The following is an article published by the newspaper, The National. http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/environment/rare-kingfisher-thre… Rare kingfisher threatened by demise of mangroves While
Simon Aspinall, known personally or by reputation to birders throughout the OSME region, died in Norfolk on 31st October 2011
An International Conference, ‘Oman as a gravitational centre in the global flyway network of migratory shorebirds’ was recently organised by
(www.muscatdaily.com)The Office for Conservation of Environment (OCE), Diwan of Royal Court, which started research on sooty falcons in 2007 along
Scott D.A. 2008. Rare birds in Iran in the late 1960s and 1970s. Podoces 3(1/2): 1–30. Roselaar C.S. & Aliabadian
The African Rift Valley/Red Sea flyway, on which the mountains of Lebanon lie as a ‘bottleneck’, is one of the
The following article appeared in the newspaper Gulf News on September 16, 2011. While the wild bird trade is not
BirdLife International and its Partners concluded a productive three day regional workshop which brought together representatives from governments and NGOs
Ibrahim Khader, Regional Director, BirdLife International, Middle East Division has informed OSME of new appointments in the Migratory Soaring Project.
The Oman bird list now stands at 500 after the recent acceptance by the Oman Bird Records Committee of an
While the Arabian Leopard Panthera pardus nimr is strictly speaking not within the remit of OSME, we feel that the
In July 2011, BirdLife Cyprus launched the DVD documentary “Important areas for birds and other wildlife in Cyprus”. This presents
OSME members are presenting on two occasions at this year’s Birdfair. In addition to giving a plenary lecture during the
This spring Nature Iraq/ BirdLife International organized several conservation-related activities. From 24-29 April, 2011 Nature Iraq/ BirdLife International, with help
