GULLFEST – the Arctic birding highlight of 2012 In collaboration with Martin Garner of Birding Frontiers we have put together a new birding event: the Arctic GullFest! Everyone who ever thought of visiting Varanger – this is a very good opportunity to do so! There is a lot happening in the arctic north. There is [...]
The ongoing toll of migrant birds in Cyprus has topped a new benchmark this autumn, as over one million have been illegally trapped and killed already this autumn. BirdLife Cyprus, the RSPB’s BirdLife partner on the island, estimates that over one million birds have been slaughtered since 1 September, as the island’s illegal bird-trapping season [...]
On Sunday, Bolivian police used tear gas and truncheons to crack down on indigenous men, women and children who are marching against an illegal mega-highway that will slice through the protected Amazon rainforest. 72 hours later, the country is in crisis — two key Ministers have resigned, Bolivians are erupting in street protests across the [...]
DO YOU WANT TO SEE THEM LIKE THAT ? The Catalan Government is trying to legalize hunting birds with glue, through a new regulation. This cruel method is specifically banned by the European laws because is also massive, non-selective and impossible to control properly. In the name of “tradition” the hunters use electronic appeals and [...]
Saemangeum, the once glorious estuary on the west coast of South Korea, is dying. Open the sea-gates now. Restore Saemangeum! In April, 2006, dumper trucks poured their final loads of rubble and rock into the last remaining gap in a 33-km long dyke, and closed off 40,000 hectares of this vast estuary from the sea. [...]