EDITORIAL
P.40
HOW IS
SOCIAL MEDIA
PROVIDING
INSIGHT ON
IBA HEALTH?
NEW WRAPPING, SAME COMMITMENT
They don’t make magazine wrapping like they used to – thankfully. Subscribers who receive a physical copy of our
magazine will have noticed a change for the better when this issue flumped onto their doormat; we’ve done away with
the heinous plastic packaging, and replaced it with a compostable wrapper made from natural potato-starch and other
biologically-sourced polymers. Unlike its predecessor, our potato-packets aren’t built to last – they have been designed
to disintegrate in an industrial compost unit in less than 90 days. The complexity of international logistics meant that we
happened on this solution later than we’d like, but I’m delighted we are now in a position to bring it to your door.
Compostable packaging and metal straws are great and all, but scale matters. If we’re really going to make a dent in
our efforts to meet our global targets to save nature [p.16] , it can’t be business as usual for big businesses, who will, after
all, have to change their practices sooner or later – preferably before we’re all underwater. This issue shows the way,
with inspiring stories from across the Partnership that show how commodities such as rubber [p.30], rice [p.36] and even
chocolate [p.26] can be harvested with respect to our environment. Finally, I’d like to congratulate the Partnership on the
inscription of China’s Yellow Sea as a World Heritage Site – more on this incredible achievement next issue.
Alex Dale, Editor
CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS ISSUE
NOELLE KUMPEL
With over 20 years of experience in conservation and
research, Noelle is perfectly-placed to lead BirdLife’s
Policy team through a critical period in our planet’s
history. Noelle kicks off our issue on page 12 by
exploring how public perception of the biodiversity
crisis has shifted in recent months…
JUL-SEP 2019 • BIRDLIFE
ALICE REISFELD
Alice works for SAVE Brasil (BirdLife Partner),
overseeing their Forest and Preventing Extinctions
Programmes. SAVE are one of many Partners
who are using the Forest Landscape Sustainability
Accelerator model to facilitate impactful forest
conservation. Our coverage begins on page 20.
DING LI YONG
The East Asian-Australasian Flyway is one of the
more perilous bird migration routes, so there
is plenty to keep Ding Li, BirdLife Asia’s Flyways
Coordinator, busy. On page 42, Ding Li examines
an innovative solution to rising sea-levels, which
are depriving shorebirds of room to roost.
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