バードライフ関連書籍

野山の鳥　自然出会い図鑑

写真とイラストでつづる日本の野鳥観察ガイド。高山から環境別に主な種を説明するとともに、分類順に似た種類を含む説明も行う。

絶滅危惧種・日本の野鳥

専門家向きの鳥類版「レッドデータ・ブック」の中から日本で絶滅に瀕している鳥類 45種を中心に紹介。どのような理由で減少したのか、それらの鳥を保護するには何をすべきなのかをまとめる。カバー裏にツルのイラストを掲載。

Saving Asia's Threatened Birds

発行： BirdLife International

アジアの鳥を絶滅から守ろう-行政、環境団体および市民へのガイド。 本書は、アジアの鳥とその生息地のすばらしさを讃えるもので、アジア各地の鳥や森林、草原、湿地などの彩り豊たかな写真が多数添えられております。野生生物に恵まれているアジア各地の保全計画に、影響力をもつ方々へ活用して頂きたいガイドブックです。（英語版）

野鳥調査マニュアル ― 定量調査の考え方と進め方

野鳥保護のために、いかにして客観的なデータを得るか。調査技術、計画技術、定量調査のロジック、統計学的な調査手法、観測技術、マネジメントの技術などを、わかりやすく解説した、野鳥調査のための必読の書。

IBA白書2005

日本におけるIBA基準生息地の目録を兼ねている。一般的な目録との相違点は、１）地元の方に執筆していただくこと、２）活きた目録 とすべく年次報告書形式としたことの2点。全国167ヶ所のIBAのうち、105ヶ所の情報と美しい写真にをもとに出版された。

※購入は、日本野鳥の会ＨＰを参照ください。

Important Bird Areas in Asia

IBA、鳥を指標とした重要自然環境、アジアにおける自然保護のカギとなる地区バードライフ・インターナショナルのIBA事業は、鳥類のみならず、生物多様性そして人々のために重要な地区を選定し、さらに保全するために世界規模で展開されています。アジアでは2,293ヵ所のIBAが選定されました。これらの面積の総計はおよそ230万Km2におよび、 アジア地区の陸地表面積の7.6%を占めるものです。そのうちの 976 ヵ所（43%）もが未だに何の対策がとられることなく放置されたままの状態にあり、さらに325ヵ所(14%)ではそれぞれ1部分しか保護区に含まれていません。これらの重要な地区の保全や持続的な利用を確かなものとするためには、政府、市民団体、民間企業、そして援助団体によるアジア全域におけるアクションが必要です。（英語版）

Birds in Europe

Birds in Europe (November 2004) or BiE2 is the second review of the conservation status of all wild birds in Europe . Like its 1994 predecessor, Birds in Europe ( BiE1 ), it identifies priority species (Species of European Conservation Concern, or SPECs) in order that conservation action can be taken to improve their status. The book contains accounts and data for 524 species.

State of the world's birds 2004

A new publication from March 2004 that brings together for the first time, in one accessible book, what is known about the status and distribution of birds, the pressures on sites, species and habitats, and an analysis of current conservation action and conservation priorities.

Threatened Birds of the World

This mammoth publication from 2000 details the plight of 1,186 globally threatened bird species. (Available through Lynx Edicions.)

BirdLife Conservation Series

Important ongoing series which provides inventories and habitat details for endangered species, as well as summaries of current conservation issues in each area.

BirdLife Study Reports

A series of reports from BirdLife projects around the world including surveys, expeditions and management guidelines. BirdLife International sale titles BirdLife International is a Partnership of people for birds and the environment. Over five million people support the BirdLife Partnership of national conservation organisations (Partners) in more than 100 countries worldwide. BirdLife International publishes a wide range of bird conservation titles, all of which are d istributed by NHBS.

Endemic Bird Areas of the World : Priorities for Conservation

BirdLife International has identified 218 Endemic Bird Areas (EBAs), which hold at least two restricted range species, although some support more than 60. EBAs provide a reasonable overlap with the biodiversity hotspots identified by other conservation organizations, and are a focus for conservation action. At the heart of this book are descriptions of all 218 EBAs, including key habitats, major threats and conservation initiatives and a detailed map. Tables list the restricted-range bird species present, with their global status, habitat requirements and distribution. Introductory sections present global and regional overviews. The authors discuss the wider conservation relevance of EBAs, including why birds are good indicators of biodiversity, and how EBAs can be used effectively to influence policy-makers.

Important Bird Areas in Africa and Associated Islands : Priority Sites for Conservation

BirdLife International has identified 218 Endemic Bird Areas (EBAs), which hold at least two restricted range species, although some support more than 60. EBAs provide a reasonable overlap with the biodiversity hotspots identified by other conservation organizations, and are a focus for conservation action. At the heart of this book are descriptions of all 218 EBAs, including key habitats, major threats and conservation initiatives and a detailed map. Tables list the restricted-range bird species present, with their global status, habitat requirements and distribution. Introductory sections present global and regional overviews. The authors discuss the wider conservation relevance of EBAs, including why birds are good indicators of biodiversity, and how EBAs can be used effectively to influence policy-makers.

Important Bird Areas in Europe : Priority Sites for Conservation Volume 1

Northern Europe
Volume 1 covers: Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Greenland, Estonia, Finland, Germnay, Scotland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Farao Islands, Svalbard, Poland, Republic of Ireland, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom.

Important Bird Areas in Europe : Priority Sites for Conservation Volume 2

Southern Europe
Volume 2 covers: Albania, Andora, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia, and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Georgia, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Portugal, Azores, Madeira, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, Yugoslavia.

