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Year: 2010

Project name: Southern Ethiopian Endemics

Birds that benefit: Liben Lark Heteromirafra archeri (CR), Ethiopian Bushcrow Zavattariornis stresemanni (EN), White-tailed Swallow Hirundo megaensis (VU)

Amount raised: £243,000 Ethiopia’s endemic birds are increasingly threatened. Birdfair funded the Ethiopian Wildlife and Natural History Society (BirdLife partner) to work with locals to preserve the Liben Lark’s tiny grassland range. Furthermore, Yavello Protected Area was upgraded to National Park status, aiding the White-tailed Swallow and Ethiopian Bushcrow.

Year: 2011

Project name: BirdLife International Flyways Programme – African–Eurasian Flyway

Birds that benefit: Eurasian Cuckoo Cuculus canorus, Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos, European Turtledove Streptopelia turtur (Now VU)

Amount raised: £227,000 In the first year of Birdfair support for BirdLife’s Flyways Programme, the project focused on well-known birds breeding in Europe but overwintering in sub-Saharan Africa. Birdfair helped the Ghana Wildlife Society to raise awareness, and a new flyway action plan was spearheaded by the Ghanaian government.

Year: 2012

Project name: BirdLife International Flyways Programme – East Asia–Australasian Flyway

Birds that benefit: Spoon-billed Sandpiper Calidris pygmaea (CR), Spotted Greenshank Tringa guttifer (EN), Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor (EN)

Amount raised: £200,000 This year’s project empowered partners across East Asia to protect key wetlands, used by 50 million migratory waterbirds but encroached upon by human expansion. The Gulf of Martaban in Myanmar – used by half of all Spoon-billed Sandpipers – was declared a Ramsar site.

Year: 2013

Project name: BirdLife International Flyways Programme – Americas Flyway (Prairies to Pampas)

Birds that benefit: Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus, Swainson’s Hawk Buteo swainsoni, Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis (now NT)

Amount raised: £270,000 Across the Americas’ grasslands, traditional ranching is giving way to intensive livestock rearing. Birdfair 2013 focused on supporting partners in South America’s Southern Cone, with initiatives such as ‘bird-friendly’ beef certification, and protecting sites of importance for grassland-dependent birds.

Year: 2014

Project name: Saving the Seas and Oceans

Birds that benefit: Macaroni Penguin Eudyptes chrysolophus, Audouin’s Gull Larus audouinii, Pycroft’s petrel Pteodroma pycrofti

Amount raised: £280,000 Oceans cover 70 percent of the earth’s surface, yet conservation actions for marine areas lag far behind those for other environments. Birdfair funded efforts by BirdLife partners’ policy staff looking to increase marine conservation. The project was based in Europe and Africa but also included efforts to protect Antarctica and the High Seas.

Year: 2015

Project name: Protecting Migratory Birds in the Eastern Mediterranean

Birds that benefit: White stork Ciconia ciconia, Red Knot Calidris canutus, Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica

Amount raised: £320,000 Roughly 25 million migratory birds are killed illegally each year as they cross the Mediterranean. In order to combat this problem, BirdLife International worked to reduce the scale and impact of the illegal killing by advocating for the strengthening of protective laws throughout the region.

Year: 2016

Project name: Saving Africa’s Important Bird/Biodiversity Areas in Africa

Birds that benefit: Brown Mesite Mesitornis unicolor, Madagascar Blue-pigeon Alectroenas madagascariensis, Red-fronted Coua Coua reynaudii

Amount raised: £350,000 Forest loss is a severe problem across the African continent, and one that is hugely detrimental to birds, as more than two-thirds of species can be found in forests. In order to protect these crucial habitats, the 2016 Birdfair project focused on Tsitongambarika Forest. The area features many endemic species, which makes it biologically extraordinary, even by Madagascar’s lofty standards.

Year: 2017

Project name: Saving Paradise in the Pacific

Birds that benefit: Rapa Fruit-dove Ptilinopus huttoni, Newell’s Shearwater Puffinus newelli Polynesian Storm Petrel Nesofregetta fuliginosa

Amount raised: 333,000 On the French Polynesian island of Rapa Iti, invasive non-native species are decimating populations of native birds. Money from Birdfair will help BirdLife to remove invasive species in order to restore the islands to their former glory.

Year: 2018

Project name: A Haven for Argentina’s Flamingos

Birds that benefit: Andean Flamingo Phoenicoparrus andinus, Chilean Flamingo Phoenicopterus chilensis, Puna Flamingo Phoenicoparrus jamesi

Amount raised: TBC This year, we’re turning Birdfair pink – to celebrate plans to create what will become Argentina’s largest National Park, and a safe haven for over a million waterbirds, including three species of flamingos.

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