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ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Conservationevidence.com
• Gratis Book Scheme: Free Books for Developing Countries
• Volunteers Needed

Conservationevidence.com

The Web site conservationevidence.com aims to collate information on the effectiveness of species or habitat management. It summarizes the details of published studies, unpublished reports, and the experience of managers. The site is available to all and the information within it can be freely extracted by others who have dealt with similar problems as well as for use in reports, reviews, or management plans. The site already has more than 400 cases with many more being written. Further examples from across the world are welcome.

Gratis Book Scheme: Free Books for Developing Countries

The nhbs.com bookstore has joined with Blackwell Publishing, Cambridge University Press, and Oxford University Press to provide free ecology and conservation books to individuals or libraries outside western Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan who otherwise would be unable to afford them. The British Ecological Society is paying for the postage. This follows from a scheme in which 3116 copies of The Conservation Handbook were distributed to 160 different countries. For that scheme the books were given in lieu of the author's royalties, the nhbs.com bookstore coordinated distribution, and The Christensen Fund paid for the postage.

Following the generosity of the publishers the following books are available.

The Conservation Handbook. W.J. Sutherland. Blackwell Publications. 250 copies are available.

Ecology: From Individuals to Ecosystems. M. Begon, J.L. Harper, and C.R. Townsend. Blackwell Publications. 200 copies of the fourth edition of this textbook are available.

Wildlife Ecology, Conservation and Management. Blackwell Publications. A. Sinclair, J. Fryxell, and G. Caughley. 200 copies of the latest edition of this classic are available.

Bird Ecology and Conservation: A Handbook of Techniques. Edited by W.J. Sutherland, I. Newton, and R.E. Green. Oxford University Press. 300 copies already have been distributed. An additional 100 copies are available.

Conservation Education and Outreach Techniques. S. Jacobson, M.D. McDuff, and M.C. Monroe. Oxford University Press. To be published in early 2007. 200 copies available.

Ecological Census Techniques. Edited by W.J. Sutherland. Cambridge University Press. 200 copies of the second edition are available.

These books can be ordered by completing the form available at the link on the bottom right of the home page of the nhbs.com bookstore (www.nhbs.com) and can be completed either for yourself, if eligible, or to recommend someone else.

This scheme is not available for those who have moved to the region to work or for those from the region who are currently working elsewhere (e.g., graduate study in western Europe).

If any other authors or publishers (or funders-we have ideas for expanding this further) wish to be involved in the scheme please contact William Sutherland (w.sutherland@uea.ac.uk).

Volunteers Needed

PROJECT WILDBIRD is a three-year study of wild bird feeding in the United States and Canada. Sponsored by the WBFI Research Foundation, PROJECT WILDBIRD will study food and feeder preferences of birds by geographic region and season, and also will examine the human dimensions of bird feeding. Participation as a citizen scientist in PROJECT WILDBIRD is an excellent way for individuals of all ages and skill levels to learn more about animal behavior and the scientific method through participation in a large scale research project. Members of the Animal Behavior Society from the United States or Canada who would like to be citizen scientists for the project should visit www.projectwildbird.org or contact shays@wbfi.org for more information.

An international conference on felid biology and conservation will be held 17-21 September 2007 at Oxford University, United Kingdom. The conference is organized by the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit in partnership with the IUCN / SSC Cat Specialist Group. Sessions will cover aspects of felid systematics, palaeontology, biogeography, genetics, ecology, behaviour, physiology, management and conservation biology. For further information contact Andrew Loveridge, Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Tubney House, Tubney OX13 5QL, United Kingdom, +44 1865 393115, felid.conference@zoo.ox.ac.uk, www.wildcru.org/conference

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