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ALEJANDRO GALLEGO
PRESIDENTE DE FOA

The change experienced in recent years has given The second issue that these transformations pose
rise to a new way of carrying out our activity, and of to institutions is the need to accentuate those as-
facing problems inherent to it. Reflection on the new pects that differentiate us from machines. The need
ornithology should be a priority issue in our insti- not only in cognitive skills, but also in social skills;
tutions. It is clear that the primary activity and the resilience, coexistence and empathy. Resilience
raison d’être of any ornithological institution cannot emphasizes the strength that allows us to over-
be developed without constant monitoring of the come negative situations (eg pandemics, environ-
activity and monitoring of the challenges that social mentalists, laws, etc.), coexistence implies the need
changes present to us. Our activity is undoubtedly to relate to others in a cooperative and supportive
a concrete historical social reality, just as it was oc- way, and last of these three enumerations, empa-
curring through thousands of years, and around the thy, something fundamental to achieve projects
entire planet. that undoubtedly a few carry out for the group as
a whole, supporting them, not thoughtlessly, but
Ornithology, hand in hand with the breeders and respectfully. Social skills will require that institu-
makers of our activity, is evolving at a faster rate than tions stop emphasizing only competitive success
any other period in recent history. For this reason, it and favor human aspects that allow breeders to
is more important than ever to understand how and think about their condition as beings in relation to
where it is changing so that managers, judges and others, a clear example of our federation’s social
breeders can help each other prepare for challenges and environmental projects. Thus, the changes that
and jobs that still do not exist today, such as the co- society generates today in whatever way, we must
rrect fixing of our activity by who define the destinies face it with social coexistence (get closer to society
of environmental policies in the world that deprive us and governments).
of our main virtue, breeding, and do not separate our
activity from the simple predation that they imagine We want our magazine to benefit the consolidation
from ignorance increased over the years. of breeders in relation to society and permanent
learning about our activity. We understand that our
These challenges confront us with two major issues, activity is based on the habit of years of carrying
firstly, the irruption of technology and the need to it out uninterruptedly, and under similar formats,
use the resources that these advances offer in order but the challenges commit us all to REIMAGINE
to enhance the way we learn and the means we use joint tasks, Inter-breeders and Inter-federative, fa-
to adapt to the methods Traditional, a clear exam- cing the future. As long as we carry out our activi-
ple is this free and free reading virtual magazine, this ty, which is our passion, we must not be afraid to
allows breeders to be updated permanently, breeders make changes, we must be afraid of not changing,
will have to live in constant updating if they want to and being left out of the future, from the place that
remain active in the midst of these changes. touches us, we must not remain immobile.

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