International. It will culminate in a Directory of Wetlands in the Middle East, 
which will probably be published in 1995. A further aim of the project is 
to encourage Middle Eastern countries to compile their own detailed 
national wetland inventories to form a basis for developing wetland 
policies, and to identify priorities for future conservation and research. 
PUTTING BIODIVERSITY ON THE MAP 
We congratulate BirdLife International for winning the Amsterdam 
Prize for the Environment 1994 awarded by the Royal Netherlands 
Academy of Arts and Sciences. BirdLife has won the prize particularly 
for its publication Putting Biodiversity on the Map which is the result of a 
three year project using birds as indicators to identify key areas for global • 
biodiversity conservation. The book is available from BirdLife 
International, Wellbrook Court, GirtonRoad, Cambridge CB3 ON A, U.K. 
Price £12.50. 
THE BPBIRDLIFE/FFPS CONSERVATION EXPEDITION AWARDS 
Since 1990 British Petroleum has supported the Birdlife and Fauna & 
Flora Preservation Society Conservation Expedition Competition. The 
Competition is designed to stimulate teams of young people to run a 
well-defined conservation expeditionworking closely with host country 
counterparts. Prizes have so far been awarded to 48 expeditions, three of 
which have been to Turkey and one to Libya. For further information 
write to: Expeditions Officer, BirdLife International (see address above). 
(Tel. +44 (0) 223 277318; fax +44 (0) 223 277200.) 
BUSTARD GROUP 
An international symposium on 
current research and conservation 
efforts on Bustards and Steppe 
Habitats will be held in Abu Dhabi, 
United Arab 
Emirates from 29 September - 5 
October 1995. The symposium is 
being 
organised by the National Avian 
Research Centre, Abu Dhabi in 
association with Birdlife's Steppe and 
Grassland Bird Group. Submissions 
for papers and posters and requests 
for information should be sent to 
NARC, PO Box 45553, Abu Dhabi, 
U.A.E. (Fax +971 234 9154.) 
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