Our
President, John Bowers, has written a book on the Dragonflies of
Lesbos. It provides a guide to the dragonfly sites on the Island,
lists the species that you might hope to see there, and how to
identify them. The book is lavishly illustrated with 80 coloured
photographs of dragonflies and is being printed in Mytilini in the
handy pocket size used for Island guides (22x11cm) It is now at
the stage of page proofs and should be published this summer.
Honeyguide Holidays has provided us with a generous
grant which we are putting towards production costs and the the
Nomarch has promised to buy a substantial number of copies. The
book should be available for sale in Lesbos hotels, museums and
bookshops and we are negotiating with NHBS to sell it in the UK.
All profits from the sales will go to our activities on
protecting the wetlands. The target price is 15
Euros. Depending on the details of financing, 1/3 to 2/3 of the
purchase price - 5-10 euros per copy - will go to conservation on
the Island