Feb. 2 - David MacKinnon will speak on the effect of herbicide spraying of 
     
     forest songbirds in Nova Scotia at the.Society's monthly meeting. The 
     
     meeting starts at 7:30 p.m. at the Farm centre. 
     
    

    
     Mar. 2 - Coastal Birds and Waterfowl will be the topic of Wayne Barrett's 
     
     presentation for the Society's monthly meeting which commences at the 
     
     Farm Centre at-7:30 p.m. ' I 
     
    

    
     Apr. 6 — Dr. Lawson Drake will be our monthly meeting speaker and he will be 
     
     offering a presentation on insects. The meeting commences at 7:30 p.m. 
     
    

    
     May' 4 ~ The last Society meeting before the summer break will feature the 
     
    

    
     ' Society's slide contest. The deadline.for slide submissions will be 
     
     about a month before the contest. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘ISLAND STUDIES TO HOST FIRST ISLAND INTERNATIONAL 
     
     Many of the world's leading authorities on small island development will 
     
     converge on Prince Edward Island's beautiful north shore this September 17th to 
     
     20th. They will participate in the first international conference, entitled An 
     
     Island Living: Patterns of Autonomy and Dependence in the Small Islands of the 
     
     North Atlantic, to be sponsored by the Institute of Island Studies. . 
     
    

    
     Included among the Conference speakers are former Prime Ministers of 
     
     Malta and Iceland, The Honourable Dom Mintoff and Mr. Steingrimar Hermannson 
     
     respectively, as well as Dr. Peter Corbin and Dr. Gerard Fischer, the leading 
     
     small island specialists from the United Nations and the U.N. Conference on 
     
     Trade and Development. The keynote speaker is Jean-Didier Hache, Secretary to 
     
     the Island's Commission of the Conference of the peripheral Maritime RegiOns of 
     
     the European Community. The concluding speaker is Dr. Francois Doumenge, 
     
     Jadques-Cousteau's successor as Director of the prestigious Institut 
     
     Qcéanographique in Monaco. ‘ ‘ ‘ ' _ 
     
    

    
     During the first half of the Conference, the speakers will explore the 
     
     forces that have encouraged self-government and administrative decentralization 
     
     in small island jurisdictions during the post-war years. These panels will 
     
     examine the wide range of constitutional arrangements among the islands of the 
     
     North Atlantic. - . ' 
     
    

    
     The second half of the conference will focus on economic issues. 
     
     Panelists will consider the structural disabilities of small size for the 
     
     economic development of North Atlantic small islands,.with emphasis on 
     
     strategies for adaptation and self-reliant growth in an increasingly integrated 
     
     global economy. . p - ’ 
     
    

    
     For more information contact Anna MacDonald, Conference coordinator at 
     
     902-566f0377, by FAX 566-0756, or electronic mail (amacdonald@upei.ca). The 
     
     conference fee is $200 per person plus $50 for accompanying spouse; L 
     
    
   
   
    
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     NEWS FROM THE ISLAND NATURE TRUST ' by Diane Griffin 
     
    
   
   
    
     Hal Mills of Breadalbane is the new president of the Island Nature-Trust' 
     
     and is joined on the 16 member board by three new directors, Sharon Rose, Dr. 
     
     Leith Thompson, and Robertson Burnett. _ '_ 
     
    

    
     The Trust, under the leadership of-Fred Horne, is conducting background 
     
     Studies on three rivers on the Island for the Canadian Heritage Rivers Board. 
     
     These are the Hillsborough, West, and Morell Rivers. For each river, a focus 
     
     group is being set upf- If any members of the Natural History Society are 
     
     interested in participating or have information on theSe rivers, we would love 
     
    
   
   
    
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