Socotra (Yemen) Prize for Socotra Project website

The Socotra Governance & Biodiversity Project website (www.socotraproject.org) has been awarded the gold prize in the Yemen Web Awards 2009. The SGBP website received first place within the second largest category of Projects & Government Websites beating the Official Yemen Tourism & Hadhramaut Governorate Website. Winning in Yemen Web Awards means that the SGBP website has qualified for the Middle East finals to be held in Oman in May 2010. OSME encourages them to host conservation stories and news items and provides bird checklists and relevant Sandgrouse papers. (Source: Bohdana Rambouskova, SGBP)