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The decline of ornithological publications (was: rant against twitching)

To: Murray Lord <>
Subject: The decline of ornithological publications (was: rant against twitching)
From: Carl Clifford <>
Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 21:48:40 +1000
Murray,

That is a rather short-sighted approach to be taken by them, because _all_ information gathered about birds or any other organism, is potentially of value for conservation purposes, if not now, possibly in the future. Many a penny has dropped through re-assessment of past data.

Carl Clifford

Murray Lord wrote:
the attitude that comes through from major bird groups that projects have to 
have a conservation value to be worthwhile.  The idea of knowledge about birds 
for knowledge's sake gets ignored and that doesn't do much to encourage people 
to publish their observations.  Though I accept the need to qualify for 
government funding makes the conservation centred approach necessary.

Here ends the rant about the rant.
Murray Lord
Sydney
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