[Fwd: Bird Conservation in Eastern Cuba]

"David Wege (by way of Bruce Potter at Island Resources)" wrote:
>
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> Dear All
> The profits from the 2001 British Birdwatching Fair (to be held this
> weekend, 17-19 August) will be donated to a BirdLife coordinated project
> focussed on Eastern Cuba. The Birdwatching Fair (which is organised by the
> RSPB and the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust) attracts over 16,000
> people during the three day event and has been a significant funder of
> BirdLife activities over the last 10 years (including projects in Ecuador
> and the Atlantic Forest, Brazil).
>
> The BirdLife project in Eastern Cuba will be implemented by a partnership of
> 5 Cuban organisations, namely
> Centro Nacional de Areas Protegida,
> Museo Nacional de Historia Natural,
> Universidad de la Habana,
> Instituto de Ecologica y Sistematica and the
> Centro Oriental de Ecosistemas (BIOECO).
>
> Representatives from each of these (except BIOECO) will be present at the
> Bird Fair.
>
> Bird Fair funds will be used used to undertake urgently needed habitat
> surveillance and monitoring work in the eastern part of the island, with a
> view to establishing greater protection for some of the relatively untouched
> wilderness areas that remain in this region. The program will also act as a
> springboard to help identify all the key areas for bird conservation
> throughout the whole of Cuba (part of the BirdLife International Important
> Bird Areas global programme) and will help catalyse this process elsewhere
> throughout the Caribbean region.
>
> If anyone would like any more information about this project or the British
> Birdwatching Fair, please feel free to contact me.
>
> With best regards, David
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> David C. Wege
> Americas Program Manager
> BirdLife International
> Tel: +44 (0)1223 277318
> Fax: +44 (0)1223 277200
> Email: david.wege@birdlife.org.uk
> Web: www.birdlife.net
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Received on Tue Aug 14 10:21:07 2001