News from Lebanon
The latest news from The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL – BirdLife in Lebanon) can be found at the following link. www.spnl.org Two items included are: Celebrating the Miracle of Life with Bird...
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News from Iraq; Darwin Conservation Project
Over the last week, Nature Iraq staff visited five schools in the area surrounding Peramagroon mountain, near Sulaimani, to construct nestboxes with primary, secondary, and high school students. One hundred and eight students built forty three nestboxes,...
Recovering Turkey’s First Tracked Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus in Iraq
Under the umbrella of protection carried out by Nature Iraq, we conducted an expedition to find a Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus) which was fitted with a satellite transmitter by KuzeyDoga (www.kuzeydoga.org), an environmental organization in eastern Turkey....
Controversial Ilisu Dam on Hasankeyf halted by Turkish court
9 January 2012, Istanbul – The Turkish State Council ruled on January 7 in favour of the legal case filed by the Chamber of Architects and Engineers (TMMOB) against the construction of the Ilisu dam project, ordering...
Birdfair/RSPB Research Fund for Endangered Birds – 2013 round now open
OSME has received information on the 2013 round of the Birdfair/RSPB Research Fund for Endangered Birds – the closing date for applications is 31 October 2013. These grants of up to US$2,000 are to support research work...
Socotra Bird List
The latest edition of the Socotra Bird List (July 2013) by Richard Porter and Ahmed Saeed Suleiman has been added to the OSME website – see under Yemen in the Trip Reports section. https://osme.org/pdf/Socotra_Bird_list_MASTER_RFP_July_2013.pdf
Turkish Court stops Ilisu dam construction and defends world heritage
Latest news on the Ilisu dam in Turkey: A Turkish court has ordered an immediate halt to the construction of the controversial Ilisu dam noting that it is not in line with Turkish environmental law. For more...
Experienced ringers wanted for eastern Turkey
OSME has received the following information – if you are interested, see the following link: http://www.kuzeydoga.org/index.php/en/enson/277-arasilan2013 They are looking for one or two experienced and licensed bird ringers for eastern Turkey this spring: They will cover room...
Major new steppe reserve in Kazakhstan
Steppe between Astana and Arkalky. Photo: Geoff & Hilary Welch On November 28, the Government of Kazakhstan announced the designation of the new Altyn Dala State Nature Reserve, protecting almost 500,000 hectares of steppe grassland, semi-desert and...
Free field guides for Central Asia
Atamurat Veyisov (OSME Country Contact) and Mark Day (RSPB). Photo: Stephanie Ward (RSPB) The recent publication of the long awaited Helm field guide Birds of Central Asia by Raffael Aye, Manuel Schweizer and Tobias Roth, heralds the...
Massacre of Amur Falcon Falco amurensis in Nagaland, India
The following link reveals systematic hunting of large numbers of Amur Falcon Falco amurensis in Nagaland, India.http://www.conservationindia.org/campaigns/amur-massacre
International conference “Conservation of steppe and semidesert ecosystems in Eurasia, will be held in Almaty (Kazakhstan), on March 13-14, 2013”
Conference topics: Study of steppe and semidesert ecosystems and biodiversity Biology of steppe and semidesert animal and plant species Design and establishment of protected areas in open landscapes Best practices and recommendations for sustainable use of bioresources...
News on the Simon Aspinall Wildlife Education Centre, Norfolk Wildlife Trust, Cley
http://www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk/Support-us/Appeals/Simon-Aspinall… The above link gives information on a new centre in Cley being named in honour of Simon Aspinall (see https://osme.org/news/news3.shtml#Simon_Aspinall for further details about Simon’s life.)
The following is an extract from an article in the Guardian newspaper on 24 October
Conservation knows no boundaries – as ties between Iraq and Norfolk show Nature Iraq is repaying international support by donating to the Norfolk Wildlife Trust’s appeal to buy land next to Cley Marshes The Mesopotamian Marshes, a...