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Inspired by Audubon’s Summer 2007 “Common Birds in Decline” report, this CBC feature examines how modern trends in farming, forestry, and housing are destroying tens of millions of common birds in North America.

Even as President Bush this week pledged to increase funding for national wildlife refuges, the Canadian Government is slashing its Canadian Wildlife Service, including cuts to key wildlife monitoring programs -- some by as much as 70%! Nature Canada is urging people to write to Prime Minister Harper to demand a fully supported wildlife service.

Because birds are one of the best studied groups of living things on this planet, there's a lot of information out there to demonstrate how birds -- and humans -- are being affected by our changing climate. This page provides a good summary of what scientists have observed.

A nature conservation charity in Canada has posted a list of easy things you can do to save the environment and commune with nature at the same time, by turning your backyard or balcony into habitat for local wildlife.