350+ Species of Wild Birds Photographed in South Africa in One Day!
Randburg
/ Bonn, 3 November 2009 – On 24 October, a grand
total of 160 bird photographers followed the call of Mark
Anderson, the Executive Director of Bird Life South Africa
and the winner of the 2008
AEWA Waterbird Conservation Award to photograph
350 different wild birds in South Africa over a period of
24 hours and to make these photos available on a single
website within the next 24 hours. This unique presentation of South Africa’s amazing avifauna was one of 5200 creative activities which were carried out in 181 countries in support of the global 350.org’s International Day of climate change on 24 October 2009.
The
great success of the 350-24-24 Bird Photo Challenge in South
Africa highlights the great interest in bird photography
in South Africa, with an incredible total of 365 different
bird species photographed in a single day!
This amounts to 15 more species than the targeted number of 350 – the number that leading scientists say is the safe upper limit for carbon dioxide - measured in "Parts Per Million" in our atmosphere. According to the 350 campaign, 350 PPM— is the number humanity needs to get back to as soon as possible to avoid runaway climate change.
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