BirdLife International

BirdLife International is a global partnership of conservation organisations that strives to conserve birds, their habitats and global biodiversity, working with people towards sustainability in the use of natural resources. BirdLife International partners operate in more than 100 countries and territories worldwide. BirdLife International partners collaborate on regional work programmes in every continent.

By focusing on birds, and the sites and habitats on which they depend, the BirdLife International partnership is working to improve the quality of life for birds, for other wildlife (biodiversity), and for people.

The BirdLife International partnership strives to conserve birds, their habitats and global biodiversity, working with people towards sustainability in the use of natural resources.

The BirdLife International partnership has:

• More than 4 000 staff working for conservation
• Over 2 500 000 members worldwide
• 10 million worldwide supporters
• Over two million children involved annually
• Over one million hectares owned or managed

BirdLife partnership 90/20 Anniversary

Did you know that

• the BirdLife Partnership is the world largest partnership of national civil society organisations working for nature
• together the BirdLife Partnership can achieve much more than any of the Partners alone
• the successes of BirdLife International should be owned and celebrated by every single Partner and its constituency
• the oldest BirdLife Partner is the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS, BirdLife in India, founded 128 years ago in 1883) followed by RSPB and NABU
• the BirdLife Partnership in its present form will soon be 20 years old and that it has roots that go back as far as 90 years?

Read more about BirdLife and the anniversary

BirdLife South Africa plans to take part in the BirdLife 90/20 anniversary celebrations.  Watch this space for more details about the events planned.

For more information, please contact Nikki McCartney, Marketing & Awareness on 083 636 1060 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it