This is the last week of the Caribbean Endemic Bird Festival.
The Caribbean Endemic Bird Festival is an initiative of the Society for the Conservation and Study of Caribbean Birds (SCSCB) that is supported by BirdLife International. The month-long celebration (22 April – 22 May) was held for the first time in 2002. Through a range of activities and national events this regional festival aims to increase awareness and appreciation of Caribbean birds, and the issues affecting them.
The Festival increases public awareness of the importance and value of wild birds, their habitats, biodiversity and the wider Caribbean environment, and through this, is strengthening and growing a network of people engaged in and committed to bird conservation.
To celebrate the Festival (and keeping in mind that this is the International Year of Biodiversity), today and tomorrow Green Antilles will focus on featuring some of the endemic (and endangered) bird species of the Caribbean.
