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6. A trained and active nucleus of Turkish butterfly watchers
6.1. Workshop to discuss improving & extending services provided by the
LepTR website
Using the kelebek-gozlemciligi Yahoo Group, butterfly watchers from all over Turkey were
invited to a meeting in Ankara to introduce DKM and the project, and to establish and
encourage greater communication within the network. Twenty butterfly watchers attended
the two day meeting.
Details on the work:
A Butterfly Network Development Workshop was held 21-22 February 2009, at the Middle
East Technical University in Ankara. The meeting was attended by 20 butterfly watchers
from various regions of Turkey, invited via an open invitation to the kelebek-gozlemciligi
Yahoo Group.
The workshop focused on encouraging greater communication between butterfly watchers
and promoted the systematic collection of data with particular reference to key species and
sites, and the importance of sharing data to assist conservation.
The event was also used to introduce the project and DKM to those members of the
butterfly watcher community who use LepTR and who had expressed an interest in being
involved with the project.
Problems encountered
None.
Activity output and additional benefits
A report on the workshop was produced by the independent meeting facilitators.
See 06.1 files in the annexes: pdf of report, in Turkish and English, also attendance list as a hardcopy, photos of
meeting
o For many butterfly watchers the workshop provided the first opportunity to meet people they had been
communicating with over the internet. This new contact led to joint planning of field trips.
o Systematically collected data, provided in Excel, was received from 12 butterfly watchers during the course of
the project and was used for the Red Book and PBA work. Butterfly watchers collecting their data in a standard
format and sharing it with DKM and/or the rest of the network remains an issue requiring further work.
o This workshop initiated interest in work on PBAs and threatened species which was further facilitated by the
publication of the Red Book and Conservation Strategy (see 6.6).
The participants in the Butterfly Network Development Workshop held on 21-22 February 2009
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