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Arabian Leopard Appeal, Eastern Yemen

The Foundation for the Protection of the Arabian Leopard in Yemen (FPALY) (http://www.yemenileopard.org/) was licensed by the Yemen Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour in November 2009. This effective conservation NGO has an active and committed Board of Trustees headed …

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TN58 Dr Azzam Alwash, Nature Iraq

"I will say that if you're going to dream, dream big...it's free"

A conversation with the inspirational Dr Azzam Alwash, CEO of BirdLife partner Nature Iraq, recorded at the

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TN32 Chris Bowden on the Northern Bald Ibis

The Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita, the rarest bird in the Middle East, was until relatively recently widespread across mountainous areas of Europe and North

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TN31 Richard Porter on the Middle East

Socotra, Yemen, Sociable Lapwing, Slender-billed Curlew, Northern Bald Ibis, Nature Iraq, conservation in the Middle East, striking the right balance between survey work and advocacy,

Northern Bald Ibis shot

BirdLife are carrying the utterly depressing news of the killing of a Critically Endangered Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita. "Conservationists trying to prevent the extinction of Northern

Birding Kuwait in late-September

Anyone attempting some sort of Big Year Bird List who works for an airline and wants to see as many birds as possible (eg me, myself, I) needs

Birding Doha, Qatar, in Spring

Doha, Qatar. 21 April 2006

 


View from my hotel room across West Bay towards Doha

 

A quick day's birding in Doha, Qatar - another of the Middle East's new

Book Review: Birds of the State of Kuwait

Back in January and February 2005 I was fortunate enough to be shown around the Middle-eastern state of Kuwait by George Gregory, a British birder

Safa Park, Dubai – literally a middle-eastern ‘hotspot’!

 

Just before I left for this trip I got a mail from Steve James, an old mate who now lives in the UAE, saying that there had been

Birding day-trip to Kuwait

25th February 2005

 

Kuwait is a relatively small State (17,818 square kilometers (6,880 square miles), including the Kuwaiti share of the Neutral Zone (2,590 sq km) at the top

  

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