Extinction risk assessments 1980s style: why I have resigned my Oriental Bird Club membership after 31 years.

By |2016-07-01T13:16:39+00:00July 1st, 2016|Blog, Extinction, Wildlife Trade|Comments Off on Extinction risk assessments 1980s style: why I have resigned my Oriental Bird Club membership after 31 years.

I was a founding member of the OBC, its first joint conservation officer and second chairman. I have resigned my membership and this is why. For me the founding of OBC in 1985 was a manifestation of a new birding movement: a coming together of action-minded birders who wanted to make something happen.  I recall