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New website for Canadian Important Bird Areas programme
04-02-2010
BirdLife International's Canadian co-partners Bird Studies Canada and Nature Canada have launched a new website for the Canadian Important Bird Areas (IBA) Programme.
The main goals of the IBA Canada website ([url]www.ibacanada.ca
) are to raise awareness of the IBA Programme, to share information about Canada’s IBAs, and to empower more Canadians to reconnect with nature as volunteers for the IBA Caretaker Network. The website offers refined mapping features and data management and analysis functions, including a search engine that enables users to identify bird populations, habitat types, and land use activities at Important Bird Areas across Canada.
"Bird Studies Canada is proud to be a partner in the IBA Programme, an important science-based tool for identifying conservation priorities, and fostering greater success in the conservation of bird populations", said Bird Studies Canada President Dr George Finney. "The new IBA Canada website will be an invaluable tool not only for researchers, but also for planners, environmental regulators, and anyone interested in protecting biodiversity."
The new tools featured on the IBA Canada website will help IBA partners and volunteers monitor birds and assess conditions at key sites, and evaluate the effectiveness of conservation activities at IBAs.
These tools will make the website particularly useful for members of the Canadian IBA Caretaker Network, a nationwide volunteer network of Citizen Scientists who watch over and protect IBAs in their communities. An IBA Caretaker is a person or group responsible for ensuring that changes within their local IBA, or threats to its ecological integrity, are properly documented – and, ideally, resolved. Caretaker activities can include collecting bird data; conducting site assessments; restoring habitat; raising awareness; and advocacy efforts.
"I believe the IBA Canada website will be a valuable tool for Caretakers in the effort to safeguard Canadian IBAs." —Ian Davidson, Nature Canada
"Caretakers are on the front lines of bird habitat protection, and their volunteerism at Important Bird Areas ensures that local conservation ideas are put into action", said Ian Davidson, Executive Director of Nature Canada. "I believe the IBA Canada website will be a valuable tool for Caretakers in the effort to safeguard Canadian IBAs."
The new IBA Canada website features many helpful tools to support IBA Caretakers, including the new Caretakers Online Community, a portal where Caretakers can connect with one another and access resources like manuals and outreach materials.
The IBA Canada website is available in both English and French.
BirdLife International's IBA Programme is an international conservation initiative that aims to identify, conserve, and monitor a worldwide network of sites that provide essential habitats for bird populations. IBAs are internationally agreed-upon sites that support threatened birds, large groups of birds, and birds restricted by range or habitat.
The Canadian IBA Programme is led jointly by Bird Studies Canada and Nature Canada, with critical support from a suite of regional organisations (including BC Nature, Federation of Alberta Naturalists, Nature Saskatchewan, and Nature Québec), and hundreds of volunteers nationwide. There are nearly 600 Canadian IBAs, many of which are not legally protected.
Funding for the new IBA Canada website was provided in part by a U.S. Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act grant, and TransCanada Corporation (which has committed C$ 1 million over five years as a national sponsor of the Canadian IBA Caretaker Network).
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