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Iraq bird book for children launched in
Kurdish and Arabic
31.1.2008
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January
31, 2008
Erbil-Hewler, Kurdistan Region 'Iraq',--
With support from the Italian Ministry of
Environment, Land and Sea, the Ministry of
Environment - Kurdistan Regional Government, Nature
Iraq in partnership with the Iraqi Ministry of
Environment and BirdLife International has just
released a new book on birds for the children of
Iraq written in the country's two main languages,
Arabic and Kurdish.
Released one year after the first field guide on
birds, the Birds of Iraq, was published,www.ekurd.net
this book has the
information that will enable children to learn to
observe and properly identify the birds of Iraq. It
contains information on over 35 species of birds
that could be commonly seen in wetlands, deserts and
arid lands, mountains and woodlands, and towns and
gardens. |
The launch of the Children's Bird Guide of Iraq is a
major development in the conservation education of
Iraq's next generation |
Using illustrations from the original Birds of
Jordan book by the Royal Society for the
Conservation of Nature (BirdLife in Jordan), as well
as images from Birds of the Middle East by R.F.
Porter,www.ekurd.net
S. Christensen, & P.
Schiermacker-Hansen, the Children’s Bird Guide of
Iraq attempts to introduce Iraq’s next generation to
the beauty of birds and use their own language
(Arabic & Kurdish) to educate children about the
natural world and the biodiversity that surrounds
them.
"This is a major step in developing the future of
nature conservation in Iraq. Once you know and can
identify the biodiversity you coexist with, you are
far more likely to care about its fate", said Mike
Rands, CEO of BirdLife International.
Nature Iraq working in concert with the Iraqi
Ministry of Environment has been conducting surveys
on biological diversity both in the recently
restored Mesopotamian Marshlands of southern Iraq
and in the mountains and valleys of Kurdistan,
Northern Iraq. Iraqi ornithologists, Omar Fadhel Abd
Al Rahman and Mudhafar Abd Al Baqi Salim, who have
worked on these surveys, participated in developing
this book for children.
birdlife org
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