It is an expedition that aims to preserve the biodiversity of a small island of Cape Verde, just help by contributing.
The campaign aims to raise the amount to cover travel costs and logistics involved in the production of a documentary in nature, focusing on the biodiversity of the Cape Verde archipelago and in particular, the Raso lark. The aim is to show the documentary at film festivals and possibly on television and the internet as a way to alert the preservation of biodiversity of this small island, enhance the beauty of this archipelago and the importance of conservation work that is being carried out here. The field is being developed by a local ONG, Biosphere 1, in collaboration with the Society for the Study of Birds (SPEA) and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) to study the factors of the limitations of the population and the better way to remove cats from Santa Luzia. This will allow the return of the Raso lark, significantly increasing the chances of survival of this species as rare and localized.
Cape Verde is a country located in the Atlantic at 570 kilometers from the African coast consists of 10 islands and 5 islets. Of the 36 bird species that breed here, 14 are endemic. Of course, while oceanic archipelago, home to several important seabird colonies which explain in part why here were classified 12 areas of international importance for bird conservation. However, the focus of this project is a single bird, the Raso lark, so named because currently only exist in the islet of the same name.
The island of Raso despite the fact that only about half the area this of small, Barren Island of 7km 2 provide suitable habitat, this is currently the only refuge of the Raso lark. As a restricted distribution area so carries a high risk of extinction, researchers are turning to the possibility of reintroducing these birds on the neighboring island of Santa Luzia and thus increase the chances of survival of this species. To contribute simply access the site here below.
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/film-expedition-to-cabo-verde?c=home
