ICCAT leaves albatross conservation dead in the water
By Charlie • November 27, 2009 • 1 commentFrom BirdLife: “After a 3-year seabird risk assessment that found tuna and swordfish longline fishing has significant impacts on Atlantic seabird populations, the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas failed to act at a recent meeting in Recife, Brazil”. No, I’m not at all surprised either…
Conservation and 10,000 Birds
By Charlie • August 15, 2009 • 6 commentsRegular readers will have noticed (we hope) that 10,000 Birds has become increasingly involved in Conservation issues over the last two years. All three of us here at 10,000 Birds are passionate about conservation, and we’re currently, for instance, supporting a project on the Endangered Sharpe’s Longclaw in Kenya; we became BirdLife International Species Champions [...]
