Bumper grant announced to conserve and protect habitats on vital cross-border migration route

 

White Storks on the move along the African-Eurasian Flyway - photo: BirdLife International

BIRDLIFE International has this week welcomed a £7.5-million grant towards habitat restoration and protection work in Romania, Bulgaria, Iraq, Jordan, Uganda, Malawi and Zimbabwe.

Over three years, the money will be allocated along the migration route known as the African-Eurasian Flyway.

Says BirdLife International's chief executive, Martin Harper: "This grant is a major milestone in our efforts to unite and strengthen conservation across borders.

"Working with our 80 partners on the African-Eurasian Flyway route, we are keen to ensure that an ecologically coherent network of sites is protected, managed and restored to make sure that birds can fly free from harm. 

" We will do this by mobilising finance, restoring critical habitats and ensuring new infrastructure is safe for nature."

 We are incredibly grateful to ERF for supporting our ambition of a world where migratory bird populations are thriving, connecting and inspiring people across countries and continents."

 

The monies are coming from an organisation known as the Ecological Restoration Fund.