Contacts

African Bird Club representative

The African Bird Club is seeking to appoint a representative in this region. If you are interested in supporting and promoting the Club, have any queries or require further information relating to the ABC representatives scheme, please contact the Membership Secretary at membership@africanbirdclub.org.

Contacts

Wetlands International has a small office in Bissau, headed by Joãozinho Sá, who can be contacted at GPC, 1031 Codex Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, joaosa2003@hotmail.com. This office is within the Gabinete de Planificação Costeira (GPC, or coastal planning office). This is also the centre for the new NGO ODZH, headed by Meio Dia Có and the bird monitoring unit (CESAG).

The Trilateral Wadden Sea Cooperation has provided support for bird surveys in Guinea-Bissau, notably in the Bijagós and Lagoas da Cufada. WIWO has conducted 2 surveys in Guinea Bissau: Contact address: Working Group on International Wader and Waterfowl Research, c/o Driebergse weg 16c, 3708 JB Zeist, Netherlands.

Clubs

There are no bird-watching clubs as such, but the NGO ODZH (Organização para a Defesa e o Desenvolvimento das Zonas Húmidas na Guiné-Bissau) is regularly involved in bird surveys. Contact: odzh@hotmail.com. There are also local community groups involved in monitoring Black Crowned CranesBalearica pavonina.