On 29-30 November 2006 there will be a workshop on lesser flamingo/soda lake
ecology at the end of the 2003-6 Darwin Initaitive Project and the launch of its
2006-8 post-project extension. Details are below and anyone which wishes
to attend is invited to register with David Harper, University of Leicester at dmh(at)le.ac.uk

Program
Darwin Workshop on Lesser flamingos and soda lakes
Wednesday November 29th - Thursday 30th 2006
National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi

Wednesday 29th Darwin Kenyan Project 2003-6
0900 Tea/Coffee and registration
0915 Welcome and Introduction to the Project: Dr David Harper

MORNING: SODA LAKE & LESSER FLAMINGO ECOLOGY
0930 Chemistry of Kenya's flamingo lakes and their inflows. Andrew Kulecho,
NAWASSCO, Nakuru
1000 Spirulina and other algae distribution in flamingo lakes, 2003-5. Ngatia
Waweru, NAWASSCO, Nakuru
1030 TEA/COFFEE
1100 Flamingo distribution over the past decade, from the annual waterfowl
counts. Dr Muchai Muchane, NMK
1130 Flamingo distribution Darwin project, 2003-5. Nicodemus Nalianya &
Timothy Mwinami, MNK
1200 The benthic invertebrates at Lake Bogoria. Dr Jo Darlington
1230 LUNCH and FREE DISCUSSION

AFTERNOON: LESSER FLAMINGO HEALTH & SICKNESS
1400 Microbiological Health Issues. Dr Lindsay Oakes
1445 Cyanobacterial toxins; Risk and Reality Dr Tomasz Jurczak
1530 General discussion about flamingo mortality
1600 TEA
1630 Discussion: towards a regular monitoring programme. Dr David Harper
1730 Meeting ends

Thursday 30th
Darwin Kenya/Tanzania Extension 2006-8
0900 Tea/Coffee
0915 Welcome and Introduction to the Morning session: Dr David Harper
MORNING: LESSER FLAMINGO & SODA LAKE CENSUSES
0930 Scientific benefits of a monitoring programme in both Kenya & Tanzania
- what should we include?
1000 Scientific benefits of a monitoring programme in both Kenya & Tanzania
- what infra-structure do we need?
1030 TEA/COFFEE
1100 Scientific benefits of a monitoring programme in both Kenya & Tanzania
- what training do we need?
1130 The logistics of a joint monitoring programme, 2007
1200 WORKSHOP CLOSE followed by LUNCH