The Hummingbird Society
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The Hummingbird Society is a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote the understanding and conservation
of hummingbirds. It was founded in 1996 by Dr. H. Ross Hawkins, who continues today as its Executive Director. The Society's offices are currently at 6560 Highway 179, Suite 204, Sedona, Arizona USA. Members can be found in all U.S. states and over twenty other countries.
Currently the Society has partnership Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) with Oikonos and The Hummingbird Conservancy for its efforts to protect the Juan Fernández Firecrown (JFF) Sephanoides fernandensis in Chile and the Colorful Puffleg Eriocnemis mirabilis in Colombia. A pending MOU will also establish a partnership with a nonprofit organization in Honduras to protect the Honduran Emerald, Amazilia luciae.
The Society is funded primarily by memberships (individual, business, and corporate) and donations. In 2006, however, a new avenue of funding was opened through one of its corporate sponsors, Clos LaChance Winery, of San Martin, California USA. Beginning that year, they introduced a new red wine in their Hummingbird Series, dedicating that year's vintage to a Critically endangered
hummingbird species. This raised nearly $20,000 for the JFF, the first species chosen. In 2007 they introduced the second wine, dedicated to the Honduran Emerald, which is still being sold as of 4 March 2008. This will be a continuing effort.
Conservation movement
The conservation movement, also known as nature conservation, is a political, environmental and a social movement that seeks to protect natural resources including animal, fungus and plant species as well as their habitat for the future....
of hummingbirds. It was founded in 1996 by Dr. H. Ross Hawkins, who continues today as its Executive Director. The Society's offices are currently at 6560 Highway 179, Suite 204, Sedona, Arizona USA. Members can be found in all U.S. states and over twenty other countries.
Currently the Society has partnership Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) with Oikonos and The Hummingbird Conservancy for its efforts to protect the Juan Fernández Firecrown (JFF) Sephanoides fernandensis in Chile and the Colorful Puffleg Eriocnemis mirabilis in Colombia. A pending MOU will also establish a partnership with a nonprofit organization in Honduras to protect the Honduran Emerald, Amazilia luciae.
The Society is funded primarily by memberships (individual, business, and corporate) and donations. In 2006, however, a new avenue of funding was opened through one of its corporate sponsors, Clos LaChance Winery, of San Martin, California USA. Beginning that year, they introduced a new red wine in their Hummingbird Series, dedicating that year's vintage to a Critically endangered
Endangered species
An endangered species is a population of organisms which is at risk of becoming extinct because it is either few in numbers, or threatened by changing environmental or predation parameters...
hummingbird species. This raised nearly $20,000 for the JFF, the first species chosen. In 2007 they introduced the second wine, dedicated to the Honduran Emerald, which is still being sold as of 4 March 2008. This will be a continuing effort.
See also
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- RecyclingRecyclingRecycling is processing used materials into new products to prevent waste of potentially useful materials, reduce the consumption of fresh raw materials, reduce energy usage, reduce air pollution and water pollution by reducing the need for "conventional" waste disposal, and lower greenhouse...
- EcologyEcologyEcology is the scientific study of the relations that living organisms have with respect to each other and their natural environment. Variables of interest to ecologists include the composition, distribution, amount , number, and changing states of organisms within and among ecosystems...
- Earth ScienceEarth scienceEarth science is an all-embracing term for the sciences related to the planet Earth. It is arguably a special case in planetary science, the Earth being the only known life-bearing planet. There are both reductionist and holistic approaches to Earth sciences...
- Natural environmentNatural environmentThe natural environment encompasses all living and non-living things occurring naturally on Earth or some region thereof. It is an environment that encompasses the interaction of all living species....