Threatened Species
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,
BirdLife’s periodic flagship science publication uses data on birds to assess the condition of the natural world, and is established as one of the most authoritative and influential syntheses of its kind Birds are better known and more widely studied than any other group of
The Eighth Session of the Meeting of the Parties to the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (AEWA MOP8) opened in Budapest, Hungary, today. AEWA MOP8 will be an important policymaking forum ahead of a series of biodiversity-related meetings in the coming months,
Back on September 27, 2021 the APU were able to rescue 3 Egyptian Vultures held in an illegal farm. The story of these 3 magnificent species has just started. These birds were checked and placed within the Luc Hoffman Hima Home rehabilitation center, to properly monitor
Based on various tip-offs, the Anti-Poaching Unit (APU) was able to confiscate yesterday two Egyptian Vultures (EV) held at a local farm in Mirayata, Zgharta area. The endangered birds were being illegally kept for the past two and half years. The team which included a field