLife South Africa on the conservation of Secretarybirds)
Secretarybirds
· Funding is being sourced for BirdLife South Africa’s work on S... Read more
Posted on the 24th November 2011UN Wildlife Meeting Pushes to Make Power Lines Safer for Birds
International Reports Address Impact of Power Lines on Migratory Birds, Offering Solutions to Avoid Collisions and Electrocution
Ber... Read more
Posted on the 2nd November 2011Draft Kogelberg Biosphere Framework Plan
The compilation of the Framework Plan (FP) has been identified by the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve Company as a mechanism to address the need to develop a sp... Read more
Posted on the 28th September 2011Hi all.
The latest news items on the SABAP2 (http://sabap2.adu.org.za) and MyBirdPatch (http://mybirdpatch.adu.org.za) websites show
the range-change map of the African Grass-Owl in South Africa. Al... Read more
Posted on the 5th September 2011
BirdLife South Africa
Position Statement on the disturbance and harming of seabirds
Seabirds are commonly found foraging in the same areas as those targeted by fishermen.
... Read more
Posted on the 20th August 2011(It is the time of year when we start receiving many complaints and queries from fruit farmers on the negative impact that birds have on orchards and vineyards. We received the following an... Read more
Posted on the 10th August 2011Important Bird Areas – Interactive Map
“There is nothing in which the birds differ more from man than the way in which they can build and yet leave a landscape as it was before”. Th... Read more
Posted on the 20th July 2011New bird-friendly fishing gear lands big fish
Cape Town, 20 July.
Seventeen of the world’s 22 albatross species are threatened with extinction, with longline fishing responsible for much of t... Read more
Posted on the 7th July 2011We have been getting quite a few reports of fishermen leaving seabirds with hooks and line trailing from them. This is possibly due to lack of education on how to properly handle these birds or being ... Read more
Posted on the 28th June 2011The newest range change map to be displayed on the SABAP2 website http://sabap2.adu.org.za (currently top item of latest news, and with permanent URL http://sabap2.adu.org.za/news.php?id=1727) shows h... Read more
Posted on the 17th June 2011FYI - Following the recent release of the 2011 IUCN Red List update, you will note that two of the big African birds (Secretarybird and Hooded Vulture) were up-listed to join the list of globally thre... Read more
Posted on the 8th June 2011BirdLife South Africa media release
Global longline fisheries continue driving albatross declines
Seabirds continue to be killed in vast numbers as fisheries managers fail to stem the tide, but Sout... Read more
Posted on the 5th June 2011The buffer zone concept is included in NEMA (National Environmental Management Act 107, 1998) and was published in the Government Gazette of the 5th March 2011. It is also based on the White Paper for... Read more
