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News and Notes Bird Conservation International (2001) 11:149–150.  BirdLife International 2001 these designations. In addition, other New bird reserve will expand an legal categories such as River Reserves, extensive system of protected areas Sensitive Areas (which include Important in Seychelles Bird Areas, IBAs), Areas for the Protec- tion of Landscape, Protected Areas, Shell The Government of Seychelles has pub- Reserves and Fisheries Protected Areas lished its intention to turn Conception provide management control over several Island into a legally protected conserva- hundred sites. tion area. Conception is a small and very rocky islet off the west coast of the main Nirmal Jivan Shah, island of Mahe. It is privately owned, BirdLife Seychelles, P.O.Box 1310, Mont although abandoned since the decline of Fleuri, Mahe, Seychelles. the plantation-based economy in the E-mail: birdlife@seychelles.net 1970s. It is covered mostly with secondary vegetation although some endemic bird Eradication of rats from Fregate species still persist. In 1997 a population of the Critically Endangered Seychelles Island, Seychelles. White-eye Zosterops modestus was disco- The island of Fregate in the Seychelles vered on the island. The Seychelles’ Min- archipelago holds approximately 50%of istry of Environment and Transport the world’s population of the Critically estimates the population to consist http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Bird Conservation International Cambridge University Press

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Bird Conservation International , Volume 11 (2): 2 – Jun 1, 2001
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Cambridge University Press
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BirdLife International 2001
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Bird Conservation International (2001) 11:149–150.  BirdLife International 2001 these designations. In addition, other New bird reserve will expand an legal categories such as River Reserves, extensive system of protected areas Sensitive Areas (which include Important in Seychelles Bird Areas, IBAs), Areas for the Protec- tion of Landscape, Protected Areas, Shell The Government of Seychelles has pub- Reserves and Fisheries Protected Areas lished its intention to turn Conception provide management control over several Island into a legally protected conserva- hundred sites. tion area. Conception is a small and very rocky islet off the west coast of the main Nirmal Jivan Shah, island of Mahe. It is privately owned, BirdLife Seychelles, P.O.Box 1310, Mont although abandoned since the decline of Fleuri, Mahe, Seychelles. the plantation-based economy in the E-mail: birdlife@seychelles.net 1970s. It is covered mostly with secondary vegetation although some endemic bird Eradication of rats from Fregate species still persist. In 1997 a population of the Critically Endangered Seychelles Island, Seychelles. White-eye Zosterops modestus was disco- The island of Fregate in the Seychelles vered on the island. The Seychelles’ Min- archipelago holds approximately 50%of istry of Environment and Transport the world’s population of the Critically estimates the population to consist

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