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	<description>Conservation Happens in the Wild</description>
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		<title>New South Wales farmers protect rare habitats</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Farmers in New South Wales, Australia, are helping to increase the population of endangered birds and mammals by partitioning their land for conservation, according to a report from the Sydney Morning Herald.  Landowners, who, in return, are being paid market rates for quarantining the land for 15 years, are enthusiastically joining the $37.5 million Federal Government scheme which is designed to conserve ecologically rare areas.]]></description>
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		<title>Exposed: the fragile situation of the Tucumán Parrot</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The wild population of the Tucumán Parrot (Amazona tucumana) is in a worse situation than previously thought, and it should be included in a higher category of threat, moving from “Near-threatened” to “Vulnerable” in the IUCN Red List of threatened species. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pipress.org/2010/02/exposed-the-fragile-situation-of-the-tucuman-parrot/</link>
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		<title>Iron Curtain kept out alien birds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From the BBC’s Earth News website comes a report on how the Iron Curtain left its mark on the wildlife of Continental Europe.  Referring to an article which appeared in the journal Biological Conservation, Earth News editor, Matt Walker, says that during the 46 years in which Europe was divided; far fewer alien bird species were taken into the Eastern bloc countries.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pipress.org/2010/02/iron-curtain-kept-out-alien-birds/</link>
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		<title>Making a Difference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Making a Difference&#8221; recognizes and congratulates individuals, responsible eco-tourism companies, and organizations that have demonstrated true concern, definitive action, and altruism in the support of parrot conservation, field research, and welfare. Each issue will recognize ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pipress.org/2010/02/making-a-difference/</link>
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		<title>Living and Learning with Parrots (LLP)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thank you!!!!   LLP (Living and Learning with Parrots) has raised more than $4000 to benefit Parrots International field research and conservation projects. Thank you  Susan Friedman, Ph.D.,  Lee McGuire, andall of  the LLP students for making ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pipress.org/2010/02/living-and-learning-with-parrots-llp/</link>
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		<title>Welcome to PI Press</title>
		<description><![CDATA[March 2010
A new year, a new issue of PI Press – and all of us at Parrots International wish all of you everything of the best for 2010.
Our Feature Article this issue hands plaudits to ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pipress.org/2010/02/welcome-to-pi-press-4/</link>
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		<title>Nest 22</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After the rain stopped, we went to Chahuilco again this afternoon to check the nests and do some telemetry. We checked nest 22 and at our surprise the chicks were still in the nest, so ...]]></description>
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		<title>2010 &#8211; Issue 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new year, a new issue of PI Press &#8211; and all of us at Parrots International wish all of you everything of the best for 2010.
Our Feature Article this issue hands plaudits to two ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pipress.org/2010/02/2010-issue-2/</link>
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		<title>Parrot-watching in South-west Victoria</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Danish aviculturist, and friend of mine, recently requested information in relation to seeing as many parrots as possible after a short business meeting in Melbourne, Victoria.  He wished to see as many species of parrot as possible in a 2½ day window before he had to return to Denmark.

If you have no experience in a foreign country and are not familiar with finding wild birds, then this becomes a very difficult task.  Heading in the wrong direction could mean the difference between seeing a species or not.  ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pipress.org/2010/02/parrot-watching/</link>
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		<title>Recent capture and trade of wild African Grey Parrots &#8211;  with special reference to Cameroon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In recent decades a high level of capture and legal trade in wild African Grey Parrots (Psittacus erithacus) has occurred. A major exporting country has been Cameroon, with official statistics from 1981 to 2005 showing that it exported 367,166 individuals, with a yearly average of 15,299.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pipress.org/2010/02/recent-capture-of-wild-african-grey-parrots/</link>
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