West Africa is a globally significant biodiversity area with rich and diverse plant and animal life including numerous endemic species.

Scientific evidence drives conservation across the BirdLife Partnership. The launch of our new DataZone website provides ...

HIH Princess Takamado shares photos of this charming species at the beginning of the northern hemisphere’s spring nesting ...

BirdLife International lance un nouvel appel à propositions pour de petites subventions en Guinée et en Sierra Leone.

On a cloudy dull morning, a group of 15 men briskly tend to hundreds of little black bags in Ouléouon village, in Guinea’s south eastern region of N’Zérékore. Behind them, rows of little black bags ...

The Stone-curlew, a shy and peculiar looking sandy-brown bird, was once a common sight in England during the spring and summer months. However, by 1985, its population had plummeted, with only 150 ...

Today, the European Commission has announced EU countries may re-open the hunting season for the European Turtle-dove (Streptopelia turtur) in parts of Western Europe if they choose to do so [1]. The ...

Barnabas Ngesemwo stands at the precipice of the valley facing the Kiptaber forest. His face, seemingly lined with tales and time, turns towards a hill perched on the furthest end of the forest. “On ...

Christened as the land of a thousand hills, Rwanda is known for its hilly terrain. This mountainous terrain coupled with the country’s high population density, and reliance on rain-fed agriculture, ...

This comes at a time when scientists warn that we are dangerously close to exceeding the 1.5°C global warming threshold, beyond which environmental damage could be irreversible. If we do not act ...