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Albatrosses are natural scavengers and will fly behind fishing vessels looking for a tasty bite to eat. Unfortunately, in trying to get to bait set to catch fish, many get caught on the large hooks instead, and are dragged under the water and drown. To prevent the biggest flying seabird from disappearing from our skies forever, we realised that we had to get fishermen involved, and in 2006 the Albatross Task Force was born. This team travel on board fishing vessels demonstrating the simple ...

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The Tana River Delta is one of the most important wetlands in Africa, but it is under serious threat from a proposal to turn part of it into sugarcane plantations for sugar production and 'eco-friendly' biofuels. We have been supporting Nature Kenya and BirdLife International in their campaign against the development, and in their efforts to promote more sustainable patterns of development for the Delta to ensure its protection. Join Joseph and Diwayu as they take a boat trip along the Tana ...

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Imagine what we can achieve with hundreds of thousands of gardens all doing their bit. With your help, we have the opportunity to help some of our best loved birds, including the house sparrow, starling and blackbird, as well as the butterflies, dragonflies, frogs and bats (to name just a few) living on our doorstep.

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The RSPB's Chris Bailey describes how leaving an area for skylarks in overwinter crops can help return one of the nation's favourite songbirds to the UK countryside.

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Every year, 100000 albatrosses are killed needlessly by drowning on the end of fishing hooks. 19 of the 22 species of albatross in the world are threatened with extinction, largely because of longline fishing. If you can help us act now, the Save the Albatross campaign can help stop these magnificent birds from becoming extinct. Your money can fund the Albatross Task Force teams and their urgent work to train fishermen to keep seabirds off the hook. We need your help. To find out more, visit ...

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A video originally used within the RSPB to inpire and motivate staff. Part of a campaign to challenge what people think and feel about the RSPB and what we do. ... RSPB royal society protection bird nature voice wildlife conservation million member animal so inspire challenge environment motivate amazing passionate pioneering powerful shark wee tate modern newt yuk sticky future kids professional disbelief surprise stink fish vomit albatross tree lumberjack tiger turtle sumatra squirrel ...

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In the past few decades, Sumatra's lowland forests have shrunk dramatically, from 16 million hectares in 1900 to just 500000-600000 hectares today. Harapan Rainforest is a forest under threat, and if we don't act now, this rainforest and its amazing wildlife will be gone in five years. Our ambitious project to restore habitat of this scale and importance is not a task undertaken lightly - but with your help and our expertise it can be saved. To find out more, and support our campaign to Save ...

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