Tag:World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD)

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World Migratory Bird Day: Keeping migratory birds thriving for a healthy world

Over centuries, bird migration has awed humanity. Every year millions of birds travel thousands of kilometres, transversing continents in search of breeding, feeding and...

Michael Simire - May 10, 2024

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World Migratory Bird Day highlights importance of insects as birds’ source of food

World Migratory Bird Day 2024 shines a spotlight on the relationship between migratory birds and insects amidst alarming declines for both. World Migratory Bird Day...

Michael Simire - May 8, 2024

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World Migratory Bird Day: NCF advocates safe, sustainable water for birds

The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) on Saturday, May 20, 2023, called for a safe sustainable water for migratory birds to sustain biodiversity in the...

Michael Simire - May 21, 2023

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Foundation says climate change, pollution posing threat to migratory birds

The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF), Hadejia-Nguru Wetlands Project, says climate change and pollution remain some of the major threats to the conservation status of...

Michael Simire - May 14, 2023

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World Migratory Bird Day: Wetlands critical to keeping migrating birds soaring

For centuries, the phenomenon of bird migration has awed humanity. So much so, that the 4th Century BC Greek philosopher Aristotle, noting that the...

Michael Simire - May 12, 2023

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