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Birding the Gilpin Trace, Main Ridge Forest Reserve, Tobago

10,000 Birds

Since 1776 it has been protected land and the biodiversity there speaks volumes to what nearly 250 years of conservation can do. But I think that UNESCO explains things better than I can : The Tobago Main Ridge Forest Reserve is on record as the oldest legally protected forest reserve geared specifically towards a conservation purpose.

Trinidad 200
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Birds of Ecuador by Juan Freile & Robin Restall

10,000 Birds

Out of 656 pages, the first 32 are devoted to the usual introductory chapters on how to use this book, weather and habitats, species richness, diversity and migrations, and an overview of the conservation in Ecuador, including a map of protected areas.

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