I am posting the following message from Stephen Garnett and Gabriel Crowley:
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We are currently reviewing the Action Plan for Birds for Birds
Australia. To do this we are revisiting the recovery outlines in the
first Action Plan and writing new outlines for taxa that now fall into
the 1994 IUCN guidelines. We are putting all draft recovery outlines on
the web, and calling for comments from people with specialist knowledge
of any particular taxon. The web site, which is being developed and
maintained by Rom Springall, is at the following address:
http://www.tasweb.com.au/recovery/index.htm.
Visitors to the web site can find the species or subspecies of interest,
read the texts and complete an electronic submission form that
immediately transmits comments back to us.
The menu also leads to a data base of all Australian subspecies of
birds, as currently recognised, as well as a number of isolated
populations that are likely to be awarded subspecific status in the near
future. Each taxon/population is given a draft IUCN status. Following
the Marsupial Action Plan, we have compiled Recovery Outlines for
Vulnerable and Endangered taxa, and Taxon Summaries for Lower Risk
(near-threatened) taxa. We also provide Taxon Summaries for Extinct Taxa
following Garnett (1992). No texts are provided for taxa classified as
Lower Risk (least concern). However, submissions are also welcome for
such taxa, if you think they should be given a higher threat rating .
All comments received will be acknowledged in the final Action Plan.
The review is being undertaken in taxonomic order. As of 15th April we
are up to the end of raptors. We hope to have draft texts for all taxa
completed by the end of June.
The last Action Plan has been useful in determining priorities for
funding of threatened bird projects by the Commonwealth Government. It
is likely that this revision will fulfil a similar function. We
therefore hope to draw on as wide a range of experience as possible in
the hope of ensuring the status and proposed actions are accurate. We
look forward to hearing from you.
Stephen Garnett and Gabriel Crowley
Dr Gabriel Crowley or Dr Stephen Garnett
Dr Stephen Garnett Queensland Parks and
11 Templeton Street Wildlife Service
Gordonvale, Qld 4865 P.O.Box 2066, Cairns, Qld 4870
Australia Australia
email: email:
Tel.: 61-7-40561913 Tel. 61-7-40528736
Fax. 61-7-40523080
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Hugo Phillipps,
Birds Australia Conservation & Liaison,
Australian Bird Research Centre,
415 Riversdale Road,
Hawthorn East, VIC 3123, Australia.
Tel: (03) 9882 2622. Fax: (03) 9882 2677.
O/s: +61 3 9882 2622. Fax: +61 3 9882 2677.
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