The BirdLife Partnership has published a report which examines the success of BirdLife’s Local Conservation Group (LCG) approach in conserving biodiversity and supporting sustainable livelihoods at Important Bird Areas (IBAs) in the Americas. The report, Local communities and biodiversity conservation, presents the results of the first BirdLife International network workshop in the Americas to exchange experiences on LCGs, livelihoods and IBA conservation. The workshop took place in Quito in September 2009. Participants included representatives from BirdLife Partners in Belize, Bolivia, Canada, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Haiti, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay. Local communities and biodiversity conservation presents fifteen case studies involving Local Conservation Groups across Latin America and the Caribbean, all of which will participate in the 2010 Biodiversity Conservation and Development prize in Latin America, supported by Fundación Biodiversidad.