Venue: Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
Time: 9am-5pm, 25-26 Mar 2009
Registration: 9am-5pm 24 Mar 2009
Theme: saving the Great Bustard Otis tarda from dramatic population decline; building the Network for Protecting and Monitoring Great Bustard in China; preparing for the International Symposium of Great Bustard that is to take place in Nov 2009.
Great Bustard Otis tarda, facing a dramatic depopulation in China, is known as the heaviest land-bird that is able to fly.
Distribution of Great Bustard in China:
Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner-Mongolia, Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Shan1xi, Shan3xi, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Xinjiang, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangsu, Ningxia.
Attendees and/or speakers:
Government officials from Dept. of Wildlife Conservation of the above provinces and regions, representatives of NGOs, ornithologists, managers and chief research officers of nature reserves, graduate students and researchers from universities in Beijing, government officials from the State Forestry Administration of China.
Cost: registration is free; hotels cost RMB260-690 (£30- £70) /day with free internet; cab fare from the airport (PEK) is around RMB100 (£10).
Contact:
Dr. Yumin Guo, Dr. Kun Shi
Landline: +86 10 6233 6065
Mobile: +86 136 7118 1933
Fax: +86 10 6233 6724 | 
