<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="WordSection1"><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">I am a member of the Board of a nonprofit organization, One Earth Conservation, and am delighted to announce that it is featured in an article in the January 12 issue of THE<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>ECONOMIST! The article, “Protecting Honduras’s national bird,” can be found at this link:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2019/01/12/protecting-hondurass-national-bird" target="_blank"><span style="color:purple">https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2019/01/12/protecting-hondurass-national-bird</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Please note a few corrections to the information in the article:</span><o:p></o:p></p><ol start="1" type="1"><li class="m-4517731588227061203msolistparagraph" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The article makes it seem like One Earth Conservation swooped in and saved the day. Although it certainly contributed to the good results, this project has very much been a team effort led as much by local villagers and a local NGO, as well as One Earth Conservation.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="m-4517731588227061203msolistparagraph" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Last year 103 nests were REGISTERED by the project, but some of them were still poached (although a majority remained undisturbed).</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="m-4517731588227061203msolistparagraph" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The project is financed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, AS WELL AS other funders, including the Vincent J. Coates Foundation, St. Vincent’s Group, and many individual donors.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">If you’d like to learn more about One Earth Conservation and its projects, the organization’s website is at:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.oneearthconservation.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:purple">https://www.oneearthconservation.org/</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Or you can contact Gotham member, Gail Koelln, who is Co-Director of the organization.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Best wishes,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Aimee</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div>
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