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From: Holbrook Travel <marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: May 2, 2017 at 12:26:33 PM CDT
To: drlinbob@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: 2017 Costa Rica Birding Conference - last call for early registration
Reply-To: marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
INVITATION
2017 Costa Rica International Birding Conference
NOVEMBER 1-5, 2017
Featuring field trips, seminars, and activities at Selva Verde Lodge and
Private Reserve
Event Sponsors
National Audubon Society
American Birding Association
Birdwatcher’s Digest
Holbrook Travel
Swarovski Optik
Early-Registration Deadline:
Register by May 5, 2017 for a $50 donation to your organization!
Dear Lin,
Join colleagues, representatives from US birding and nature organizations,
and birding experts at the 2017 Costa Rica International Birding Conference.
The 5-day event will be held at Selva Verde Lodge & Rainforest Reserve in
Sarapiquí, located amid primary and secondary forest in the Caribbean
lowlands of Costa Rica. Sign up by April 20th and you will receive a $50
donation to your organization.
The goal of the conference is to foster bird-based tourism as a means to
engage and create international partnerships in the birding community.
Representatives from birding organizations are invited to share their
experiences and vision. Come and participate in an exchange of ideas,
learning, and birding in the tropics at its best!
The conference features field trips, seminars and presentations on
international and Costa Rica topics, such as National Audubon’s International
Alliance Program, ABA’s Youth Birding Initiative, and birding tours for
promoting sustainable development and community building. Learn about these
hopeful efforts to protect and manage birds throughout the Americas, share
with your peers, and gain insight for your community initiatives.
Seminars and Speaker Line-up:
Facts and Trends in the US Birding Market
Ben Lizdas, Advertising Sales Director, Bird Watcher’s Digest
Bird-Based Tourism as an Economic Development Tool
Matt Jeffery, International Alliances Program, National Audubon Society
Field Trips and Birding Tours for Community Building
Christine Tanzer, Field Trip Coordinator, Natural Resources Foundation of
Wisconsin
Bringing Birding to the Youth Market
Bill Stewart, Director of Conservation and Community, American Birding
Association
Birding Optics Workshop – The Basics & Beyond
Alex Villegas, representative, Swarovski Optik
Plus, presentations by local Costa Rica experts:
Research at La Selva Biological Station
Carlos de la Rosa, Director of Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS)
The Meso-American Biological Corridor
Willy Pineda, biologist
Enjoy five days and four nights of field trips and activities to observe
birds and other wildlife in their natural habitat. Attend informative
seminars on the birding market, community-building programs, youth birding
initiatives, and bird tourism as an economic development tool.
2017 Costa Rica International Birding Conference
NOVEMBER 1-5, 2017
5 days for $1075 per person
Can’t make the conference? Please forward this invitation to another
representative from your organization. Field trip coordinators and leaders
from birding organizations and Audubon chapters will be there to exchange
ideas.
Questions? Contact Debbie Sturdivant Jordan at debbie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
Special thank you to Joaquin Garcia for use of his photos.
Holbrook Travel 3540 NW 13th Street Gainesville FL 32609 United
States
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