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International | UK Minister stands up for seabirds 20 November 2009 We must act now to prevent the world's seabirds from sliding towards extinction, that's the message that Huw Irranca-Davies, the UK's Fisheries Minister, will deliver to his European counterparts. |
 | Fighting to get Atlantic albatrosses off the hook 9 November 2009 Albatrosses and seabirds are dying in unsustainable numbers in the Atlantic swordfish and tuna fisheries. We're taking the fight to Brazil to campaign for better protection for these seabirds. |
 | The future is more rosy with flamingos 26 October 2009 Villagers bordering Lake Natron say that protecting the world's most important site for lesser flamingos will create a better future for local inhabitants. |
 | Brighter future for rainbow bird 20 October 2009 Once thought to be one of the world's rarest birds, new research reveals the Gurney's pitta has a population of several thousand pairs, but for how long? |
 | Researchers fly south for the winter 9 October 2009 The RSPB and the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), have joined forces to mount the largest research project of its type to understand more about our birds that spend the winter south of the Sahara desert |
 | Extinction fears raised for Middle East's rarest bird 28 September 2009 Conservationists trying to prevent the extinction of the northern bald ibis – one of the world’s rarest birds – are distraught that one of the last remaining wild birds in the Middle East has been shot by a hunter in Saudi Arabia. |
 | Volunteers reveal scale of Maltese bird massacre 21 September 2009 The discovery of the corpses of 137 protected birds, such as birds of prey and herons, concealed in a wood used by scores of hunters has highlighted fears over the extent of illegal hunting in Malta. |
 | Time for an end to seabird deaths 15 September 2009 The RSPB and BirdLife International today will be urging the European Fisheries Commissioner, Joe Borg, to take action to prevent the deaths of over 200,000 seabirds which are killed in fisheries in European waters every year. |
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