sentences:  An initiative started by the IBA is of setting up 'Site Support Groups' (SSGs), an organised group of local people with the objective to "sustain biodiversity to sustain livelihoods in rural Botswana"; there are 150 SSGs in important bird areas reported to be functioning throughout Africa.Red-footed falcon ("Falco vespertinus"), amur falcon ("Falco amurensis") and barn swallow ("Hirundo rustica") and Cape vulture ("Gyps coprotheres") are some of the birds reported by IBA from the grasslands, wetlands, hills, in areas of Kalahari Highveld, deltas and around lakes created by dams.The Botswana Bird Club (BBC) established in 1980, now renamed as BirdLife Botswana promotes ornithological knowledge and interest and also publishes a biannual journal called "The Babbler" and a quarterly newsletter known as "The Familiar Chat" dealing with all issues of bird conservation, research and training in Botswana.