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sgypt 
)uring the summer of 1989, Sayed Gamei, the conservation education officer 
:or the Egyptian Wildlife Service, attended a two-month advanced training 
;ourse at ICCE, the International Centre for Conservation Education, near 
Cheltenham, to prepare further educational material, namely books on 
icological and conservation themes and two more audio-visual slide shows, 
lis training also included the use of modern twin-projector equipment 
rhich he has taken back to Egypt for the Conservation Education Centre 
/hich is to be opened at Giza Zoo on 15 November. 
[he opening of this Conservation Education Centre will be the first major 
ichievement of the Conservation Education project jointly run by ICBP and 
iWS and funded mainly through the Dutch Society for the Protection of 
iirds (Vogelbescherming) . 
lindy Rosenzwieg and Sherif Baha El Din 
)ur congratulations go to Mindy and Sherif who were married in Cairo on 21 
June 1*89. 
Important Bird Areas of Europe 
[his long awaited book was published in spring 1989. It gives sites 
Important for migrating birds as well as for birds threatened globally or 
fitnin much of Europe and birds with small world ranges. While the 
concept of important bird areas has limitations which the authors point 
)ut, the publication is a valuable guide to the conservation action that 
ls required throughout Europe. It also gives a fascinating insight to the 
>irds of each country and is a stimulus to further exploration and 
research. The whole of Turkey is included in the book and the account 
iollows a standard format. An introduction describes the country's main 
regions, its ornithological importance and conservation infrastructure and 
>rotected-area system and finally an overview of the inventory. There are 
'9 sites of which 62 are wetlands, three are bottleneck sites for soaring 
ligratory birds, eight are mountain or forest areas, five are rocky 
.slands (four coastal), and one is an area of steppe and dry agricultural 
.and. There are clearly many important bird areas that have not been 
.ncluded in the book so there is much opportunity for discovering new 
iites as well as adding to the knowledge of the 79 sites. A full review 
Jill appear elsewhere. 
Important Bird Areas of Europe by R. F. A. Grimraett and T. A. Jones (ICBP 
[echnical Publication No. 9) is available from International Council for 
Jird Preservation, 32 Cambridge Road, Girton, Cambridge CB3 OPJ , Great 
iritain. Price £21.50. 
