For over thirty years, the Zambian Ornithological Society (ZOS) has provided a home for those interested in learning about and protecting Zambia's bird life.
 
The society has a serious and long-term commitment to carrying out scientific and educational work on Zambia's birds and their habitats. In Zambia, as elsewhere, some bird species are threatened by habitat degradation, hunting and poisoning. A few species are extremely rare and efforts to protect them must continue.
 
The society, in conjunction with Birdlife International, co-ordinates and sponsors academic research into the status of Zambia's birds. We maintain an authoritative database of Zambian bird sightings and our publications include a field guide, Zambian checklists, a monthly newsletter and annual bird report.
 
Monitoring is the key to conservation. With this in mind ZOS is running a yearly monitoring programme in 32 of the 42 IBAs and is hoping to extend this to all the IBAs in the near future.
 
A Status and Trends Report has been produced for 2008 and 2009 and the 2010 Status and Trends Report is in the process of being finalized. The Monitoring Programme has been supported by the EU through RSPB and NORAD through the Norwegian Ornithological Society. Over 100 monitors have been trained in this project to date