My apologies if this gets posted twice or so, it looks worthwhile forwarding
on quickly....
Alan
>X-From_: Sun Jan 26 10:51:49 1997
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>Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1997 23:41:43 GMT
>Reply-To: Andrew Grieve <>
>Sender: "National Birding Hotline Cooperative (Chat Line)"
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>From: Andrew Grieve <>
>Subject: UK: World Birding Conference
>To:
>
>If anyone is visiting the UK in early April they may be interested to know
>about the following conference.
>
>World Birding Conference.
>
>The World Birding Conference aims to bring together all those with an
>interest in birds and their habitats world-wide and seeks to promote the
>contribution of birders to global conservation.
>
>It is being jointly organised by the African Bird Club, British
>Ornithologists' Union, British Trust for Ornithology, Neotropical Bird Club,
>Oriental Bird Club and the Ornithological Society of the Middle East.
>
>4 - 6 April 1997 at
>Swanwick, Derbyshire, UK
>______________________
>
>Programme
>
>Friday evening
>
>1700
>Registration
>
>1800
>Drinks reception hosted by Pica Press
>
>1900
>Dinner, and welcome
>
>Chair:
>Richard Porter
>2030
>"The Agony and the Ecstacy"
>Tony Marr
>
>2130
>Free time; bar open
>______________________
>
>Saturday morning
>
>0830
>Breakfast
>
>0915
>Welcome to the conference
>
>Birding in the context of global conservation
>
>John Croxall
>Chair:
>Jeremy Greenwood
>0930
>How birders can contribute to the conservation of global biodiversity
>Graham Wynne, RSPB
>1000
>Global change and bird conservation
>Stephen Moss, BBC
>
>1030 - 1100
>Coffee
>
>Migration studies
>
>Chair:
>Geoff Welch
>1100
>Wader migration on the east Atlantic flyway
>Theunis Piersma, Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
>1130
>Raptor migration in the northern hemisphere
>Bill Clark
>1200
>Bird migration through Malaysia
>David Wells
>
>1300
>Lunch
>______________________
>
>Saturday afternoon
>
>Birding and Conservation
>
>Chair:
>Colin Poole
>1400
>Identifying bird conservation priorities in South America
>Adrian Long, BirdLife International
>1430
>Research for bird conservation in Madagascar
>Frank Hawkins
>1500
>Bird conservation in Indonesia: Halmahera
>Paul Jepson, BirdLife International
>
>1530
>Tea
>
>1600
>Ecotourism
>Martin Davies, RSPB
>
>Debate: The ethics of collecting
>
>Chair:
>Nigel Collar
>1630
>The argument against collecting
>David Parkin, University of Nottingham
>1650
>The argument for collecting
>Jim Rising, University of Toronto
>1710
>Open debate
>
>1800
>(BOU AGM)
>
>1845
>Drinks reception, hosted by Acedemic Press
>
>1930
>Dinner
>
>2100
>Implications of different species definitions for conservation biology as
>illustrated by examples from East Atlantic islands
>Kees Hazevoet, Institute for Systematics and Population Biology, University
>of Amsterdam
>
>2130
>Bar & Disco
>______________________
>
>Sunday morning
>
>0830
>Breakfast
>
>Bird studies around the world
>
>Chair:
>Martin Woodcock
>0920
>Avifauna studies in the Yemen
>Richard Porter, BirdLife International
>0950
>European Atlas Project
>Ward Hagemeijer, SOVON
>
>1020
>Quiz answers and announcement of winners
>
>1030 - 1100
>Coffee
>
>Chair:
>Rob Williams
>1100
>Bird conservation in India
>Asad Rahmani, Centre of Wildlife and Ornithology, Aligarh Muslim University
>1125
>Recent altitudinal studies in Bolivia
>Jon Fjeldsa, Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen
>1150
>East Africa's Important Bird Areas and their conservation
>Leon Bennun, National Museum of Kenya
>
>1215
>Raffle
>Jo Hemmings, New Holland Publishers
>
>1230
>Summing up
>
>1300
>Lunch and departure
>______________________
>
>Other Attractions
>
>Club Sales Items - each of the organisations will be selling their full
>range of catalogue items at their stands.
>
>WildSounds - for bird sound recordings from around the world
>
>Receptions - courtesy of Pica Press and Academic Press
>
>Bookshop - Natural History Book Service for all your bird book requirements
>
>Robert Gillmor's Art Gallery - see and buy works of various artists
>
>ALSO -
>
>Kay Optical - for binoculars, telescopes and more. Try from their extensive
>range
>
>Competitions, poster presentations invited, a chance for you to meet birders
>and birding organisations from around the world.
>
>THE RAFFLE
>
>Prizes worth over 500 UK Pounds
>
>Star Prize:-
>The first three volumes of the Handbook of the Birds of the World
>Courtesy of Lynx Edicions.
>
>Plus major book titles provided by In Focus, Subbuteo, NHBS et al.
>
>A further 25 prizes to be won in the super World Birding Conference raffle.
>
>______________________
>
>Send for your free programme and booking form today!
>
>To:-
>
>
>
>Please remember to include your postal address as the booking forms are not
>in electronic form.
>
>Andrew Grieve
>
>Yorkshire, UK
>http://www.netlink.co.uk/users/ag/ebn/
>http://www.netlink.co.uk/users/ag/osme/
>
>
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