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Wildtalk Spain # 53: Climbing in Cuenca

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3 May, 2004 - Issue 53


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As promised, part II of our intro to climbing in Central Spain. Ignacio
Gómez Cuesta points out the technical challenges of Cuenca's peaceful
limestone gorges...
http://www.wild-spain.com/article.php?sid=45

Wild camels in Doñana? Fuente de Piedra chicks? Flower books, shrieking
birds and, inevitably, snakes... Help us build up the Knowledge at the Q&A
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from Oliva, Valencia...
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------- News Briefs

. Iberian Lynx art exhibition in Salamanca -
Carbon drawings by Enrique Navarro and Photographs by Eduardo Barrachina and
Antonio Alancho. Colegio Mayor "Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe", Universidad
Pontificia de Salamanca, C/ José Lamano Beneite 28-62 (next to Facultad de
Comunicación). Tel/fax 923 206908. 17th May to 17th June. M to F, 10am to
1.30pm and 4.30pm to 9pm. Admission free. Date: April 29, 2004 Source: María
Valdivielso

. Aragón, last stronghold for lammergeiers -
Aragón is the last chance for Europe's lammergeiers, said Gerardo Báguena,
president of Spain's Lammergeier Conservation Foundation, after signing a
recent conservation treaty with the Aragón department of environment. Only
100 pairs of this very specialised vulture remain in the whole of the
Pyrenees, although a slow comeback has been observed in the last decade. The
plan includes tracking, feeding stations and coordinated census and
education work on either side of the Spanish-French border. Date: April 28,
2004 Source: Wanadoo

. Finisterre adventure and mountain paintings -
40 Adventures at the end of The Camino. Audiovisual presentation on various
adventure sports in the area between Santiago de Compostela and Ara Solis,
Finisterre, Galicia. By Rubén Suárez and Andrés Villar. Venue: Librería
Desnivel, Plaza Matute 6, Madrid, 5th May, 7 p.m. Also, at the same venue,
mountain painting exhibition by Mario Domínguez (May and June). Date: April
28, 2004 Source: Desnivel

. Canary Islands environment protected from shipping -
The Canary Islands are now classed as a a Particularly Sensitive Sea Area by
United Nations' International Maritime Organisation. Environmental groups
welcome the measure, approved at the IMO's meeting in London earlier this
month, which ensures stringent environmental control of international
shipping in the region. Date: April 20, 2004 Source: Greenpeace

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Granada volunteer
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Things to do near Salamanca/Madrid
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Doñana camels
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Shrieking bird
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Fuente de Piedra chicks
http://www.wild-spain.com/noticeboard.php?tid=903
Spanish flower book
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Ladder snake
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