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Guide to the Centre Hills of Montserrat Officially Launched |
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 MTB, July 23 2009: The recently published Montserrat: A Guide to the Centre Hills, was launched at the Montserrat National Trust on July 23rd, 2009. This
comprehensive 140-page full colour book provides an insight into the
unique biodiversity of the Centre Hills, which is home to a dazzling
array of plants and animals, with some such as the Montserrat Oriole,
found nowhere else on earth. The Guide provides information on the eight (8) main hiking trails and what you can see on each trail. A
team of local and international specialists have also provided
up-to-date accounts and colour photographs of many of the plants,
invertebrates, reptiles, amphibians, birds and bats found in the Centre
Hills forests.
The Guide is a collaborative effort of many
partners and was authored by Steve Holliday of the Royal Society for
the Protection of Birds (RSPB), with supporting contributions from
Sarah Sanders, Colin Clubbe, Martin A. Hamilton, Stephen R. Mendes,
Richard P. Young, Agnieska Ogrodowczyk, Geoff M. Hilton, Matthew N.
Morton and Scott C. Pedersen. Funding support for the
publication of the Guide was provided by the Montserrat Tourist Board,
the UK Government's Department for International Development (DFID) and
the European Union (EU).
Commenting on the publication of the
Guide to the Centre Hills, Director of Tourism Ernestine Cassell said,
“We at the Montserrat Tourist Board are proud to have played an
instrumental part in producing this important book, which showcases the
terrestrial flora and fauna of Montserrat. This Guide
will provide invaluable support to the Tourist Board’s current efforts
to target the bird watching and soft adventure tourism markets.”
Copies
of the Guide are available for sale at EC$40 or US$15 per copy and all
proceeds from the sale will go towards maintaining the trail network in
the Centre Hills. For information on purchasing this Guide contact the Montserrat Tourist Board at (664) 491 2230/8730 or e-mail
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