14-461: Broad Sound can refer to: Broad Sound (Queensland) , on the Australian coast Broad Sound (Maine) , near Portland, Maine, United States Broad Sound (Massachusetts) , near Boston, Massachusetts, United States [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with
28-495: A low-lying coastline with wide mudflats exposed at low tide and backed by extensive areas of mangroves . The head of the bay has the greatest tidal range on Australia's east coast - around 9 meters (30 feet). The coastline is punctuated by the mangrove-lined estuaries of several rivers and creeks, including Herbert and St Lawrence Creeks and the Styx River . Behind the mangroves is a hinterland of low, rounded hills covered by
42-787: A membership of more than 2.5 million people across 116 country partner organizations , including the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds , the Wild Bird Society of Japan , the National Audubon Society , and American Bird Conservancy . BirdLife International has identified 13,000 Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas and is the official International Union for Conservation of Nature 's Red List authority for birds. As of 2015, BirdLife International has established that 1,375 bird species (13% of
56-499: A mix of grassland and low eucalypt woodland or forest . The climate is subtropical with a dry winter. Parts of the sound and adjoining estuarine systems are in a Declared Fish Habitat Area, the states largest such area. The extensive tracts of mangroves and mudflats, comprising some 1,200 square kilometers (460 square miles) in the southern part of the bay, have been classified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area . It supports globally important populations of
70-441: Is a large bay on the east coast of Australia , in the state of Queensland , 675 kilometers (419 miles) northwest of the state capital, Brisbane . It is about 50 kilometers (31 miles) long and 20 kilometers (12 miles) across at its widest point. The Torilla Peninsula forms the eastern side of the bay; Shoalwater Bay is on the other side of the peninsula. The sound has a large tidal range of about 10 metres (33 ft). This
84-578: Is the largest variance on the eastern Australia coastline. British explorer James Cook , in HMS Endeavour , sighted the bay in May 1770, naming it for its size. The next European navigator in the area was Matthew Flinders in HMS Investigator in 1802. The town of St Lawrence was established midway between Rockhampton and Mackay on St Lawrence Creek and developed as a port for
98-565: The straw-necked ibis (with up to 15,000 individual birds), Australian bustard , Latham's snipe , sharp-tailed sandpiper and mangrove honeyeater . BirdLife International BirdLife International is a global partnership of non-governmental organizations that strives to conserve birds and their habitats . BirdLife International's priorities include preventing extinction of bird species, identifying and safeguarding important sites for birds, maintaining and restoring key bird habitats, and empowering conservationists worldwide. It has
112-853: The Americas, Asia, Europe and Central Asia, the Middle East and the Pacific. The programmes provide the framework for planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating conservation work and include the Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas Programme, Marine Programme, Preventing Extinctions Programme, and Flyways Programme. In 2008, the English name of Wild Bird Federation Taiwan was renamed to Chinese Wild Bird Federation in order to comply with BirdLife International's demand, stemming from People's Republic of China 's pressure. Following
126-472: The export of cattle from the hinterland , with a large meatworks built close by in 1893. The processing and export of meat and cattle continued until 1919 when rail links were built elsewhere, making the port redundant. By 2006 the population of St Lawrence had dropped to 125, out of a population in the Broad Sound area of 268. Broad Sound is 50 kilometres in length and 20 kilometres wide. The bay has
140-472: The opportunity to discuss BirdLife International's demands in its General Assembly meeting, BirdLife International Global Council voted to remove CWBF from its partnership program. BirdLife International CEO Patricia Zurita subsequently issued what Reuters described as a "gag order", directing her staff to not comment publicly on the "sadly public statement" from CWBF. "If you receive any queries regarding this matter, please DO NOT offer comment and instead refer
154-531: The organization's removal from BirdLife International in 2020, the English name was changed to Taiwan Wild Bird Federation (TWBF). In December 2019, BirdLife International asked Taiwan's then named Chinese Wild Bird Federation (CWBF), to address the following issues or risk removal from its partnership program: However, BirdLife International stated that even if CWBF were to address all of its demands, it may still be removed from BirdLife International's partnership program. On 7 September 2020, before CWBF had
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182-406: The total) are threatened with extinction ( critically endangered , endangered or vulnerable ). BirdLife International publishes a quarterly magazine, BirdLife: The Magazine , which contains recent news and authoritative articles about birds and their conservation, and publishes its official journal Bird Conservation International with Cambridge University Press . BirdLife International
196-481: Was founded in 1922 as the International Council for Bird Protection by American ornithologists T. Gilbert Pearson and Jean Theodore Delacour . The group was renamed International Committee for Bird Preservation in 1928, International Council for Bird Preservation in 1960, and BirdLife International in 1993. BirdLife International has nine conservation programmes implemented across Africa,
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