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MISSION

To identify and provide practical, theoretical, institutional and legal alternatives for long-term solutions in the protection and enhancement of bird community and their critical habitats, biodiversity, nature and environment in Albania and to work closely with all the stakeholders for the sustainable use of natural resources.

MISSION

OUR OBJECTIVES

In order to achieve this mission, AOS has the following objectives:

  • To prevent the extinction of bird species and to improve their conservation status in Albania,
  • To preserve and enhance bird habitats, bird ecosystems and Important Bird Areas in the country,
  • To support the interested parties and contributing to the improvement of the quality of life through sustainable use of natural resources.
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SAVE BIRDS

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Mission

To identify and provide practical, theoretical, institutional and legal alternatives for long-term solutions in the protection and enhancement of bird community and their critical habitats, biodiversity, nature and environment in Albania and to work closely with all the stakeholders for the sustainable use of natural resources.

Mission

Our Objectives

In order to achieve this mission, AOS has the following objectives:

  • To prevent the extinction of bird species and to improve their conservation status in Albania,
  • To preserve and enhance bird habitats, bird ecosystems and Important Bird Areas in the country,
  • To support the interested parties and contributing to the improvement of the quality of life through sustainable use of natural resources.
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The third round of interviews to investigate wildlife poisoning in Albania

Following the first and second rounds of interviewing local shepherds to investigate wildlife poisoning, the team at Albanian Ornithological Society (AOS) conducted a third field-visit to investigate cases of wildlife poisoning and bring the spotlight on this issue within the scope of Balkan Anti-Poisoning project. Read More

Pallas’s Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus proregulus), winter 2020 brings a new bird species in Albania!

This is the newest bird species of Albania!!! Since 2006 this species has been added to the Phylloscopus genius due to the similar morphological feature with other Phylloscopus species.Read More

Get ready for the International Waterbird Census 2020 in Albania

January is here which means that IWC 2020 is coming – AOS team together with the partners and supports are getting ready to count and observe waterbird species.Read More

The rehabilitation of pelican’s nesting beds – DONE ✔

Subsequently, during the last week of December and after consecutive visits, AOS team began the rehabilitation of the nesting beds of Dalmatian Pelican, the flagship species of the National Park and Divjaka Municipality.Read More

Ornitological Friday And Vultures In Drino Valley

Last week (December 13-14), AOS organized “Ornithological Friday and Vultures in Drino Valley”, a two-day visit focused on the importance of the area for the Egyptian Vulture and other species of migratory birds (Lesser kestrel).Read More

Be aware Dalmatian Pelican breeding season is very near!

A joint team of AOS and NAPA Fier, visited the Pelican Island to observe the current conditions of the pelicans breeding subcolonies and the potential needs for the rehabilitation of the so-called nesting beds, structures composed of tree branches and twigs in order to provide the Pelicans with safe nesting grounds from potential flooding events often usual during the last years.Read More

Extraordinary News: Tourism complex plan within the Divjaka Karavasta National Park rejected.

Following the long, persistent battle, AOS together with the NGO coalition received tremendous news from the Strategic Investment Committee (SIC). SIC confirmed and published the decision to reject the construction of “Divjaka Resort Albania” in Divjaka Karavasta National Park (DPNP). Read More

Fly With the Egyptian Vulture!

Conservation efforts focused on EV undertaken by AOS continue even when this species is not present in the territories of our country. AOS team has collaborated with local and national institutions to mitigate factors that threaten this species in its territories and in its migratory corridors.Read More

The Egyptian Vulture stole the spotlight of the “Tirana Half Marathon”!

Read MoreFollowing successive meetings, events, and monitoring, AOS team became part of the Tirana Half Marathon, dedicating its participation to the cause of the Egyptian Vulture, together with PPNEA. We ran for You; now You must fly for Us!

Inspection on Wildlife Poisoning in Albania

Read MoreOver the first week of November, in three days AOS team & local volunteers visited 22 villages throughout the territories of Tepelena and Gjirokastra (south of the country).

The Story of a Great Discovery

The only colony of Herons and Cormorants in Albania, discovered in 2015 by the Albanian Ornithological Society in the Divjaka-Karavasta National Park.

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Read MoreYour support and contribution, even the smallest amount, is critical to ensure the return to the sustainable state of Egyptian Vulture in Albania. Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus) is globally endangered “EN”. In our country, of the four nesting vulture species once, nowadays only the Egyptian vulture continues to breed, though at very critical levels.

Can you identify a bird?

Read MoreThe 23 participants of the first fullest Bird Identification course in Albania (BirdID 2018), now can. They are people with different backgrounds that the passion for birds joined them together in “BirdID 2018 Albania”, a 6-month experience during which they were trained in identifying birds through their image and sound and in the same time they had the opportunity to see some of the most important habitats of birds in our country.

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Wintering Waterbirds in Albania Results of International Waterbird Census, January 13-16, 2017

The International Waterbird Census (IWC) is an international program that is organized since 1967. In Albania, IWC has started in 1993 and it has been since undertaken almost every year, although with a limited number of experts due to the restricted capacities and funding on wildlife research. Read More…

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Wintering Waterbirds in Albania – International Waterbird Census, January 14-25, 2016

The Intenational Waterbird Census (IWC) is an international program that is organized since 1967. In Albania, IWC has started in 1993 and it has been since undertaken almost every year. This year, January 14-25, 2016, IWC in Albania covered 16 different wetland sites and is… Read More…

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BALKAN VULTURES
POISON STUDY, July 2018.

The Balkan Vulture Poison Study was prepared by the Vulture Conservation
Foundation (VCF) within the framework of the Balkan Anti-Poisoning Project (BAPP),
an integral part of the Mediterranean Anti-Poisoning Project – MAPP (Fighting
poisoning Read More…

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Mobile: +355 69 20 60 817 

E-mail: aos@aos-alb.org

Address: Ymer Kurti Street, Olympia Center, 2nd Floor, Entry 24, Tirana, Albania

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