The proceedings were published in 1992, together with an extensive bibliography containing over 700 references. During this time the first monograph of the family was prepared and published by Oxford University Press in 1995. The Second International Megapode meeting was held in Vienna in August 1994. Finally, the conservation needs of the megapodes are receiving attention through our participation in the Galliformes Conservation Assessment Workshop in Antwerp during February 1993 and the publication of the Action Plan. We sincerely hope that it will stimulate ongoing megapode conservation projects and encourage the start of the initiatives that we have emphasised for 1995-1999.
Megapodes are too special to be ignored.
Moreover, they offer excellent opportunities for conservation projects, which involve close cooperation with, and are for the benefit of, the people who live side by side with them. Megapodes An Action Plan for their Conservation 1995-1999 Contact Details World Pheasant Association, P.O. Box 5, Lower Basildon Reading Berks.