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In 1996, as the Canadian joint partner of BirdLife International with the Canadian Nature Federation, Bird Studies Canada began implementing the Important Bird Areas program. As part of a global initiative, this program identifies, and helps protect, areas of significant bird habitat across Canada, and provides linkages to similar programs underway throughout the hemisphere. A host of sites has already been nominated, and many more are still to come. In 1996, Long Point was formally designated as Canada's first globally Important Bird Area. |
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Since 1988, BSC has been making a Comprehensive Assessment of Cuban Forest Habitats where tropical migrants and Cuban resident species spend the winter. Working closely with ecologists from the Cuban Institute of Ecology and Systematics and volunteers from Canada, our results demonstrate that Cuba is one of the most important wintering areas for many of Canada's summer birds. |
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BSC's Latin American Training Program offers an intensive month-long training course to some of Latin America's most talented ornithologists every year at Long Point. Because the focus is on training trainers, the program is a cost-effective investment in the research and conservation of Canadian migratory birds on their Latin American wintering grounds. |
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BSC is studying the Effects of Selective Logging and Habitat Fragmentation in Malaysia on populations of tropical rainforest birds and bats, and helping develop land management plans for their conservation. |
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To preserve biodiversity in Canada, we need a plan that sets priorities. It must include areas used through the entire life of organisms. And it must be straightforward and easy to understand. The Important Bird Areas project does all of this. Dr. Rob Butler, Research Scientist This training was one of the most wonderful experiences I have had. I learned a lot of new things, and I improved on others that I already knew. Rafael Brito-Aguilar |
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