History

• 1996
  • CEC Council passes the resolution to establish a working group to develop a North American strategy for the conservation of birds.
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• 1998
  • The first international NABCI workshop held in Puebla, Mexico in November, where a mapping team comprised of members of the United States, Mexico and Canada assembled to develop a consistent spatial framework for bird conservation for North America.
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• 1998
  • CEC Project 98.02.01, “Cooperation in the Conservation of Birds in North America” is completed, leading to the identification of over 150 Important Bird Areas in North America and the development of a North American Strategy and action plan to conserve non-waterfowl species.
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• 1999
  • CEC Council approves the North American Bird Conservation Initiative strategy and action plan, which sets forth preliminary goals, objectives and actions for the conservation of all birds in North America.
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• 1999
  • NABCI Bird Conservation Regions, ecoregions with similar bird communities, habitat and resource management issues, nested in the ecological units previously established by the CEC, are described and adopted.
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• 1999
  • First NABCI-Canada Committee established in May.
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• 2001
  • NABCI-Canada establishes its first Terms of Reference.
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• 2001
  • The second international NABCI workshop held in Queretaro, Mexico in February.
    Photo: From left to right: Art Martell, NABCI coordinator for Canada; Jürgen Hoth, CEC’s program manager for conservation of biodiversity; David Pashley, NABCI coordinator for the United States; and Humberto Berlanga, Mexico’s NABCI coordinator.
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• 2005
  • Canada’s then Department of the Environment, the Department of the Interior of the United States of America and the Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resources of the United Mexican States sign the Declaration of Intent for “the Conservation of North American Birds and their Habitat”.
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• 2007
  • NABCI Canada begins conservation planning for Canadian Bird Conservation Regions.
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• 2010
  • Publication of Saving our Shared Birds, Partners in Flight Tri-national Vision for Landbird Conservation.
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• 2012
  • Completion of Canada’s National Avian Monitoring Review.
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• 2012
  • Publication of the State of Canada’s Birds Report.
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• 2014
  • All 25 conservation strategies published for all Canadian Bird Conservation Regions.
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• 2016
  • Publication of the State of North America’s Birds Report.
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• 2017
  • NABCI-Canada, U.S. NABCI and NABCI-Mexico Adopt the Vision for Bird Conservation for the Next Century after celebrating the Migratory Bird Convention’s 100-year anniversary.
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• 2017
  • NABCI-Canada establishes its four roles: coordinate, communicate, track bird conservation and influence policy, and identifies its new priorities.
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