New Birdlife publications

Photo courtesy of Hannelore Bendsen

The August 2008 issue of Birdlife Botswana's journal, The Babbler, has arrrived in HOORC's Library, with a useful CDROM produced by Birdlife International: Toolkit for Important Bird Area Conservation in Africa. Articles in The Babbler include Neil Taylor's bird count observations in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR), Liz Fabis' vulture counts at the Khama Rhino Sanctuary, Richard Randall's sightings in the northern Chobe and Kasane / Kazungula areas, Mark Vandewalle's waterbird count on the Chobe River and Brian Rode's note about cuckoo finches in the Okavango Delta.

The Toolkit for Important Bird Area (IBA) Conservation in Africa synthesises lessons learnt by the BirdLife Africa Partnership in the identification, monitoring and conservation of Important Bird Areas (IBAs). The contents include:

Regional IBA Conservation Strategy
Updated Directory of IBAs in Africa
IBA Monitoring Framework
Socio-economic Monitoring Framework
Site Action Planning Manual
Species Action Planning Process
Site Support Group Manual
Fundraising Toolkit
Mistakes and lessons learned
Examples and best practices
Africa Project Catalogue (APC) 2008
Africa Project Portfolio (APP) 2008
Africa Regional Strategies 2008.

You can find these new resources in HOORC's Library.