The World Working Group on Birds of Prey and Owls

NEWSLETTER OF THE WORLD WORKING GROUP

ON BIRDS OF PREY AND OWLS  Nº 27 / 28  (1998)

Contents:

The next WWGBP international Conference                                        1

The 5th World Conference on Birds of Prey and Owls                           1

Resolutions of the  5th World Conference                                            8

Situation of the 5th World Conference Proceedings                             11

Proceedings of our Intenational Conference in Spain                           11

First nest description of the Madagascar Serpent Eagle                      12

The International Bearded Vulture Reintroduction Programme              15

Hunting of Bustards by Arab Falconers                                              19

The Sea Eagle - a Monograph                                                           22

Satellite-tracked Eagles carry UNEP Message                                   25

Bibliography of German-language literature on Raptors                        26

The 3rd Conference on Birds of Prey of Eastern Europe                       27

4th Conference "Population Ecology of Raptor and Owl Species"          30

WWGBP E-mail Circulars                                                                 32

WWGBP Newsletter Contributions                                                     32

Attachments:  Raptors 2000, order  forms

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Cover:  Forest Little Owl Athene blewitti (drawing by Friedhelm Weick)

Compiled and edited by B.-U. Meyburg & R. D. Chancellor

©   Copyright 1999 by  the World Working Group on Birds of Prey and Owls (WWGBP)

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