From: Colin Jackson <colin.jackson@arocha.org>
Date: 2009-06-17 07:42
Subject: [Fwd: Ringers-l AFRING website, now online!]
For any ringers or potential ringers out there who may have not seen
this yet...
Colin Jackson
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Dear colleagues (apologies for any
cross-postings)
The African Eurasian
Migratory Waterbird Agreement
(AEWA) and the Animal Demography Unit (ADU) and pleased to announce
that the AFRING (African Bird Ringing Scheme) website is now live. The
URL is www.afring.org
A
media release, in this regard, is available on the AEWA website - click here to read
more.
The site's principle
aims are to provide information and links to bird ringers in Africa and
around the world relating to African bird ringing initiatives, access
to ringing data and providing on-line mechanisms on reporting recovered
rings or re-sightings of colour rings. This will all contribute to
establishing regional cooperation and encouraging use of scientific
data for bird and wetland conservation. The site will continually be
updated and further developments are already in the pipeline to provide
more information and resources.
We would like to encourage you to promote the site as much as possible
through your local or regional networks and, where appropriate, place a
link from your organisation/institution's webpage. In return AFRING
will place a link to your organisation/institution from its 'Links' page.
If you have any comments regarding the website, would like to set up a
web-link or would like further information about AFRING and its
programmes please contact Doug Harebottle doug.harebottle@uct.ac.za
Best wishes
Doug
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Doug Harebottle
Project Manager: Southern African Bird Atlas Project 2
AFRING Coordinator
Animal Demography Unit
Department of Zoology
University of Cape Town
Rondebosch 7701 South Africa
Phone: +27 21 650 2330
Fax: +27 21 650 3434
Mobile: +27 82 736 3087
E-mail: Doug.Harebottle@uct.ac.za
Skype: doug_harebottle
Website: http://adu.org.za
Take part in the Southern African Bird Atlas Project 2 http://www.sabap2.org