The Babbler 11

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The Babbler September, 2004 Number 11 Welcome *Jonathan C. Eames Feature *10 years of BirdLife in Vietnam Regional News * Wild birds accused of spreading avian' flu *Vulture census in Cambodia *World Bank's Nod for Forest Concession Angers Watchdog *Forest Protection and Development to be strengthened *New populations of a critically endangered primate (Delacour's Langur) confirmed in Pu Luong Nature Reserve, Thanh Hoa Rarest of the rare *Edwards's Pheasant Project updates *Khe Net Nature Reserve *IBA Conservation in Cambodia Book reviews Staff news From the Archives

BirdLife International in Indochina Welcome to Babbler 11. This has been an exciting quarter for programme development, and there is particularly good news from Myanmar: On August 4th I had the opportunity to meet the Minister of Forestry, His Excellency Brig. General Thein Aung. At our meeting the Minister informed me that BirdLfe’s proposal to include Ngawun Reserve Forest and Nagwun Extension within an expanded Lenya National Park, had been discussed at cabinet level and approved by Cabinet and the Prime Minister. The Minister also informed me that the Ministry of Forestry was ready to begin work with BirdLife on proposal development for a project to address the conservation of the site. This is really excellent news and we are delighted. We could not have asked for better support from Government for our proposal. In August I made a visit to the UK and visited many colleagues and prospective partners. As a result, in 2005 our colleagues at RSPB will support Gurney’s Pitta research in Myanmar in and vulture research in Cambodia. We are now engaged on the development of an exciting new research project with colleagues at the University of East Anglia. I am also pleased to announce that the British Birdwatching Fair approved our proposal for the conservation of lowland forests in Myanmar to be the theme for BirdFair 2005. The good news from Vietnam this quarter is that the Dak Lak People’s Committee has now approved in writing our medium-sized GEF project which focuses on the establishment and development of Chu Yang Sin National Park in the central highlands. Major proposals were also submitted this quarter to the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, the Darwin Initiative and the Global Conservation Fund at Conservation International. This quarter, together with FFI and WWF, we will begin work on our bid for the Vietnam Conservation Fund. So I hope to have further good news to report to you in Babbler 12 due at the end of the year.

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