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IBA Program
The Important Bird Areas Program of BirdLife International aims to identify, monitor and protect a global network of IBAs for the conservation of the world's birds and other biodiversity. BirdLife Partners take responsibility for the IBA Program nationally, with the BirdLife Secretariat taking the lead on international aspects and in some priority non-Partner countries.
As the United States Partner of BirdLife International, the National Audubon Society administers the IBA program in the U.S. National Audubon Society’s National IBA program overview (http://www.audubon.org/bird/iba/index.html) describes the IBA program nationally and within each state.
- Other IBA websites:
- Department of Defense Links to descriptions of military IBAs.
- EPA and Bird Conservation Initiatives Assorted national conservation links.
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- Canadian IBA program
- Mexico’s IBA Program (In Spanish)
- National Bird Conservation Websites:
- Partners in Flight is a cooperative effort focusing on conservation of landbirds involving partnerships among federal, state and local government agencies, philanthropic foundations, professional organizations, conservation groups, industry, the academic community, and private individuals.
- North American Bird Conservation Initiative (NABCI) is a forum of government agencies, private organizations, and bird initiatives helping partners across the continent meet their common bird conservation objectives.
- Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network : This site provides information on research, conservation, and status of Western Hemisphere shorebirds throughout their entire range.
- Joint Ventures are partnerships from of private- and public-sector organizations working together to conserve the continent’s waterfowl populations and their essential habitats.
- National Bird Conservation Plans:
- U.S. Shorebird Conservation Plan
- U.S. Landbird Conservation Plan
- North American Waterfowl Management Plan
- Partners in Flight Bird Conservation Plans for each physiographic area and/or state in the U.S.
- Waterbird Conservation in the Americas
- National Citizen Science Projects:
- Breeding Bird Survey This page provides a database of all breeding bird surveys conducted between 1966 and 2005. This interactive web page allows you to search for a particular species and gather data on a species' status by region or state.
- Audubon: Christmas Bird Count This page provides species count totals based on Christmas Bird Count circles from 1900 to present.
- Bird Source This is an interactive "citizen science" web page where you can provide and exchange bird data with scientists and birders.
- California eBird A real-time online check list program developed by Cornell Lab of Ornithology. The California page provides a means to enter data specific to IBA sites.
- Selected California Bird Conservation Programs and Projects:
- California Department of Fish and Game, Habitat Conservation Planning Branch Information on Habitat Conservation Planning, species lists and accounts including listed species.
- PRBO Conservation Science Non-profit organization devoted to advancing conservation through bird and ecosystem research, from Alaska to Antarctica.
- California Chapter of Partners in Flight Site includes California Bird Conservation Plans, database of CalPIF bird monitoring sites, and focal species distribution maps.
- California Joint Ventures Links to California Joint Ventures and Conservation Planning documents.
- California State Parks California Department of Parks and Recreation manages over 270 state parks and nearly 1.4 million acres state-wide, many of which are part of IBA sites.
- The Nature Conservancy In California, TNC engages in 16 landscape scale projects.
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