Guest blog by Mervat Batarseh of RSCN Not too long ago, children used to spend most of their time in the nature playing and relaxing. Their connection to the place was solid, and it meant for them to preserve it. We...
Guest blog by Gary Allport A Steppe Whimbrel in Maputo in February 2016 was thought to be a female as she was large and very long-winged. Note the wing tip (primaries) extending well beyond the tail tip. This...
Guest blog from Georgia Locock In the distance, the sweet call of the blackcap was being projected through an MP3 decoy. It was 3am and five of us were trudging over a ploughed field in the direction...
Guest blog from Ibrahim Khader The beginning of each year brings with it optimism, setting of new goals and hopes to achieve them. It also allows time to reflect on the previous year’s achievements and successes and...
Guest blog from Anna Zavalishina, Kazakhstan This is a new series of blogs from young people in the OSME Region telling us about their interest in nature and conservation. We are really pleased that Anna from Kazakhstan...
OSME’s small grants programme is now known as the Conservation Fund and has been funding projects since the early 1980s. In recent years OSME Council has been working hard to grow the fund and to provide support for more...
As we start to get to grips with 2018, it is worth reflecting on another good year for OSME and the conservation work across the Middle East, Central Asia and the Caucasus that our members support. The...
Charlie Moores of Lush has recently done a series of excellent interviews with some key figures from the world of birdwatching and conservation in the Middle East region. They are available to listen to free from LushPlayer....
Guest blog by Eva Martirosyan, Deputy Director, Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets (FPWC). Throughout my 10 years and dozens of projects at the Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets (FPWC), the...
Guest blog by Peter Zahler One of the first assertions that I heard about wildlife from the early days of my career in international conservation was “wildlife doesn’t get to choose where it lives.” Of course, species...
A Guide to 200 Common Birds of Lebanon, by Richard Prior. ISBN 978-9953-0-3964-0 In English and Arabic Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL)/A Rocha Lebanon Arabic Translation by Assad Serhal and Jumana Serhal Published...
The first working version is now being tested! Can you help us with a Donation? The launch at the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature in Dubai in March 2017 of the Arabic Version of the Birds of...
The bird migration bottle neck of Besh Barmag, on the Caspian Sea north of Baku, Azerbaijan, is currently the scene of some of the most inspiring international bird conservation work in the OSME region. In May 2017,...
A guest blog from the UzSPB/OSME/Van Tienhoven Project Team Do you know why nature conservation in Uzbekistan is so much challenging and exciting at the same time? Apart from diverse wildlife, unique ecosystems, extensive wilderness there are responsive...