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Seychelles | February 8, 2019, Friday @ 10:36 in Environment » GENERAL | By: Salifa Karapetyan
Edited by: Betymie Bonnelame
Titled
“Seychelles Travel Book – A Young Ornithologist’s Travel Journal” -- the book
is the third published work of Francesco Barberini, an aspiring ornithologist
aged 11. An ornithologist is a person that studies or is an expert on birds.
The book
which came out in December is the first of a series dubbed “Francesco
birdwatching travel.” It covers the splendid nature of the Seychelles, in
particular, the birdlife, which distinguishes these 115 tropical islands of the
western Indian Ocean.
Qatar
Airways and Swarovski Optik Italia sponsored the project. To put the
book together, Barberini spent ten days in Seychelles, a trip organised
in June 2018 by the Seychelles Tourism Board office in Italy.
With 128
pages in colour, richly illustrated with maps, photographs and original
drawings, the book can be purchased online at Pandion Edizioni for
$23. At the request of the author, part of the book’s profits will be donated
to the birdlife conservation projects on Denis and Cousine Islands in the
Seychelles.
The
director of the Seychelles Tourism Board office in Italy, Monette Rose, along
with her staff also assisted with the writing of the book.
Written
in his own style, Barberini has transferred his observations and emotions felt
into writing. Available in English, French and Italian, the book even consists
of checklists of all species observed and lots of information about the islands
visited by the boy.
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