Habitat Loss
Land conversion, deforestation and wetland drainage reduce suitable habitat.
CONSERVATION SCIENCE
Protecting Birdlife
Bird conservation combines habitat protection, evidence-based management, monitoring and responsible human behavior.
Climate Change
Climate shifts can affect migration, breeding and food availability.
Pollution
Plastics, pesticides and contaminants can harm birds or their food sources.
Illegal Hunting
Unsustainable hunting and wildlife trade can reduce populations.
Window Collisions
Glass can cause collisions, particularly along migration routes.
Invasive Species
Introduced predators, competitors and pathogens can disrupt communities.
WHAT YOU CAN DO
Small actions, repeated widely.
01Make high-risk windows safer with visible external markers.
02Keep cats indoors or manage outdoor access near important bird habitat.
03Avoid disturbing nests, roosts and feeding sites.
04Use native plants and avoid unnecessary pesticide use.
05Support credible local conservation organizations.
HOPE
Conservation success stories
Conservation works. These species were brought back from the edge by legal protection, habitat work, captive breeding and banning harmful chemicals.
CASE STUDY · SOUTH ASIA
The vulture crisis
In the 1990s, populations of white-rumped, long-billed and slender-billed vultures in South Asia crashed by more than 95%. Scientists traced the cause to diclofenac, a veterinary painkiller that causes fatal kidney failure in vultures feeding on treated livestock.
Pakistan, India and Nepal banned veterinary diclofenac in 2006. “Vulture Safe Zones”, safe alternative drugs such as meloxicam and captive-breeding centres — including in Pakistan’s Changa Manga — now support recovery.
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