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Margaret Atwood donates C$1m to bird research
Original: ‘Birdwatching is close to rapture’: Margaret Atwood on why she has given C$1m to avian research
Author Margaret Atwood has donated C$1 million to avian research, telling the Guardian that birdwatching brings her something 'close to rapture'. The gift by the Booker Prize-winning novelist, long known for her environmental activism, is aimed at supporting scientific study of bird populations at a time when many species face steep declines from habitat loss and climate change.
Why now: A famous novelist making a large charitable donation to bird conservation is newsworthy and ties into wider concern about declining bird populations.
Evidence
- ‘Birdwatching is close to rapture’: Margaret Atwood on why she has given C$1m to avian research · The Guardian
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