BirdLife International A partnership for nature BirdLife International – the world’s largest nature conservation Partnership – is driven by a belief that local communities, working for nature in their own places but connected through a strong global partnership, is the key to sustai- ning life on this planet. A B BirdLife 's Forest of Hope programme will With 3 million members and 7 million With 3 million members and 7 million protect five million hectares of tropical Adopting a unique local-to-global approach: supporters, BirdLife Partnership supporters, BirdLife Partnership powerfully Improving awareness of biodiversity at different levels, from people to forest by 2020. powerfully communicates and raises BirdLife is a family of independent, not-for-profit, national organisations who communicates and raises awareness of institutions. awareness of biodversity. biodversity. Education is central to changing attitudes and behaviours and fostering share a common conservation ethos and a dedication to saving the world’s BirdLife is working with Regional Fisheries long-term commitment to conservation. BirdLife Partners are working to BirdLife is working with Regional Fisheries are one of the world’s most threatened groups. They are Management Organisations to reduce BirdLife Partners are helping to establish build constituencies at many different levels: through their own member- Management Organisations to reduce also vital indicators of global ocean health. BirdLife has developed inno- and biodiversity. Each Partner organisation is not simply a member of declines. National Liaison Frameworks as forums ship, through diverse networks of Local Conservation Groups, through seabird declines. vative solutions to safeguard seabirds and the wider marine environ- BirdLife: they are BirdLife in their respective country, adopting a strategy and for policy making. strategic partnerships with industry and through constructive engage- ment. ment with governments. As part of their work with governments, more BirdLife's Task Force is bridging programmatic priorities shared across the Partnership. This unique local-to- and more Partners are tackling policy issues. As well as policy sectors that Ending seabird bycatch BirdLife is working with sectors to the gap between conservationists and Hundreds of thousands of seabirds per year are caught and drowned on global approach delivers high impact and long-term conservation that benefits integrate biodiversity values in policies deal directly with biodiversity, Partners are also addressing those that fishermen. have a major indirect impact (such as climate change), or cut across the baited longline hooks and nets or killed by collisions with trawl cables. and practices, with progress on Solving the seabird bycatch crisis requires working directly with the fis- both nature and people. sustainable production in agriculture, other sectors (such as poverty reduction, conservation finance and tou- rism). BirdLife is fostering sustainable cattle hing industry. BirdLife’s Albatross Task Force is an international team of Pioneering conservation science: fisheries, energy, tourism. grazing practices in South America, seabird bycatch mitigation instructors working directly with fisherman. In linking the production of 'green beef' the South African hake trawl fishery, the team have achieved a spectacular Science underpins all of BirdLife’s work. Science helps to set priorities, inform action on the ground, and shape BirdLife Partners are supporting efforts with protection of grassland biodiversity. reduction in albatross bycatch of 99% over six years. Efforts are now well to remove European Union subsidies that underway to replicate this success elsewhere. policy and advocacy. Through our commitment to rigorous data-gathering and analysis, we ensure that scarce support overfishing. BirdLife Partners are establishing safe BirdLife also works with Regional Fisheries Management Organizations to resources are targeted effectively. We identify the species at greatest risk of extinction, the most important sites for "diclofenac free" feeding sites for tackle seabird bycatch. BirdLife has developed a decision- vultures. With the International their conservation, the most urgent threats to address, the policies that we can influence and use for better support tool ("IBAT"), for business and Commission for the Con- financial institutions, to inform decisions servation of Atlantic Tunas BirdLife has rid over 30 islands across the (ICCAT), BirdLife is iden- IMPRINT biodiversity conservation, and the most appropriate and effective responses. about biodiversity risk and to report upon Pacific of five invasive vertebrate species environmental performance. tifying spatial and temporal which are impacting bird populations. As overlap between seabird BirdLife International, a result, 17 globally threatened birds, distribution and pelagic BirdLife is working with the government now have secure populations and other longline fishing effort, to The and industries to reduce collision of native wildlife is also thriving. identify highest bycatch Building, migratory birds with wind turbines and risk. towards sustainable renewable energy Pembroke Street, production Cambridge CB2 3QZ, UK

