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A collection of islands that sit just off the coast of Essex County between Marblehead and Rockport have been designated an Important Bird Area.

Numbers of migratory shorebirds are growing at Bako-Buntal Bay, Malaysia. But scientists warn the trend could reflect problems elsewhere

In Wayne County, there are ties to three IBAs. Those areas are Funk Bottoms, Killbuck Valley, and the Wayne/Holmes region.

The Atlantic Rainforest of the Northeast Project plans to reforest 70 hectares (173 acres) in the states of Pernambuco and Alagoas by 2023. Monitoring in Pernambuco’s Serra do Urubu region has shown an increase in bird diversity, from 105 species recorded in 2005, to 287 in 2021. Despite the progress being made, the situation remains fragile, with seven bird species having gone extinct in the Atlantic Forest in recent decades, and a strong tradition of keeping birds in cages still persisting.

A report released by the North West Parks Board after an oversight visit by the Portfolio Committee on Economic Development, Environment, Conservation and Tourism (DEDECT), stated that the bird numbers and diversity at the Baberspan Bird Sanctuary are plummeting due to the Harts River pollution. Barberspan Bird Sanctuary, also known as the Barberspan Reserve, was declared a “Ramsar Site”, or Wetland of International Importance in 1971. Due to the diversity and abundance of water birds, especially migratory birds, present in the pan, it was also included in the list of International...