• Sociable lapwing - surveying in Kazakhstan
    [Regular readers of the Saving Species blog will be aware of our work on the Critically Endangered sociable lapwing. RSPB's Rob Sheldon is the co-ordinator of the AEWA Sociable Lapwing International Working...
  • Guest blog: Conserving Kazakhstan’s golden treasures on a breathtaking scale by Stephanie Ward and Geoff Welch
    This year, I have been slightly obsessing about the need to protect the best wildlife areas. At times in the UK, if we are lucky, we talk about protecting a few hundred hectares. Other countries sometimes...
  • 15 million hectares of globally important sites now better protected in Kazakhstan
    (Posted on behalf of Geoff Welch) Kazakhstan does 'big' really, really well! In the UK we are not used to the vastness of space that is Kazakhstan. The world's largest landlocked country has almost...
  • The extent and effectiveness of protected areas in the UK
    In the run up to the Convention on Biological Diversity, the UK Government has pledged to protect 30% of land by 2030. However, in a new study published today , RSPB scientists argue that as little as...
  • Steppe eagles are susceptible to diclofenac poisoning
    [An important update from Toby Galligan] This week, Bird Conservation International, the journal of BirdLife International, published a scientific paper written by SAVE (Saving Asia’s Vultures from...