Kuwait’s new arabic-language field guide is testimony to work of dedicated field workers

Friday, April 26, 2013

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Kuwait’s new arabic-language field guide is testimony to work of dedicated field workers

The Kuwait Environment Protection Society have built a network of people to survey and monitor birds across their country.

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Update: Small grants also available for Mediterranean hotspot conservation- apply now

Friday, November 16, 2012

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Update: Small grants also available for Mediterranean hotspot conservation- apply now

BirdLife International invite new Letters of Inquiry from NGOs, Community Groups and other Civil Society organisations for small grants to conserve biodiversity in the Mediterranean Basin Hotspot.

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Critical Ecosystems in need of Letters: BirdLife International and CEPF invite new Letters of Inquiry for Mediterranean Hotspot conservation

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

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Critical Ecosystems in need of Letters: BirdLife International and CEPF invite new Letters of Inquiry for Mediterranean Hotspot conservation

BirdLife International invite Letters of Inquiry from NGOs, Community Groups and other Civil Society organisations for large grants to conserve biodiversity in the Mediterranean Basin Hotspot.

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BirdLife projects flying high in UNEP-GEF top-twenty

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

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BirdLife projects flying high in UNEP-GEF top-twenty

To mark its 20th Anniversary, the GEF has announced and profiled its 20 best projects funded through UNEP. This ‘20-best’ list features two projects in which BirdLife International was a key player.

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Important Bird Areas in the Middle East

Monday, January 10, 2011

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Important Bird Areas in the Middle East

410 pages, Out of print. This book identifies and describes the 391 sites most important for the conservation of these birds and other biodiversity.

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Birds of the Middle East

Thursday, August 26, 2010

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Birds of the Middle East

Simon Aspinall and Richard Porter have dedicated their new book 'Birds of the Middle East' to BirdLife International's Middle East conservation programme.

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Interview with BirdLife’s Middle East Advisor Richard Porter – Video

Monday, August 23, 2010

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Interview with BirdLife’s Middle East Advisor Richard Porter – Video

A report from David Lindo and the BirdGuides production team at the 2010 British Birdfair, interviewing Richard Porter (BirdLife's Middle East Advisor) and Simon Aspinall about their new book, Birds of the Middle East. The book describes all the birds of the region, including totally updated accounts of the larks and the large white-headed gull complex.

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Walking with Nature Iraq by Richard Porter

Thursday, June 3, 2010

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Walking with Nature Iraq by Richard Porter

Wednesday 2 June and the fifth day of Nature Iraq’s (BirdLife Partner) bird conservation programme for Iraqi biologists. Hot with a noon temperature of 38 degrees. We’re clambering on rocky slopes leading up to magnificent cliffs that look down on the ancient city of Sulimaniyah some 10 kms to the west...

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