Subject: BALD IBIS THREAT RECEDES
The threat to the habitat of the Northern Bald Ibis in Morocco is
receding.
See the history of the Proact campaign at
< http://www.proactnow.org/baldibis/ >
From Morocco, there is encouraging news concerning the what was
previously thought to be the world's only known population of
Northern Bald Ibises (and see below), whose feeding habitat was
threatened by development of a holiday resort by the travel and
leisure company Club Mediterranee.
Club Med looks set to shelve the plans for a holiday complex at
Tifnit, because of concern about the welfare of one of the world's
rarest birds (the Proact campaign played a small but influential
role), and concern over the current world economic situation. A
delegation from the Bern Convention recently visited the Souss-Massa
National Park and it is anticipated that their report will recommend
improvements to the status of the Tifnit development land, perhaps
through land purchase, and a reinforcement of the Park's status. The
birds themselves are continuing to increase, with a recent count of
315 birds in 2002 (up from 220 in 1994), and the number of breeding
pairs has almost recovered following the mortality incident in 1996.
The species still remains on the Critically Endangered list however.
There is further good new from Syria however (courtesy of World
Birdwatch 24/Sept 2002):
Northern Bald Ibis breeding in Syria
As reported in a Stop Press item in the June 2002 issue of World
Birdwatch, Northern Bald Ibises Geronticus eremita have been
discovered breeding in Syria.
For details see the World Birdwatch report at <
http://www.proactnow.org/baldibis/id20.html >
David
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David Conlin
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