This April saw the release of State of the
World’s Birds: Taking the Pulse of the
Planet – a global overview of the state
of birds, the pressures they face and the
actions underway to save them. Now
in its fourth edition, BirdLife’s flagship
science publication is established as one
of the most authoritative and influential
syntheses of its kind, and the latest
findings are already helping to shape
the global conservation agenda
The capacity of birds to
fascinate and enthral is
unsurpassed. Around the
world, a veritable army of
field-researchers, amateur
naturalists and engaged citizens are at
work observing, recording, and monitoring
birds. Each new record, every additional
data point, is a small, but important, piece
in a huge jigsaw puzzle. The analysis
underpinning State of the World’s Birds
draws together these individual pieces of
data to reveal the bigger picture of what
is happening to our planet’s birds and by
extension, to our planet itself. Over the
following pages, we present a round-up of
the key findings from the report.
Tris Allinson, Editor-in-Chief,
State of the World’s Birds
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