Sixty square miles of the Simien Mountains, home of two of Ethiopia's most seriously endangered wild mammals, the walla ibex and Simien fox, both endemics, has at last been declared a national park. The author, who was Wildlife Adviser to the Ethiopian Government from 1965–70 (he has just gone in a similar capacity to Nepal) has worked unceasingly to achieve this as well as other parks and reserves to protect Ethiopia's still remarkably rich wildlife. This is the second national park to be gazetted in Ethiopia; the Awash park, which the FPS African tour visited in February this year, was declared early in 1968.

At least four species of sea turtle nest in the Fiji Islands. In January 1970 Dr Bustard, aided by a grant from the FPS, visited the eastern group in order to assess the populations. He found, as had been feared, that the turtles were reduced to very low numbers, largely through killing for food; his main recommendation for restoring them is the enforcement of the very good legislation that already exists but which is openly flouted. He also investigated the status of the unique Fijian iguana and urges the need to establish at least one national park to save it—and that quickly.

In 1966 the Ford Foundation made a grant of £78,000 to finance a three-year research project in the Tsavo National Park in Kenya. The big problem to be investigated was the vast and increasing numbers of elephants which were said to be destroying the park by their wholesale destruction of trees. A research programme was started, involving the killing of large numbers of elephants. This aroused considerable controversy, and in May 1968 the Director and a research ecologist resigned. Research has, however, continued under the direction of the author, who is Botanist Warden, aided by a zoologist, both of whom joined the project later in 1968, and a count of the elephants in 1969 showed that they had not increased at all since 1965. Dr Glover's account of the work that is being done, the findings so far, and the changes in the park itself explains why it is important that the work should continue, and for this new funds must be found.

The authors have compiled a list of specimens of endangered and recently extinct mammals in the outstanding collections of the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter. All those listed are in the IUCN Red Data Book except the extinct quagga, koala (recently endangered but now greatly increased and well protected), diademed sifaka, rufous rat-kangaroo and Astor and Kashmir markhors.