A symposium on the conservation of the Western White Stork population will be held in Basel (Switserland) on 7-10 April 1994. The Aim of the symposium is to initiate and coördinate actions designed to reduce unnatural mortality and to improve breeding and feeding habitats of the White Stork througout the range of the Western population. Information: Swiss Institute of Ornithology, CH-6204 Sempach (Dr.