The effects of climate change and increasing pressure from human activities are the main causes of land degradation, desertification and the associated alteration of intact habitats. The unsustainable use of natural resources such as deforestation or overgrazing by livestock exacerbates poverty and poses a major threat to biodiversity, including communities of migratory and breeding birds. The Swiss Ornithological Institute is actively committed to habitat enhancement along migration routes.
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Cocoa Project
Great Green Wall Project in Senega
Domain
Conservation
Unit
Species Recovery
Topic
Species Recovery, Habitat Promotion
Habitat
farmland, rocky terrain, wetlands, rivers & streams, semi-open farmland, alpine habitats, wasteland, settlements, forest, meadows and pastures
Project start
2020
Project status
ongoing
Project management
Alain Jacot
Project region
Africa
Details
Project objectives
Methodology
Current projects that we are supporting are in the Sahel region of Burkina Faso and in the Guinean forests of the Ivory Coast. Further projects in the wintering areas of European long-distance migrants in Africa are being planned.
Project partner(s)
Employees
Species concerned
Unit
Species Recovery
Wildlife conservation coordinates the development, improvement and dissemination of measures in favour of priority bird species that cannot be helped by habitat protection alone. Together with BirdLife Switzerland and the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN), the department also coordinates the “Species Recovery for Swiss Birds” programme.
