O UR I MPACT - BirdLife Europe & Central Asia Annual Review 2023

In Spain, SEO/BirdLife did exactly that by achieving a breakthrough in the hard battle to protect the Doñana 4 Black-tailed Godwit © Hans Veth 5 A N N U A L R E V I E W Yellowhammer © Bob Brewer A fight for the future of the Madeira Laurel Pigeon The Madeira-Laurel Pigeon (Columba trocaz), endemic to Madeira, is crucial for the island’s ecosystem as it spreads tree and shrub seeds. [...] Islands and sandy A sanctuary for marine life shores for Little Terns 16,400 citizens joined BirdLife Europe With the help of our Partner, & Central Asia’s call for the improved the Lithuanian Ornithological protection of the North Atlantic Current Society, 17 sandy beaches and and Evlanov Sea basin (NACES). [...] After surviving an unprecedented disinformation campaign and fierce backlash from the intensive farming and forestry lobbies, aiming to destroy the law in the European Parliament, in 2023, we successfully sealed a final deal between the European Parliament, Council and Commission. [...] In January We engage governments, collaborate internationally, and partner and September 2023, they organised protests at the construction site and at the Ministry of Tourism with the private sector to promote sustainability. [...] made the Nature Restoration Law one of the most closely followed legislative files in the EU, and was followed heavily by the media over the course of the campaign.