Suhelwa – a doomed sanctuary?
Suhelwa is a small-overlooked wildlife sanctuary on the Indo-Nepalese border that suffers from corruption, mismanagement and a lack of local support.
Can it still be saved?
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The Yumurtalik lagoons between land and sea, biodiversity and humans
In the Yumurtalik Lagoons National Park, land meets sea and extraordinary biodiversity meets human threats.
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The unknown future of the northern bald ibis
When we went to Birecik on the shores of the Euphrates in South-East Turkey, we were excited to see a special bird, the northern bald ibis. When we left, our thoughts and emotions were in a turmoil over the fate of the birds we saw.
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If you like it, then you shoulda put a ring on it!
The Dobrogea region in southeastern Romania is part of the Eurasian-East African Flyway, one of the important migration corridors for birds that follows the western coast of the Black Sea. To learn more about conservation in this region, we headed to the Black sea coast to visit the Agigea Ornithological Observatory, as it is the first and only permanent ringing and bird migration research station in Romania. But why are birds even ringed, how do you ring them and what are the challenges? Let´s find out!
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