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Publications 
& Website 
We have not done so well with 
publications. An issue of Kenya 
Birds anti an issue of the new-styie 
Bulletin lx»th appeared, but there 
should have been two. 
Publications aren't easy. Once they 
cease to manifest regularly they 
tend to go into a downward, self- 
reinforcing spiral. which is tough to 
reverse Nevertheless we are doing 
our best to put things back on 
track, and appreciate the patience 
of the members in the meanwhile. 
The Journal, on the other hand, has 
made great progress in the past 
year. A bumper volume 87 
appeared, dedicated to papers on 
the Eastern An- mountains: this ts 
a superb piece of work and will no 
doubt be a standard reference for 
years to come. VoL K8 arrived soon 
alter I would like to thank the 
many people who worked so hard 
to make the Journal a success. But 
I need to give special thanks to our 
editor. Lorna Dcpcw and to Benny 
Bytebier, joint editor, who have 
really pulled out all the stops to 
make sure that these volumes 
appeared. Benny has now left for 
Nellenl>ost h University to continue 
work ou Iris Ik* loved orchids; we 
shall miss him greatly but I am 
pleased in say that he has agreed 
to continue as Fditor-in-Chiel of 
the Journal This is very gtxxl news, 
and made possible by the wonders 
of modern communication— now 
that most business is conducted by 
e-mail, physical location is much 
less important than it used to be. 
We also have a fine new website — 
www naturekenya.org. The site's 
existence is thanks to the efforts of 
web designer Jake Kidde-Hansen. 
who generously volunteered a great 
deal of time to put it together, and 
continues to help us update it. The 
website provides a window on 
Nature Kenya for organisations 
that might wish to support us Its 
se< tire page is also proving useful 
ha those outside Kenya who wish 
to join, make donations or buy 
publications We would appreciate 
suggestions from members as to 
In nv we could improve the |Xtge and 
make it even more useful 
