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Despite the complex array
of threats facing birds and their habitats, the opportunity
to advance bird conservation has never been greater than it
is today, thanks to the growth of the birding movement and
to technical advances in bird conservation practice—many
of which are led by ABC.
To take full advantage of these opportunities,
ABC has launched a five-year, $40 million campaign, based
on the principles of leadership, program excellence, innovation,
and results, to advance the cause of bird conservation across
the Americas.
The campaign aims to safeguard the rarest
birds, conserve habitat for declining species, and eliminate
the worst threats to bird populations. It will also help ABC
lead the way in bird conservation science and innovation through
a new Institute for Bird Conservation, and supercharge the
bird movement through a broad-based Bird Conservation Alliance
to leverage maximum conservation results across the hemisphere.
We hope you will support
the Campaign to save America’s birds, and join us
in shaping the future of bird conservation. You can read more
about the Campaign's strategies and successes to date in the
documents below. Please scroll down for a summary of the Campaign's
conservation themes and goals.
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Throughout the Americas, habitat loss is
threatening hundreds of bird species with extinction, the
U.S. Endangered Species Act is significantly under-funded,
and albatrosses and other seabirds are being decimated by
longline fishery bycatch across our oceans.
Campaign Goals:
* Prevent the extinction and promote
the recovery of the most endangered birds throughout the
Americas by establishing a network of reserves and community
projects at population strongholds for all of the rarest
species.
* Support a strong, fully funded Endangered
Species Act to help endangered bird species recover.
* End albatross and other seabird mortality
in longline fisheries.
More than one-third of the 650 bird species
that breed in the U.S. have declining populations, are restricted
to small ranges, or face serious threats. Habitat loss and
poor habitat management threaten these species, and without
improved effort they will continue to decline.
Campaign Goals:
* Catalyze landscape-scale bird conservation
through a continent-wide system of public-private bird conservation
partnerships.
* Establish flagship projects to solve
key management problems, and help landowners conserve birds
by providing technical advice and incentive assistance.
* Protect the most irreplaceable sites
for birds.
* Increase federal funding for neotropical
migratory bird conservation to $100 million per year including
match by 2015.
Each year, an estimated 2.5 billion birds
are killed inadvertently in the United States due to human
activities, and two million acres of bird habitat are lost
to development. This combination of mass mortality and serious
habitat loss poses a grave risk to many species across all
regions and habitats.
Campaign Goal:
* Eliminate or significantly reduce the
impacts of the greatest threats to birds, especially those
affecting species of conservation, concern such as:
Climate change
Energy development
Pesticide poisoning
Tower and building collisions
Free-roaming cat predation
Invasive species
Fishery bycatch
Poorly-planned development
The conservation goals of the American
Birds Campaign can only be accomplished if we also work to
build capacity in the bird conservation movement. ABC intends
to accomplish this through the following initiatives:
Conservation Innovations
Advances in technology and bird conservation science provide
powerful tools to counter many of the threats faced by birds.
ABC intends to develop a new Institute for Bird Conservation
to develop solutions to today’s bird conservation problems.
ABC will then work with a broad range of stakeholders to implement
these solutions across the Americas.
Supercharging the Bird Movement
Millions of American birders have yet
to be effectively engaged in conservation. Building on its
strength as a partner-builder, ABC will unify conservation
and birding groups through the Bird Conservation Alliance,
publish a Field Guide to Bird Conservation to provide recommendations
for action, and will engage a broad audience of supporters
by creating a national Bird News Network.
For more information contact:
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