Half the world's bird species are in decline

Migratory birds are finding their habitats are being increasingly lost to human activity

Migratory birds are finding their habitats are being increasingly lost to human activity Source: Getty / Xinhua News Agency/Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images

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One in eight of the world's bird species is threatened with extinction and many more are in decline, according to a new report issued by Birdlife International. Last month in the Hungarian capital Budapest, experts from Europe, Africa and Asia discussed what can be done - including ways to strengthen the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement, first signed in 1999

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