A guest blog from Tomas Axen Haraldsson ”Are ALL those birds eagles you mean? But there are hundreds of them…!” Shouts of excitement and disbelief from Lebanese picnic tables as the spectacle of bird migration overwhelms local villagers during...
OSME is very pleased to read the following statement on the website of the Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPLN) and salutes the prompt action of the Minister of the Environment. Lebanese Authorities will...
Guest blog by Assad Serhal I am sure that many of you are aware of the huge problems of illegal poaching, trapping and trade of migatory and resident species in the OSME region. The 2015 report by...
Guest blog by James Hogg I am sure anyone reading this knows that the hunting of birds in Lebanon as with elsewhere in the Mediterranean, Middle East and North Africa is a serious problem. Birdlife International in their report “The...
OSME is pleased to invite Assad to write this guest blog and tell us about SPNL and their Hima conservation and education programmes. Assad Serhal has more than 25 years of experience in the development and management...
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 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...