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Over the past four decades, over 13,000 Important Bird and Biodiversity BirdLife International is a UK- CAreas have been identified across virtually all of the world’s countries D E registered charity, no. 1042125 and territories, both on land and at sea. IBAs constitute the largest and Bird Partners are assessing ecosystem BirdLife Partners work with governments BirdLife inventories of Important Bird and most comprehensive global network of sites that are significant for the The poster template was BirdLife inventories of Important Bird and services at Important Bird and to develop and support implementation Biodiversity Areas (IBAs) have enabled global persistence of biodiversity. Biodiversity Areas (IBAs) have enabled Biodiversity Areas. of National Biodiversity Strategies and provided by GIZ on behalf of the Governments to improve and expand their Governments to improve and expand their Key Biodiversity Areas (KBA) are ‘sites that contribute to the global persis- Action Plans. German Federal Ministry for protected-area networks. tence of biodiversity’, including vital habitat for threatened plant and ani- protected-area networks. BirdLife developed with partner Economic Cooperation and mal species in terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems.The KBA BirdLife's action on climate change combines cutting-edge science, poli- organisations the Toolkit for Ecosystem BirdLife supports over 4,000 Local Development (BMZ). The above concept is based on the IBA concept of BirdLife International but expands cy analysis and practical experience to advocate and deliver appropriate Marine Important Bird and Biodiversity Service Site-based Assessment (TESSA) Conservation Groups at IBAs to ensure it to all other taxonomic groups of animals, plants and other biodiversity climate change mitigation and adaptation solutions for nature and peo- mentioned organizations do not Areas (IBAs) are being used as a key set of which provides low-cost methods for that conservation contributes to better elements (e.g. ecosystems). KBAs include Alliance for Zero Extinction sites ple. take any responsibility for any areas to inform description of ecosystem services assessmeants at site livelihoods, social justice, equity and (AZEs), BirdLife Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBAs), IUCN Fres- Ecologically or Biologically Significant scale. Birds are messengers that provide vital insights on how climate change respect for human rights. content of the poster. hwater KBAs and KBAs identified through the Critical Ecosystem Partner- Areas in the open oceans. threatens species, habitats and communities worldwide. ship Fund (CEPF) hotspot profiling process. Information about these sites "The Messengers" is a global synthesis, an assessment of hundreds of Layout by GeoMedia/MediaCompany. The BirdLife Partnership advocates for is maintained in the World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas (WDKBA) peer-reviewed studies on the impacts of climate change on birds and Through the Datazone portal, BirdLife Over ten years, action by BirdLife and delivers nature-based solutions to Through the Datazone portal, BirdLife For further reading, please use the QR- managed by BirdLife International on behalf of the KBA Partnership. biodiversity. It reports on the kind of ecosystems-based adaptation and shares scientifically credible, relevant, BirdLife International manages unparalleled data on all the world’s Partners and others prevented the mitigate climate change and help shares scientifically credible, relevant, code provided hereunder. mitigation solutions that can form an important part of human adaptation accessible materials. birds, the threats they face, the conservation actions they need and the extinction of 16 bird species. Overall, 483 communities adapt to its impacts. accessible materials. and disaster risk reduction strategies. globally threatened bird species are global network of Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas that needs safe- guarding for conservation. benefiting from BirdLife actions. BirdLife has led studies to calculate the BirdLife Partners are helping communities BirdLife Partners are helping communities cost of saving globally threatened species BirdLife International is the CBD’s International Thematic Focal Point for adapt to climate change using ecosystem- BirdLife's Preventing Extinction adapt to climate change using ecosystem- and safeguarding IBAs. birds for the Clearing House Mechanism (CHM). We manage a wealth of based approaches. Programme identifies Guardians and based approaches. data that can help Parties to set priorities and track success in meeting Champions for threatened birds. With 8,000 Partner staff, and investments biodiversity targets. The BirdLife DataZone portal holds biodiversity stati- BirdLife Partners have assessed the in conservations action in 120 countries, stics, graphs and maps for every country BirdLife's science shows that 1 in 8 of the vulnerability to climate change of the IBA the BirdLife Partnership makes an of the world; provides access to over 300 world's 10,000 bird species are network in Latin American and the important contribution to the funding of Case Studies analysing data from BirdLife threatened with extinction. BirdLife have Caribbean and developed 12 national conservation interventions. and others to help inform decision; facts- identified the actions needed and have strategies and a regional strategy to heets for all the world’s birds (>10,000); already begun to turn the tide. increase its resilience. factsheets for >11,000 Important Bird In Africa, IBA monitoring is now well established. Areas (IBAs) in nearly 200 countries; provide access to BirdLife developed deci- sion making support tools.

