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Welcome to Guyana Birding News,
We're pleased to bring you the eighth edition of the newsletter sponsored by www.guyanabirding.com. We hope you'll find this publication full of interesting information and useful resources for planning your next birding adventure to the unspoiled wilderness of Guyana.
As always, we welcome your comments and suggestions about how to improve both our newsletter and our website. For those of you who have traveled to Guyana, we invite you to send your trip reports, photos and tips for birding in Guyana.
Happy Birding!
IN THIS ISSUE
IN THE NEWS: All the latest news about Guyana birding and tourism
BIRDING SITES: Nappi Village and Maipaima Eco-Lodge
FEATURE BIRD: Toucans and Barbets of Guyana
BIRDING PEOPLE: David Fernandes, Nature Photographer
IN THE NEWS
Guyana Launches Low Carbon Development StrategyIn June, Guyana’s President, Bharrat Jagdeo, launched the country’s Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS). The plan seeks to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and global warming by protecting Guyana’s rainforests, which still carpet roughly 80 percent of the country. . . more>>
We are pleased to announce that Guyana will have an exhibit at the 2009 British Birdwatching Fair (Birdfair) at Rutland Water from August 21-23. We invite you to visit us at Marquee 4 / Booth 89, where you can learn all about Guyana’s birds, mammals, pristine rainforests, and culture . . more>>
Guyanese Summer Evening 2009
Based on the success of last year’s event, we are pleased to announce that we have partnered with Wilderness Explorers and Iwokrama International Centre to assemble another splendid night of speakers on August 25 for Guyanese Summer Evening 2009. . . more>>
Yupukari Village Wildlife Club Wins 2009 ECOCLUB.com Ecotourism Award
From Wild to Web, an ecotourism-based wildlife-monitoring project in Guyana’s Yupukari village was announced as a winner of the ECOCLUB.com 2009 Ecotourism Awards. . . more>>
More International Media Feature Guyana
International publications continue to write about Guyana’s pristine rainforests, wildlife and birdlife, and tourism destinations. . . more>>
New Visitor Arrival Centre Being Built at Kaieteur National Park
Construction is currently underway on a new visitor arrival centre for Kaieteur National Park, the home of the 741-foot Kaieteur Falls. The new centre should be completed in late 2009 and will feature an interpretation area, interactive displays, a craft store, dining areas, viewing gallery, and walkways. . . more>>
Rewa and Nappi Villages Being Promoted as New Tourism Products for Guyana
In partnership with Wilderness Explorers, we’re happy to announce that two new community tourism products are being promoted for Guyana…more>>
Neotropical Birding Club Features Guyana at Annual Meeting
At the recent Neotropical Birding Club (NBC) annual meeting, Chris Collins gave a presentation on Guyana…more>>
New BirdLife International Book on Important Bird Areas to Include Guyana
BirdLife International recently worked on a regional Important Bird Areas (IBAs) project in Guyana with the Guyana Amazon Tropical Birds Society (GATBS), which introduced the organization to Guyana’s amazing birds and conservation projects…more>>
Guyana Bird Guides Attend Workshop at Asa Wright in Trinidad
In the important area of guide training, the Guyana Sustainable Tourism Initiative recently sponsored the participation of two guides from Iwokrama International Centre, Wally Prince and Dexter Torres, in a bird-monitoring workshop at Asa Wright Nature Centre in Trinidad…more>>
GSTI Continues to Build Relationship with American Birding Association
The Guyana Sustainable Tourism Initiative continues to build strong links with the American Birding Association (ABA) with the goal of being the host destination for the ABA International Conference in 2012…more>>
Pick of the Flock
For this issue's Pick of the Flock, we're recommending a blog that features daily pictures from Guyana. . . more>>
BIRDING SITES
One of the projects that is quickly rising to the forefront of community-based tourism in Guyana is the Maipaima Eco-Lodge at Nappi village. Nappi is a small but sprawling Amerindian village in the southern end of the North Rupununi Savannahs, about an hour’s drive from Lethem. The Makushi village is built in the foothills of the little-explored Kanuku Mountains, a range Conservation International said supports the highest biodiversity in Guyana and is one of the last remaining pristine Amazonian habitats. . . more >>
FEATURE BIRD
Toucans and Barbets of Guyana
Toucans are tropical forest birds known for their ludicrously large and strikingly colored bills, and Guyana has nine species of the birds, including the smaller Aracaris and Toucanets. . . more >>
BIRDING PEOPLE
David Fernandes
David Fernandes, a bird and nature photographer from Georgetown, Guyana, spoke with us recently about how chickens correlate to his travels throughout Guyana, what he learned by joining a Guyana Sustainable Tourism Initiative product familiarization trip, the future of tourism in Guyana, and how photographing Antbirds can involve imitating a tapir. . . more >>
