European Bird Census Council

The European Bird Census Council (EBCC) is an ornithological organisation which studies the population, distribution and demographics of European birds in order to inform conservation and management efforts. The organisation is headquartered in the Netherlands, and has active members in over 40 countries.[5]

European Bird Census Council
AbbreviationEBCC
Formation1992 (1992)[1]
Merger ofEuropean Ornithological Atlas Committee[1][2]
International Bird Census Committee[1][2]
TypeNGO
Legal statusNon-profit organisation[3]
PurposeManagement and conservation of European bird populations[1][4]
Location
Region
Europe
Websiteebcc.info

Founding

The EBCC was founded in 1992, following the merger of two ornithological organisations, the European Ornithological Atlas Committee and the International Bird Census Committee.[1][2]

Monitoring

The EBCC is responsible for the Pan-European Common Bird Monitoring Scheme (PECBMS), which aims to collect data from national bird monitoring schemes across Europe so as to study the forces behind population changes and use common bird indicators as a proxy for environmental health, and thus inform policy.[7] Monitoring data is published as the European Breeding Birds Atlas, the second of which (EBBA2) is currently in preparation.[8] The data collected as part of the PECBMS and EBBA2 programmes is also distributed on the EBCC-run portal, EuroBirdPortal,[9] as well as through the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).[5][10]

Other activities

The EBCC run a conference every three years, devoted to ornithological monitoring, conservation and research in Europe and abroad.[11] The organisation also publishes the Journal of the European Bird Census Council, entitled Bird Census News, which has been running since 1987.[2]

See also

References
  1. "European Bird Census Council - Yearbook Profile - Union of International Associations". uia.org. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  2. Knytl, Jiri. "European Bird Census Council, EBCC Home Page". www.ebcc.info. Archived from the original on 3 September 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  3. "ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF THE EUROPEAN BIRD CENSUS COUNCIL" (PDF). www.ebcc.info. 14 March 2008. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  4. Knytl, Jiri. "European Bird Census Council, EBCC Home Page". www.ebcc.info. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  5. "European Bird Census Council (EBCC)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  6. Knytl, Jiri. "European Bird Census Council, EBCC Home Page". www.ebcc.info. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  7. Knytl, Jiri. "European Bird Census Council, EBCC Home Page". www.ebcc.info. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  8. "What is EBBA2 and why EBBA2 - European Breeding Bird Atlas". www.ebba2.info. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  9. "EuroBirdPortal". www.eurobirdportal.org. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  10. "Breeding bird atlas data from the European Bird Census Council (EBCC) freely online in GBIF - NLBIF.nl". www.nlbif.nl. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  11. "European Bird Census Council conference 2016". African Bird Club. 8 December 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
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