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Birds

The air is their domain: our feathered friends are a formidable class of animal.

Whether in daily life or through hobby birding, humans have always had a special relationship with avian life. DW offers an compilation of content on the topic of birds.

Indien Vogelgrippe

India culls thousands of birds over avian flu concern 14.01.2021

An outbreak of avian influenza or bird flu is rapidly spreading across India, causing concern among officials and forcing them to come up with a plan to tackle the emergency.

Bird flu outbreak hurts French farmers 07.01.2021

Bird flu is not harmful to humans but it can wreak devastation for farmers. More and more countries in Europe have reported local outbreaks in recent months. Up to 100,000 chickens and other poultry have already been culled. But the epidemic is proving extremely difficult to contain.
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DW Business - Europe 07.01.2021

Capitol Chaos - Bird Flu - Money Misery
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Inside Europe 20.11.2020 20.11.2020

Britain's health system faces staff shortage of healthcare workers - Hungary and Poland veto EU's budget - The fours seasons of corona - Exhibition of works by exiled Turkish artist - Could face masks for schoolchildren be counterproductive? - The Danish government's mink cull - Online yoga during the pandemic - Much ado about Lidl - Bird hunting on Malta

Thailand Mädchen mit Atemschutzmaske im Smog von Bangkok

Living Planet: What’s in our air? 05.11.2020

It’s all around us and critical for life: air. But besides oxygen, that gas we breathe to live, what’s in our air? On this week’s show, we hear about some surprising things harmful for our health that probably shouldn’t be in our air – like microplastics, and radioactivity. And we learn how one island nation is trying to keep its birds in the air by turning trappers into scientists.
Malta Valletta Fink Vogel

Living Planet: Malta tries turning bird trappers into scientists 05.11.2020

Trapping wild birds is illegal in most countries of the European Union. But some countries – like Italy and France – still allow it as a hobby and for food. In Malta, hunting birds is a tradition that many men don’t want to give up. The government there is now proposing that traditional trappers become citizen scientists. But there are doubts that this will work.
Afrika Kenia Elefanten Amboseli National Park

Wanderlust: Why we need more protection for migratory animals 28.10.2020

Migratory species from birds to elephants and eels travel huge distances and cross international borders. But man-made problems are threatening these species and their journeys. Cross-border protection is key.
Turteltaube Jungtiere im Nest

Turtle doves: Bringing back the UK's fastest declining bird 22.10.2020

They have long captured people's imaginations as a symbol of love, but today the birds are flying toward extinction amid a biodiversity crisis in Britain. Can conservationists protect them for the future?
Infofilm Wanderlust

Nature on the move 20.10.2020

Every year, birds and animals around the world migrate to other climes. Some 10,000 species journey by land, sea or air. Without migration, entire ecosystems would be at risk of collapse. But climate change is now impacting migratory patterns.
Icarus-Projekt I Amsel mit Icarus Sender

ICARUS: Tracking animals from space could warn of epidemics and natural disasters 02.10.2020

The ICARUS project can observe the behavior of animals all over the world from space. The initiative might help research the spread of epidemics, ecological changes and natural disasters.
Niederlande | Markermeer

Living Planet: An artificial archipelago teeming with life 17.09.2020

Natural landscapes that have suffered from human intervention often need help coming back to life. That’s what the Dutch have discovered with the Markermeer — an enclosed portion of sea that was once a bay, and then, sealed off by a dam, was left to stagnate for half a century. That is, until they had the idea to build islands in the middle of it, inviting the reeds, birds and fish to return.
Danielle Belleny, eine Wildbiologin und Mitbegründerin der #BlackBirdersWeek

Black Birders Week: Changing the face of bird-watching 10.09.2020

When a white woman called the cops on an African American bird-watcher in New York, a group of Black nature lovers pushed back. They launched #BlackBirdersWeek, a campaign to encourage birding among people of color.
New York City | Rewilding the City

Biodiversity blooms in cities when green spaces go wild 14.07.2020

From Dublin to Dessau, cities are leaving once manicured green spaces to rewild with native flowers and grasses that attract more diverse insects, birds and wildlife. Such a paradigm shift will take time, however.

Bayern Allgäu Füssen Traditionelle Kuckucksuhren

What Germans mean when they tell you 'only the cuckoo knows'! 01.07.2020

Quite a few everyday German idioms use bird imagery. Here's what Germans mean when they tell you 'only the cuckoo knows' or they'd rather have 'a sparrow in their hand than a pigeon on the roof.'

Global Ideas Raubvogel

Europe's raptors and fish hit by poaching under lockdown 26.06.2020

COVID-19 lockdowns have seen a spike in poaching of Europe's protected wildlife, with birds of prey and the critically endangered sturgeon at particular risk.
DW Sendung Eco Africa Moderator Nneota Egbe

Welcome to the latest edition of Eco Africa 19.06.2020

On this week's Eco Africa, we check out how South Africa's biggest bird reserve is struggling with the impact of the corona crisis, slam dunking the junk in Senegal and turning plastic waste into face masks in Uganda.

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