Voting for funding from the European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA) – which nominated the Batumi Raptor Trail development project in Georgia – has now closed. When OSME receives news of how the vote went, we will post...
OSME is pleased to learn that progress is being made on developing an approach to sustainable hunting in the Middle East. A full report is available at http://www.birdlife.org/middle-east/news . . . Hunters from Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Palestine, Egypt,...
The Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius is one of the most threatened species in the OSME region and we have supported a number of projects in many of our focal countries. In June this year, three adults were...
Photo: The Mesopotamian Marshes are home to the Endangered Basra Reed Warbler (Mudhafar Salim) On 23rd July 2013, the Iraqi Council of Ministers approved the designation of the Central Marshes of Iraq as the country’s first National...
01/01/2014. The speakers at the next event organised by the Zoological Society of London as part of their Wildlife Conservation series. Richard will be talking on Socotra and Mudhafar will be talking on the Iraq Marshes. The...
At the recent Birdlife International World Congress held recently in Ottawa, Canada, Richard Porter was made a BirdLife Member of Honour for his work in Yemen and Iraq. The award was presented by HIH Princess Takamado, BirdLife’s...
25/07/2012. The following link takes you to the latest Newsletter of Nature Iraq – and an important online petition concerning the Ilisu Dam Project in Hasankeyf, Turkey which will affect the famous and important marshes in southern...
Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis is one of the iconic birds of the steppes of Kazakhstan and is the subject of a research project, part funded by the OSME Conservation and Research Fund, looking at the species’ breeding...
OSME has received news that Kazakhstan has awarded the Lesser White-fronted Goose, a globally threatened species, with the honour of “Bird of the Year” 2013. See the following link for details. http://www.birdlife.org/community/2013/05….
OSME has received the following sad news on the Northern Bald Ibis http://www.iagnbi.org/en/news/ (International Advisory Group for Northern Bald Ibis – IAGNBI) Despite the current crisis in Syria, the field team have continued to monitor the ibis, and...
Azzam Alwash of Nature Iraq (image: Goldman Prize) The Goldman Environmental Foundation has announced the six recipients of the 2013 Goldman Environmental Prize, a group of fearless leaders working against all odds to protect the environment and...
OSME has received a request from Dr Paul Jepson of the School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, asking us to help with a project to create an atlas of migratory bird hunting. As he...
The following link provides information on BirdLife Cyprus’ winter 2012-2013 monitoring programme of illegal bird trapping in Cyprus and an overview of the latest developments regarding the problem. Report put together by Tassos Shialis, Illegal Bird Killing...
The following link is to an article in the latest issue of British Birds describing how nestboxes were made and put up by school children in Kurdistan, Iraq. Nest holes are at a premium in this area...