Aves Acuáticas en los Humedales de Cuba aims to raise awareness of the cultural and intrinsic value of Cuban wetlands Zoom In

Cuba’s waterbirds book available

06-10-2006

A new book aimed at raising awareness of the cultural and intrinsic value of Cuban wetlands is available, thanks to support from the British Birdwatching Fair (BBWF).

In 2001, visitors to BBWF, which takes place each year at Rutland Water, UK, helped raise a staggering US$250,000 to support a BirdLife International project in eastern Cuba.

One of the outputs from the project is Aves Acuáticas en los Humedales de Cuba by L Mugica, D Denis, M Acosta, A Jiménez and A Rodríguez.

David Wege, BirdLife’s Caribbean programme manager commented: “The authors have succeeded in packing this book with detailed scientific information whilst also making it user-friendly and informative, irrespective of whether the reader is a child, a school teacher, an academic or a government official.

“They have significantly raised the standard against which similar publications will be judged in the Caribbean, and should be commended for their achievement.

“As a scientific publication it provides a comprehensive synthesis of everything published about Cuba’s waterbirds and wetland ecosystems. It also incorporates results from recent studies by the authors, so is thus authoritative, detailed and up-to-date.”

Copies of Aves Acuáticas en los Humedales de Cuba can be purchased from the Natural History Book Service (NHBS), with a percentage of the cover price donated to the Cuban project.