Bird Conservation News
State of the Birds
March 25, 2009. The United State Fish and Wildlife Service has just released a "State of the Birds" report which gives a sense of what the regional USFWS priorities are for bird conservation. The website
http://www.stateofthebirds.org has a nice set of information that is worth perusing including an exceptional video that takes about 6 minutes to watch.
EPA Issues Landmark Decision to Prohibit Deadly Pesticide Carbofuran Residues on Food Decision Will Improve Human Safety and End Poisonings of Birds
American Bird Conservancy (July 24, 2008) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced a proposed decision that residues of carbofuran, a toxic pesticide that is used on a variety of crops, will no longer be allowed on food. This effectively means that carbofuran will have to be removed from the U.S. market, benefiting consumers and farm workers, as well as birds, which are frequently poisoned by the deadly chemical. Read more…
http://www.abcbirds.org/newsandreports/releases/080724.html
Amazon Corridors Far Too Narrow, Warn Scientists
Bio-Medicine (February 18, 2008) — Protected forest strips buffering rivers and streams of the Amazon rainforest should be significantly wider than the current legal requirement, according to pioneering new research by scientists at the University of East Anglia. This is the first wildlife study on remnant riparian tropical forest corridors. Read more…
http://www.bio-medicine.org/biology-news-1/Amazon-corridors-far-too-narrow--warn-scientists-2255-1/
Biofuels Binge: Colombia to Convert 7.4 Million Acres of Tropical Rainforest to African Palm
American Bird Conservancy (February 12, 2008) - Ironically, in a push for a "greener" economy in Colombia, Brazil, Indonesia, and other countries, the demand for biofuels is accelerating tropical forest destruction, eliminating habitat and releasing their vital carbon store, thereby accelerating global warming. Read more...
http://www.abcbirds.org/newsandreports/information/080212birdcalls.html
