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BirdLife International, formerly the International Council for Bird Preservation (ICBP) created in 1922, is a global Partnership of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) with a special focus on conservation and birds. The BirdLife Partners work together on shared priorities, policies and programmes, exchanging skills, experiences and information in order to strengthen local capabilities, authority and leaderships. Each NGO Partner represents a unique geographic territory (usually a country). In addition to the official national Partners, BirdLife also acts in a system of Work Groups (including some Groups of Specialists, together with Wetlands International and the World Conservation Union - IUCN), each one with specific attribution and responsibilities.

Mission

The BirdLife Partnership strives to conserve birds, their habitats and global biodiversity, working with people towards sustainability in the use of natural resources.

Vision

Birds are beautiful, inspirational and international. They are excellent flagships and vital environmental indicators. By focusing on birds, and the sites and habitats on which they depend, the BirdLife Partnership is working to improve the quality of life for birds, for other wildlife (biodiversity), and for people.

Objectives

BirdLife's aims are to:

prevent the extinction of any bird species
maintain and where possible improve the conservation status of all bird species
conserve and where appropriate improve and enlarge sites and habitats important for birds
help, through birds, to conserve biodiversity and to improve the quality of people's lives
integrate bird conservation into sustaining people's livelihoods.

Guiding Principles

BirdLife International promotes sustainability as a way to conserve birds and other biodiversity.

BirdLife Programmes are built through a participatory approach to:

Link the Partners to plan together policies, programmes and actions, and agree chosen priorities
Build on expertise and resources of the Partners in all activities as fully as possible
Divide programme tasks and responsibilities among the Partnership according to needs, expertise and capabilities
Share skills, experiences and information within the Partnership so as to develop the capacity of individual Partners
Provide, via a clear data access policy, open access to information on birds and biodiversity to enable better informed decision-making
Enable the Partners to perform under a democratic governance
Work from the ground up, through individuals, local communities and democratic organisations (Partners)
Integrate bird and biodiversity conservation with social and economic development

BirdLife International works with organisations, local communities, governments, decision makers and landowners for birds and biodiversity conservation. The global work of the BirdLife Partnership is entirely funded by voluntary donations from individuals, governments, and non-governmental organisations.