Important Bird Areas in Europe : Priority Sites for Conservation Volume Set

Updated and extended, this book provides comprehensive coverage of the 3,619 most important sites for bird conservation in 51 European countries, equivalent to seven percent of the continent's land area. Each country's entry is the work of one to three local experts. Key species, habitats and conservation issues are discussed for every site, with thumbnail location maps. Hundreds of graphics, maps and data tables show key information at national and regional levels. An essential guide for policy-makers and developers, conservationists and environmental consultants, and a call for action to national governments, who have left 40 percent of these sites with no legal protection.

Raptor Watch: A Global Directory Raptor Migration Sites Volume Set

At least 63 percent of the world's raptors migrate. Raptor Watch, compiled from contributions by over 800 observers worldwide, is a guide to 388 hotspots where these birds can be seen in their thousands. A repository of information for the specialist, this book is also a strategy document enabling conservationists working at the local and national level to cooperate globally to protect raptor migration networks.

Birds in Europe: Their Conservation Status Volume Set

This milestone publication presents the first thorough and detailed review of the conservation status of European birds. Based on detailed breeding and wintering population data collected in each country, the report provides a review of the population sizes and trends of Species of European Conservation Concern. The major threats to each species are discussed, with the basic measures that are needed to conserve them and their habitats. Winner: Birdwatch Book of the Year 1995.

Disease and Threatened Birds

An examination of the management of disease in the conservation of rare species, by an international panel of experts. One paper discusses the role of wild birds in the long distance dispersal of diseases, including avian influenza. The appendices include a list of laboratories and reference centres, and an outline of health screening techniques.

Habitats for Birds in Europe: A Conservation Strategy for the Wider Environment

The greatest threats to Europe 's birds and biodiversity come from loss and degradation of habitat. This book brings together more than 190 bird and habitat conservation experts from all over Europe , to examine the threats to Europe 's eight major habitat types, and propose policies and actions to protect and restore them. Although the emphasis is on birds, particularly the 40 percent of European species with an unfavourable conservation status, many recommendations would help conserve all elements of biodiversity in the wider European environment.

Important Bird Areas in the Middle east

The Middle East contains some of the largest wetland, steppe desert and marine ecosystems in the world, providing habitats for more than 800 species of bird, of which more than 60 are endemic. This book identifies and describes the 391 sites most important for the conservation of these birds and other biodiversity. Maps, tables and line drawings show site locations, species and population data. The whole Middle East is covered, from the Levant and Arabia to the West Himalayas . The only book of its kind, Important Bird Areas in the Middle East is currently being used by conservationists developing systems of site protection in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Key Areas for Threatened Birds in the Neotoropics

Approximately 3,600 bird species occur in the 21 countries of mainland Central and South America , of which 290 are listed as threatened. Taking a country-by-country, site-based approach, this book documents the 596 most important areas for the conservation of these threatened birds. Introductory chapters define Key Areas and the distribution of threatened species, describe habitats, threats and conservation, and identify the gaps in our knowledge of Neotropical birds.

Key Forests for Threatened Birds in Africa : Seventy-five Forests Important for Bird Species at Risk

By the authors of Threatened Birds of Africa and Related Islands (an UCBP/IUCN Red Data book publication). This book describes the 75 forests which must be conserved to protect the forest-dwelling birds identified in the earlier work. Most of the forests covered were chosen because they hold more than one threatened bird species, and the book presents a powerful argument for treating the forest as the unit of conservation concern, rather than the single species. Although primarily intended to set priorities for conservation, the book can be used as a guide to finding Africa 's rarest birds. Rare primates and other fauna and flora are also included in the site descriptions.

Resident Forest Birds in Thailand: Their Status and Conservation

Thailand has been described as a "zoogeographic crossroads", with an avifauna that comprises Sino-Himalayan, Indo-Burmese, Indo-Chinese and Sundaic elements. The great majority of resident landbirds occur in forests. This book reviews the status of 595 resident birds in relation to remaining forest cover and current conservation measures, and identifies those sites which, in terms of species richness, are key areas for forest bird conservation in Thailand.

Seabirds on Islands: Threats, Case Studies and Action Plans

A series of 16 case studies from around the world (including Indonesia, Greenland, Indian Ocean islands, the Galapagos and the West Indies) examines the critical conservation issues affecting island-nesting seabirds, and the solutions that have been found for them. This book provides a repository of experience that can be applied elsewhere because, as the editors assert, `Seabird conservation can be attained only through unprecedented levels of cooperation among seabird biologists and the institutions and organisations that support them.'

Seabird Status and Conservation

Originally published as a supplement to ICBP/BirdLife's Status and Conservation of the World's Seabirds, this book can be used independently. Chapter by chapter, regional and national experts provide status and site information on the seabirds of Canada, Baja California, Brazil and Uruguay, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Bering Sea, Sea of Okhotsk and Sea of Japan, and Antarctica.

The Value of Birds

Wildlife tourism is an increasingly important source of foreign exchange for developing countries, while in the industrial world revenues from birdwatching run into hundreds of millions. Birds are hunted for recreation and subsistence, their eggs harvested, their feathers used in traditional ceremonies. Birds are also recognised as one of the most important indicators of the state of the environment. This book provides many examples of the value of birds as socio-economic resources and bio-indicators, while never losing sight of their intrinsic value. Crammed with bracing counter-arguments to those who see conservation as indifferent or hostile to human interests.