The Alada Foundation, a non-profit organization, duly recognized by the Government Ministry in 2021 and led by its Executive Director Flavia Cozzarelli, announced the 4th Panama Bird Festival.
According to Cozzarelli, they organize and produce in solidarity two Autonomous Administration events that have become meeting points: the Wings Festival, an educational entertainment event for schoolchildren and families; The Panama Bird Festival is for bird enthusiasts in fields such as ornithology, academia, ecology, inspiring photographers and artists, the media and local and international tour operators.
Through their festivals they seek to influence new and innovative proposals to attract new bird-loving audiences, popularize observing as a hobby, practice participatory science from family, school and communities and promote environmental conservation, master plan sustainable tourism and environmental values. Duties, rights, solidarity and good practices in bird tourism.
The 4th Panama Bird Festival will be open to the public. It will be held from October 19 to 22, in Parque Recreativo Omar in the club building on the 19th and the Dome on the 20th in Parque Recreativo Omar, then it moves to the Magic Zone in Al Brook Mall on October 21 and 22.
Cozzarelli points out, “Bird watching is a supportive, fun, peaceful, respectful, friendly, low environmental impact activity because of the birdwatcher’s footprint. If you are a beginner, you love birds and want to learn more about their world, or you are already observing them or studying with enthusiasm; this is a unique opportunity to learn and connect with celebrities in the world.” Birders and your Panamanian peers, who are researchers, community leaders, educators, photographers, entrepreneurs, professional guides, scientists and accomplished observers.
Enter your festival bio on IG to select your preferred activity, payment and official registration or enter https://panamabirdfestival.com/, write to [email protected] and secure your place through solidarity payment/donation from ACH, YAPPY, to contributing to educational programs and events For @fundacionalada.
General attendance at the festival and registration is free:
Academic Agenda for the Club October 19 from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm in Parque Omar for 11 conferences on the theme: Birds and Water for Life on bird research in the field, monitoring and studies, species rehabilitation, important wetlands, habitat regeneration Birds, cocoa, coffee and community empowerment.
Agenda Aveaprendiz/Mini Festival of Wings, intended for school children, in response to the request of Jazmin Colón de Cortizo, First Lady of the Republic, as an appetizer for the festival in 2024.
A day full of entertaining and educational activities in the same spirit as the successful local family festival that has already brought together more than 15,000 people at its festive events in 2019 and 2022.
In one day, more than 20 collaborators come into contact with birds and winged creatures; Interaction with elementary, middle and high school students and their teachers in a museum-like setting, workshop, observatory, classroom and recreational space with the aim of promoting observation as a tool for connection with nature and training in environmental rights, duties and values in favor of birds and biodiversity.
Admission is free for students on school tours and the general public, on Friday, October 20 from 9:00am to 3:30pm at the Parque Omar dome and trails.
Visit the Solidarity Exhibition for Bird Tourism Services in the Magic Area of Al-Brook Mall on October 21 and 22 from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
Registration by payment/solidarity donation
At the opening cocktail party, there will be a conference by Tim Appleton accompanied by his right-hand man, Penny Robinson, coming from the United Kingdom; They are the organizers of the World Bird Expo and Global Birding Weekend, being the world’s largest bird conservation fair and census initiative among observers, countries and companies associated with birds.
Local guests will also speak: one of the pioneers of bird tourism in Panama, Don Raul Arias de Parra, of the Canopy family of Panama; We will also have the honor of hearing from Dr. Indra Candanidou, researcher and advocate for the Matusagarati wetlands in Darien, which will become the sustainability project that the festival, its collaborators and attendees will support, to support its nomination to be recognized as a Ramsar Site of Importance for Birds in the Western Hemisphere.
Master classes/workshops
The festival offers workshops at a nominal cost of B/.35.00 upon registration and limited spaces for:
Using the digiscope to observe birds in the Canopy Tower with the specialized guide Faustino ¨Tino Martinez. 7:00 to 9:30 am. Includes transportation to site.
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In the context of the festival’s attractiveness and its great acceptance among photographers, the second session opens. Photography competition. Amateur or professional photographers, Panamanians or interested residents; You have until September 31 to register. This ceremony includes prizes in kind and cash, and the grand prize winner is presented with the George Angier Medal for merit in ornithology.
Solidarity Offer for Bird Tourism Services – Free entry from October 21 to 22 in the Magic Zone of Al Brook Mall, from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM where the general public and bird lovers will be able to see sites, bird accommodation, products and services, inspiring art, and tour operators Specialized tourism, quick information on bird biology, trails, expert guides, fashion, crafts, private reserves, OBC, observation sites and much more.
It will be a participatory environment where, every hour, more than 20 show collaborators and other roaming content guests; They take to the stage to talk to the audience, promote their activity, talk about birds and their conservation, and publicize the aviation tourism product or service in a very dynamic and spontaneous way to attract the audience’s attention.
The exhibition will receive a visit over both days from Tim Appleton and his wife, Penny Robinson, to celebrate the reunion of the Panamanian family’s bird-watching friends and to introduce the trade, organisation, community and academic exhibition to a public and free audience. For shipping.
We will conclude on Saturday with the Bird Challenge Prize distribution organized by the Audubon Society, and on Sunday with the joyful Folklore Exhibition organized by the ALADA Foundation and the Ministry of Culture, with the Congo Palenque and the wonderful story of the role of the “little bird” in Congo culture and the ancestral dances of people of African descent in the province of Kowloon.
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