Middle East

Saudi Arabia - Saudi Wildlife Authority (SWA)

BirdLife Affiliate

Staff: 1180
Riyadh, SA
ncwcd@zajil.net
www.swa.gov.sa

 

Recent Achieveme​nts

  • Continued with an active Houbara Bustard release programme. For the fifth year running, released birds bred successfully
  • Monitored the breeding population of Lappet-faced Vultures in the Mahazat as-Sayd Protected Area. Vulture chicks were ringed and a study of the Hoopoe Lark in the area was carried out
  • Continued ornithological studies on lark phylogeny, monitoring of Eurasian Griffons, bird migration, guineafowl, the Arabian Bustard, and captive breeding and releasing of Ostriches
News
3 Feb 2019

Lebanese President Michel Aoun awards Assad Serhal Silver Lebanese Order of Merit Medal in...

Former Minister of Environment Tariq Al Khatib honored Assad Serhal, the Director General of Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon – SPNL (Birdlife Lebanon), on behalf of President Michel Aoun for being named...
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Middle East
Blue Cheeked Bee Eater
14 Jan 2019

Middle East nature fans welcome world’s first Arabic language birding app

The world’s first Arabic birding app, launched by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East (OSME), has been met with widespread excitement from nature enthusiasts in the region. Thousands of people have already...
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Middle East
16 May 2019

Lebanese president Aoun launches Bird-themed postage stamps

Lebanese President Michel Aoun launched three bird-themed
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Middle East
29 Oct 2018

The Middle East: sorting fact from fiction

Many misconceptions have crept into international media representations of the Middle East, making this region one of the most misunderstood in the world. Here we bust six myths with examples from our conservation work...
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