Gerard C. Boere, conservationist and designer of flyways, died Jan 6, aged 83
via news.mongabay.com
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At the edges of continents, where water thins into mud and birds gather before long journeys, conservation has often been a matter of persistence. It has required people willing to think across borders, seasons, and political cycles. Long before such thinking was fashionable, a small group of scientists and civil servants argued that migratory birds […]