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Beyond borders: Why we need global action to protect migratory birds

  • Written by Amanda Rodewald, Professor and Director of Conservation Science, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University
imageTerns at sunset, Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge, Massachusetts.U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/Flickr, CC BY

One hundred years ago, amid the chaos of World War I, President Woodrow Wilson and King George V of Great Britain turned their attention to a surprising issue: protecting migratory birds. On August 16, 1916 they signed the Migratory Bird...

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