Suggest a NAME and 
WIN a bird book! 
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■ Ornithologists, 
I birdwatchers, tourists and 
I bird tours all gather masses 
o f information on birds and store 
it in personal notepads or in trip reports 
that remain unseen or unpublished. 
This is 'lost' information that could 
make an important contribution to the 
global understanding of nature and 
birds. 
BirdLife International is planning to set 
up a web-based World Bird Database. 
This will be a great source of easily 
submittable and accessible information 
to use for monitoring, analysis of 
trends, updating atlases on bird 
distribution, etc. 
Birdwatchers prepared to input their 
own personal observations through a 
user-friendly Web page will help to 
produce a vast dataset of bird sightings 
around the giobe, and wiil be abie to 
participate in the conservation of their 
natural heritage at a variety of different 
levels. 
• Access and contribute to definitive 
and cohiplete lists of bird species at 
all important sites 
• Increase their chances of seeing a 
particular species at a particular site. 
• Manage their own records to produce 
day, year and life lists, summary 
statistics and maps 
• Help to identify and monitor areas of 
conservation priority 
• Help to monitor the populations of 
all species 
There is a prototype that is up and 
running and ready for some general 
testing. In order for it to be attractive 
on the Internet, we are now looking 
for a name for the Kenya system. 
Nature Kenya is launching it as a 
competition for its members. 
Members are invited to submit a name 
for the Kenya part of the World Bird 
Database by the end of July 2004. 
Send your suggestions to "Name for 
Bird Database" at Nature Kenya. 
With the powerful analytical tools that 
this project aims to provide, everyone 
will be able to; 
••Produce distribution maps of species, 
showing where each is most frequently 
encountered. 
• Plan birdwatching trips in their own 
and other countries 
The Bird Committee of the East Africa 
Natural History Society at their August 
meeting will review the proposed 
names. The winning suggestion will get 
a copy of one of the following bird 
books; Birds of East Africal 
Field Guide to the Birds of Kenya and 
Northern Tanzania (hard cover) or 
Birds of Africa South of iie Sahara. 
OiMSSIZOOVS 
The Forests 
Bill, 2004 
The Forests Bill, 2004, was published 
at the end of April. The 2004 Bill 
follows much of the spirit and wording 
of the 2000 draft, approved at a 
Stakeholders' workshop in 2000. 
The Forests Bill, 2004, proposes a 
Kenya Forest Service, with a disciplined 
force, to replace the current Forest 
Department. There would be a Director 
of Forests, a governing Board, and 
Forest Conservation Committees in 
different parts of the country. The Bill 
reflects current management priorities, 
and includes opportunities for 
participation in forest management by 
communities, the private sector, and 
other government and non¬ 
government bodies. 
Copies of the Forests Bill, 2004, are 
available at Ksh.250/- each from 
The Government Printer's Bookshop 
Haile Selassie Avenue 
PO Box 3128, Nairobi 00100 
Phone (020) 226596 
"We urge all Members of Parliament to 
enact this Bill to guide Kenya to a 
better future." Paul Matiku, Executive 
Director, Nature Kenya 
Nature Kenya 
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