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15 May 2012
BirdLife in Indochina newsletter The Babbler No.41 released
By Editor.user.test
BirdLife International in Indochina has released its quarterly newsletter The Babbler No. 41(February -May 2012). Please download the document here. (PDF, 7.1 MB)
In this issue:
CommentFeatures: Vietnam craves rhino horn; costs more than cocaine
Regional News
Rhino wars - South Africa to make rhino horn trade legal?
Cambodia: ‘Vulture restaurants’ bring hope for survival of species
Iridescent Short-Legged Lizard Discovered In Northeast Cambodia
Thailand Defies Neighbors on Contentious Xayaburi Dam
Grey-crowned Crocias crops-up in Kon Tum province, Vietnam
Vietnam: Tram Chim National Park becomes Ramsar site
Vietnam bear sanctuary struggles to fight off developers
Rarest of the rare: Scaly-sided Mergansers on the Red River in Hanoi
Project Updates
CEPF- Regional Implementation Team updates
White-shouldered Ibis workshops paves the way for continued action and research
Reviews
“Dirty Money” in Illegal Logging Can be Tracked and Confiscated—World Bank Reports
Biomonitoring Methods for the Lower Mekong Basin
From the archives: Rhino Wars
For more than a thousand years, Japanese citizens assumed the Oriental Dollarbird was responsible for a beautiful and distinctive call heard at night. But a chance radio broadcast revealed the true, unlikely culprit....
Explore the beautiful Canadian island that inspired the novel "Anne of Green Gables", where birds and history live side by side. From "Through the Lens”, Fujingaho Magazine, October, 2020.
Being a carnivorous songbird is unusual enough, but there's plenty more to discover about this social, competitive bird and the true reason behind its macabre method of storing prey.
From "Through the Lens”, Fujingaho...
Birds in the owl family are popular not only among children but also adults: their ability to rotate their heads 180 degrees, as well as their resemblance to Russian nesting dolls, matryoshkas, seems to attract...
Common and familiar with muted plumage, it's easy to take the Eurasian Tree Sparrow for granted. But a cautionary tale from history shows just how vital this bird is, and how you often don't appreciate what you've got...
