The Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE), a global initiative of biodiversity conservation organizations, aims to prevent extinctions by identifying and safeguarding key sites where species are in imminent danger of disappearing. The goal of the Alliance is to create a front line of defense against extinction by eliminating threats and restoring habitat to allow species populations to rebound. Click here of a list of member organizations.

Zero Extinction Target (A recommendation to the Convention on Biological Diversity): In celebration of the International Year of Biodiversity 2010, nations can work to prevent further species extinctions by using a proven site-based approach that promotes human well-being, is highly cost-effective, and presents targets that can be objectively measured.

A Memorandum of Cooperation was signed between the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity and AZE at the SBSTTA meeting in Kenya on May 19, 2010. Parties interested in AZE sites and species in their countries please search this website. For more information on establishing national Alliances in your country in order to halt species extinctions, please contact bskolnik@abcbirds.org.