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15 expat-friendly countries for a birder to move to

10,000 Birds

I am thinking of a relatively stable/prosperous bird-paradise where one may be able to find a job in ecotourism or wildlife research… or, to begin with, as a resident environmental scientist / nature blogger in some wildlife lodge? Malaysia (702 / 781). Taking as a rule, the higher figure is more accurate. The Afrotropics.

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Disaster in the Sundarbans

10,000 Birds

Endangered Masked Finfoot photographed in Malaysia (Wikimedia Commons). They are working to clean up oil without protection and the children are falling sick. They are doing it bare-handed without any protective gear.’ The forest also acts as a buffer to protect the coastline against cyclones and rising sea tides.