Earth Facts – Important Bird Areas
What is an important bird area? What are their function? How are they established? What are the threats to birds? Learn more in this issue of Earth Facts.
The Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) promotes bird conservation through education. Most recently JET partnered with Birds Caribbean/Society for the Conservation and Study of Caribbean Birds to deliver the Caribbean Birdsleuth project.
What is an important bird area? What are their function? How are they established? What are the threats to birds? Learn more in this issue of Earth Facts.
This resource is part of the BirdSleuth curriculum developed at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in partnership with the Society for the Study and Conservation of Caribbean Birds and Community Cloudforest Conservation. Through these activities, you can connect young people to nature through birds and your local environment while building their scientific and environmental knowledge.
Have you ever wondered what makes a bird a bird, where birds came from, or why they are important? This issue of Earth Facts will answer some basic questions about birds.