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This is j tremendous benefit 
that involvement with the Birdl.tfe 
Partnership brings our Society, and 
not by any means narrowly limited 
to birds We base been able to show 
others what we arc doing, too: lor 
instance, site conservation officers 
from Ethiopia (Ethiopian Wildlife 
anti Natural History Society), 
Tanzania (Wildlife Conservation 
Society of Tanzania) and Nature 
Uganda visited our Important bird 
Areas Site Support Groups in 1999. 
and in February 2000 we were able 
tu facilitate a workshop on IBA 
priorities in Erhinpia 
The contributions made by some of 
our members and staff are being 
recognised by the outside world, too. 
We were delighted that Fleur 
Ng’weno, our Honorary Secretary, 
was awardcJ the prestigious Royal 
Society for the Protection of Birds 
Conservation Medal in 1999. More 
recently, Paul Matiku. our Network 
and Advocacy Manager. was 
presented with the F.asr African 
Environmental Network 
Conservation Award 
Congratulations to them both 
I have left out many, many details — 
and I apologise to all those whose 
work has not been mentioned — but 
you will sec that your Society has 
indeed accomplished a great deal over 
the last year. We believe we arc 
making haste slowly — trying to build 
a base lor our work that will be 
sustainable into the future Thanks 
to your support ami involvement as 
members, progress is bring made 
However, there is no cause for 
complacency. Daunting challenges 
remain, and there is ever more 
pressing conservation work to be 
done. Despite our emphasis on 
sustainability, we arc in many ways 
racing against time — and. as the 
great Dr Johnson put it. he that runs 
against Time has an antagonist not 
subject to casualties. If we are to 
succeed, it can only be through an 
effort that involves the moral and 
rangible support of all our members 
Together, we are starting to make a 
difference: by staying involved, and 
persuading others to become involved 
too, you can make sure that 
we continue to do so 
