The Important Bird Areas Program (IBA)is
a global effort to identify and conserve areas that are vital to birds
and other biodiversity. By working with Audubon chapters, landowners,
public agencies, community groups, and other non-profits, Audubon endeavors
to interest and activate a broad network of supporters to ensure that
all Important Bird Areas are properly managed and conserved.
The Important Bird Areas Program recognizes
that coupled with global
warming, habitat loss and fragmentation are the most serious threats
facing populations of birds across America and around the world. By
working to identify and implement conservation strategies at Important
Bird Areas, we hope to minimize the effects that habitat loss and degradation
have on birds and other biodiversity.
Unless we can slow the pace of our changing climate and the rapid destruction
and degradation of habitat, populations of many birds may decline to
dangerously low levels. Please visit the links on the left and above
to learn more about Important Bird Areas and how you can help.
Brad Storey,
a devoted bird watcher and Audubon supporter, has spent
a lifetime inspiring friends and family to learn about
birds and the threats they face due to habitat loss from
climate change and development. He and his dog Xena are
now helping to raise money for Audubon's Important Bird
Areas Program.
Brad and Xena have already started their journey across
America, stopping at Audubon Centers and Important Bird
Areas along the way.Follow their progress on Brad's
Facebook Fanpage: Bird Man Walking or visit his
blog. Join them for any part of the walk and enjoy
the birds along the way.
If you can't walk with Brad and Xena but would like
to support their effort with a donation to the Important
Bird Areas Program, click
here.
Working with industry and local, regional and federal
decision-makers, Audubon provides important information
to promote properly sited transmission corridors to
help ensure that Important Bird Areas and other critical
habitats are avoided. Read
more...
