Seabird Poster Competition on St Kitts and Nevis

2010-03-11 23:33:04 by

The nature conservation charity, Environmental Protection in the Caribbean (EPIC), is launching a poster competition, ?Why are Seabirds Important? and offering prizes to students and schools. Winning students will receive the most comprehensive Caribbean bird book, ?Birds of the West Indies?, a pair of binoculars, as well as their posters displayed in government offices and in the press. The winning students? schools will also receive ?Birds of the West Indies? and $EC 300 to purchase books on nature conservation.

Environmental Protection In the Caribbean (EPIC) have begun the second and final year of breeding seabird surveys in the Lesser Antilles and are due to reach St Kitts and Nevis on the 28 June (weather depending) for a second round of surveys and outreach.

You can enter the competition if you are a student between 6 and 18. The poster can be of any size or media. Judges are looking for a design that is eye catching and will raise the profile of seabirds in the Caribbean. Work should address why seabirds are important to people and the environment and why they are important in their own right. For more information, contact Katharine Lowrie, klowrie@epicislands.org. The closing date is April 30, 2010.

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