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Our membership does not, yet. quite 
approximate to rhe ‘general public*, but 
the activities under this results are those 
that members are probably most aware 
of. There certainly seems ro be progress 
here World Environment Day last June 
was celebrated with great success by six 
ol our Important birds Areas (IHA> Sit. 
Support Groups, with substantial media 
i overage (especially on radio) A series 
of radio programmes on IbA 
conservation was also broadcast by KB* 
FONA's Wind in the Trees was held 
successfully oner again World 
Birdwacch in October 1999 involved 
more than three hundred birders and an 
even larger number ol schoolchildren. 
Membership was up to dose to l.JOII 
members by the end ol I nor 
including several hundred registered 
With Nature I'ganda 
The situation with our publications i* 
improving though not completely 
satisfactory Nevertheless thr R/tlhtiu 
has been appearing more regularly, a 
double issue ol Kr9)a Hirt/' was 
published last year ami another is nearly 
ready to go to press, and thr J >urtu! is 
/. Gift ieml public's 
itruleisunuliiiR of bit xlhxnsity 
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well on track to recovering lost ground. 
The I stcurivr has considered and 
approved recommendations Imm the 
Editors concerning the format anil 
. onirnt ol publications, and we expert 
further advances in rhe coming year The 
Bird Committer will be underwriting 
distribution ol Kt»jJ DirJt ro all 
members while thi HhIIiii v will shrink 
to the same format. Excellent papers arc 
streaming ill for the _/i>*»*f.r/ and a mayor 
special issue on thr Eastern Arc 
mountains is about to go to press 
Special thanks tor that issue go to our 
Honorary Editor, Lorn* Dcprw. 
Our regular public evrtits — flic 
Wednesday morning hirdwalks. pot- 
link nut mgs. tree walks and lectures — 
as well as inrerest -group activities (such 
4S Succ ulema s monthly grt-tngethersi 
and the field outings are all going 
strong Kueli in the variety of events on 
otter (including adventurous excursions 
to place v tin b as Lake Turkana) and the 
level ol participation, ibis has been a 
very gooJ year indeed However, we arc 
still lagging behind with activating 
regional memberv groupv and with 
meeting our target nt 2000 members by 
the end ol 2000 
