Threatened Species
With its graceful flight and noble presence, the White Stork continues to capture the imaginations of people around the world, embodying hope, and happiness for generations. Key info Latin name: Ciconia ciconia IUCN status: Least Concern Global population: The global
In collaboration with @homatalhimaintl, BirdLife Partner, @SpnlOrg, has launched an innovative environmental campaign to help save species facing extinction. One of the species included is the Arabian Owl. Dear @BMW, we have a request. pic.twitter.com/gjDZGm3NVV — SPNL
The 14th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS COP14) added 14 new species, subspecies, and populations to the CMS Appendices. Other outcomes included a resolution on deep-sea mining, updated guidelines on light
3rd MEDITERRANEAN SYMPOSIUM ON ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION OF MARINE AND COASTAL BIRD SPECIES Join the conversation on the ecology and conservation of marine and coastal bird species in the Mediterranean! We invite you to share your expertise at the Mediterranean Bird
In our present time, technological advancements often leave behind our ability to fully understand their full implications, but a new initiative by Homat Al Hima International in cooperation with the Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL) is tying together
CATWALK ON ARABIAN LEOPARD DAY Catwalk on Arabian Leopard Day. In 2024, in celebration of the historic declaration by the United Nations, Catwalk will be held on 10 February, which will be the first-ever UN recognized International Day of the Arabian Leopard. This will be a
As the world teeters on the precipice of environmental devastation, BirdLife’s contribution to the 2023 IUCN Red List provides a stark reminder that we are losing birds at an unprecedented rate. However, the impact of local community conservation provides seeds of hope that
GHASSAN RAMADAN-JARADI & THIERRY BARA In the Middle East, the Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus breeds in Syria (Kumerloeve 1962, 1967–69, Baumgart et al 1995), Cyprus (Flint & Stewart 1992, Stattersfield & Capper 2000), Turkey (Burfield & van Bommel
Reaffirming its resolution 70/1 of 25 September 2015, entitled “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, by which it adopted a comprehensive, far-reaching and people-centred set of universal and transformative Sustainable Development Goals and
On World Oceans Day, the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) released a landmark report aimed at addressing a major threat to marine species: noise pollution. Noise pollution is known to cause significant disturbance to marine wildlife,