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Target 1: By 2020, at the latest, people are aware of the va- Target 5: By 2020, the rate of loss of all natural habitats, in- Target 11: By 2020, at least 17 per cent of terrestrial and Target 14: By 2020, ecosystems that provide essential ser- Target 17: By 2015 each Party has developed, adopted as a lues of biodiversity and the steps they can take to conserve cluding forests, is at least halved and where feasible inland water, and 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas, vices, including services related to water, and contribute to policy instrument, and has commenced implementing an and use it sustainably. brought close to zero, and degradation and fragmentation especially areas of particular importance for biodiversity health, livelihoods and well-being, are restored and safe- effective, participatory and updated national biodiversity AICHI BIODIVERSITY TARGETS is significantly reduced. and ecosystem services, are conserved through effectively guarded, taking into account the needs of women, indige- strategy and action plan. Target 2: By 2020, at the latest, biodiversity values have and equitably managed, ecologically representative and nous and local communities, and the poor and vulnerable. Address the been integrated into national and local development and Reduce the Target 6: By 2020 all fish and invertebrate stocks and aqua- To improve well connected systems of protected areas and other ef- Enhance the Enhance im- Target 18: By 2020, the traditional knowledge, innovations STRATEGIC GOALS poverty reduction strategies and planning processes and tic plants are managed and harvested sustainably, legally fective area-based conservation measures, and integrated Target 15: By 2020, ecosystem resilience and the contribu- and practices of indigenous and local communities rele- A are being incorporated into national accounting, as appro- B and applying ecosystem based approaches, so that overfis- C into the wider landscapes and seascapes. D tion of biodiversity to carbon stocks has been enhanced, E vant for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversi- underlying causes of direct pressures on the status of biodiversi- benefits to all from plementation through priate, and reporting systems. hing is avoided, recovery plans and measures are in place through conservation and restoration, including restorati- ty, and their customary use of biological resources, are re- by biodiversity and pro- for all depleted species, fisheries have no significant adver- ty by safeguarding eco- Target 12: By 2020 the extinction of known threatened biodiversity and eco- on of at least 15 per cent of degraded ecosystems, thereby participatory planning, spected, subject to national legislation and relevant inter- Target 3: By 2020, at the latest, incentives, including subsi- se impacts on threatened species and vulnerable ecosys- species has been prevented and their conservation status, contributing to climate change mitigation and adaptation national obligations, and fully integrated and reflected in mainstreaming biodi- dies, harmful to biodiversity are eliminated, phased out or mote sustainable use tems and the impacts of fisheries on stocks, species and systems, species and particularly of those most in decline, has been improved system services and to combating desertification. knowledge manage- the implementation of the Convention with the full and versity across govern- reformed in order to minimize or avoid negative impacts, ecosystems are within safe ecological limits. genetic diversity and sustained. ment and capacity buil- effective participation of indigenous and local communi- and positive incentives for the conservation and sustaina- Target 16: By 2015, the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Ge- ties, at all relevant levels. ment and society ble use of biodiversity are developed and applied, consis- Target 7: By 2020 areas under agriculture, aquaculture and Target 13: By 2020, the genetic diversity of cultivated netic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Be- ding tent and in harmony with the Convention and other rele- forestry are managed sustainably, ensuring conservation of plants and farmed and domesticated animals and of wild nefits Arising from their Utilization is in force and opera- Target 19: By 2020, knowledge, the science base and tech- vant international obligations, taking into account national biodiversity. relatives, including other socio-economically as well as tional, consistent with national legislation. nologies relating to biodiversity, its values, functioning, socio economic conditions. culturally valuable species, is maintained, and strategies status and trends, and the consequences of its loss, are im- Target 8: By 2020, pollution, including from excess nutri- have been developed and implemented for minimizing ge- proved, widely shared and transferred, and applied. Target 4: By 2020, at the latest, Governments, business and ents, has been brought to levels that are not detrimental to netic erosion and safeguarding their genetic diversity. stakeholders at all levels have taken steps to achieve or ecosystem function and biodiversity. Target 20: By 2020, at the latest, the mobilization of finan- have implemented plans for sustainable production and cial resources for effectively implementing the Strategic consumption and have kept the impacts of use of natural Target 9: By 2020, invasive alien species and pathways are Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 from all sources, and in resources well within safe ecological limits. identified and prioritized, priority species are controlled or accordance with the consolidated and agreed process in eradicated, and measures are in place to manage pathways the Strategy for Resource Mobilization, should increase to prevent their introduction and establishment. substantially from the current levels. This target will be subject to changes contingent to resource needs assess- Target 10: By 2015, the multiple anthropogenic pressures ments to be developed and reported by Parties. on coral reefs, and other vulnerable ecosystems impacted by climate change or ocean acidification are minimized, so as to maintain their integrity and functioning.