Dominica will join the rest of the region at it celebrates the Caribbean Endemic Bird Festival from April 22nd to May 22nd 2017.
According to a release, this regional celebration highlights the birds that are endemic to the Caribbean. A wide variety of events are expected to take place across the region from Saturday Earth Day through to International Biodiversity Day on May 22nd. This annual celebration is organized by Birds Caribbean and is being celebrated under the theme Our Endemic Birds—Sharing “Stopover Sites.” While the festival will celebrate the birds that live here and nowhere else in the world, they will also highlight habitat. This year marks the 14th year Dominica is joining in the celebration of the festival since it began in 2001.Over the years, the Forestry, Wildlife and Parks Division has organized and executed a number of activities geared towards increasing public awareness and sensitization of the need to observe laws and regulations designed for the protection, conservation and well-being of birds.
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