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Article: All the fun of the fare
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- August 4, 1996
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HELP! WE NEED SOME BODIES
Volunteers to work alongside experts are urgently needed by the
environmental charity Earthwatch, on its summer and autumn
projects. Contributions are expected, to help pay towards the cost
of the researchers and their upkeep. Fares are not included in the
cost, though Earthwatch can organise them.
Studying songbirds in the foothills of the Italian Alps and the
Hungarian wetlands near the Danube is one of their European tasks,
involving netting, banding and assessing the birds before releasing
them. The volunteers' contribution is pounds 445-pounds 650.
"Exploring Dolphin Intelligence" is a 20-year-old study at the
University of Hawaii, where keepers record the ...