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Merg expedition to Tsaratanana, Madagascar 1989
A survey in RNI Tsaratanana, one of the largest rainforest reserves and which includes the highest mountain in Madagascar. Surveys will investigate: forest extent and exploitation, rainforest structure, birds (particularly…
Project Green: Ghana rainforest expedition ’89
Six separate but related fieldwork studies by Cambridge University undergraduates centred on a comparison of primary forest with secondary rainforest selectively logged 17 years ago. Entomological research included species abundance,…
University of East Anglia/International Council for Bird Preservation Sozoranga Expedition, Ecuador 1989
The expedition was set up to formulate a conservation strategy for the Tumbesian Endemic Centre. It rediscovered the Ochre-bellied Dove (Leptotila ochraceiventris) as well as locating 9 other threatened birds…
Cambridge Columbus zoological expedition to Venezuela 1988
A study of the birds, dragonflies and butterflies of the Paria Peninsula National Park, Macuro. The ornithological projects included census work (88 species), and ecological and behavioural studies of several…
Gola Forest Project, Sierra Leone 1988
A survey of the forest’s avifauna to determine the relative importance of forest areas with different logging and hunting pressures, with particular attention given to the endemic and threatened birds…
1987 Pakistan
The expedition will search for the endangered Western Tragopan (Tragopan melanocephalus) in the steep-sided, forested valleys that flank the River Indus.
Madagascar Serpent-Eagle
Search for the Madagascar Serpent-Eagle (Eutriorchis astur), which has not been seen since the 1930s.
Rio Mazan 1986
The RÃo Mazán Project was initiated by conservationists in the town of Cuenca who successfully campaigned to protect 500 hectares of high Andean habitat in the RÃo Mazán valley in…
UEA Saint Lucia 1987
The team plans to look for four of the island’s rarest birds, including Semper’s Warbler (Leucopeza semperi), in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Fisheries and Cooperatives. Need to…