Half the world's bird species are in decline

One in eight of the world's bird species is threatened with extinction and many more are in decline, according to a new report issued by Birdlife International.

There are an estimated 60,000 Eurasian curlews left. Credit: Raimund Linke/Getty Images

Last month ((Sept 30))in the Hungarian capital Budapest, experts from Europe, Africa and Asia discussed what can be done - including ways to strengthen the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement, first signed in 1999.

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