BirdLife International partner – BirdLife Zimbabwe

BirdLife Zimbabwe was originally founded in 1951 and promotes the survival of bird life and biodiversity in Zimbabwe and elsewhere. Its work includes identifying and conserving key sites for biodiversity and ensuring they are integrated into flyways and wider landscapes. It also addresses systemic drivers of the biodiversity and climate crises, and public awareness and education. It is BirdLife International’s official partner in Zimbabwe.  

The African-Eurasian Flyway stretches from the Arctic to southern Africa and is one of four major global migration routes for birds. Often described as ‘avian superhighways’, these pathways are traversed by billions of birds each year, including species like Egyptian Vulture, Steppe Eagle, and Sociable Lapwing. But key sites along the flyway are under threat from habitat loss, illegal hunting, and climate change. Losing these places would have serious consequences for the birds that rely on them to rest, refuel, and breed.  

ERF’s support of BirdLife Zimbabwe is part of their £7.5 million grant to BirdLife International’s African-Eurasian Flyway grant which supports habitat restoration and protection work in Romania, Bulgaria, Iraq, Jordan, Uganda, Malawi and Zimbabwe, alongside efforts to grow nature-based economies and jobs. It will also strengthen rapid-response action against harmful developments and help operationalise the ground-breaking collaboration between BirdLife and the World Bank.