News Middle East

Looking to the past to create a better future:...

Tue, 23/10/2018

Assad Serhal, hunter-turned-conservationist, now Director of BirdLife Lebanon and winner of the MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity 2018, shares what motivates his important work to create community-based protected areas in the Middle East

Worldwide Lebanon

Iraqi students being trained at Peramagroon (Image: Richard Porter)

Darwin project puts Iraq's wildlife on the...

Fri, 05/02/2016

A three-year project in Iraq has significantly contributed to knowledge of the country's flora and fauna – including five previously unknown plant species – as well as improving the prospects for future conservation efforts in the country.

Middle East Iraq

Nature Iraq's Festival in the Marshes

Mon, 03/06/2013

Richard Porter, BirdLife's Middle East adviser, had the privilege of attending Nature Iraq's spring festival and his personal account was broadcast on BBC's From Our Own Correspondent and in their news magazine.

Middle East Iraq

Hundreds of hikers walking through Lebanon for...

Tue, 02/04/2013

Wearing boots and armed with only the country's new hunting regulations, 150 hikers are trekking through Lebanon for bird conservation

Middle East Lebanon

SPNL receives “Best Practice” Award from the...

Tue, 19/02/2013

The Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL – BirdLife in Lebanon) recently received an international ‘best practice’ award for their work at the Qolieleh Hima site, where they are preserving the coast and improving living conditions for local people.

Middle East Lebanon

CEPF Eastern Afromontane Hotspot launched in...

Thu, 14/02/2013

At an event hosted by the Saudi Wildlife Authority at the King Khalid University in Abha, Saudi Arabia, the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) launched its plan to invest $9.8 million over five years in conserving the Eastern Afromontane biodiversity hotspot.

Middle East Saudi Arabia

Children's Festival in Lebanon celebrates...

Wed, 17/10/2012

A day full of environmental activities attracted more than 150 students aged between 8 and 12 from Aanjar and its neighboring villages in Lebanon under the theme of “The Secrets of Bird Migration and Forests of Hope”.

Middle East Lebanon

Nature Iraq's work highlighted in TED...

Thu, 12/07/2012

Azzam Alwash, Founder and President of Nature Iraq, gave a presentation at the recent TED Worldwide Talent Search on protecting Iraq's natural environment and cultural heritage. Enjoy his wonderful presentation here.

Middle East Iraq

First international gathering of Middle East NGOs...

Mon, 21/05/2012

The first ever gathering of international civil society organisations for nature in post-Saddam Iraq has taken place in Sulaimaniya, Iraqi Kurdistan, hosted by BirdLife Partner Nature Iraq.

Middle East Iraq

World Migratory Bird Day to be celebrated in...

Tue, 01/05/2012

Nature Iraq (BirdLife Partner), is proud to announce that the 10th BirdLife Middle East Partnership Meeting will be held from Friday 11th to Monday 14th of May 2012 in Sulaimaniya, Iraq

Middle East

Joint Iraqi and UK team set to work on major new...

Wed, 18/04/2012

Thanks to a £300,000 (US$ 480,000) grant from Defra’s Darwin Initiative, a major new three year conservation programme is starting in Iraq.

Middle East Iraq

Experts reach agreement on mainstreaming...

Mon, 24/10/2011

A Regional Declaration on hunting, guidelines for mainstreaming MSBs considerations into the hunting sector and a five year Regional Action Plan were agreed at the meeting.

Middle East Lebanon

Migratory soaring birds and the hunting sector...

Sat, 15/10/2011

Experts from around the Middle East, Europe and Africa will gather in Beirut to work on plans to conserve the Rift Valley/Red Sea migratory soaring birds flyway.

Middle East Lebanon

Hima Fund now available for Middle East IBAs

Fri, 07/10/2011

Funds are available for a traditional approach to conserving biodiversity and managing natural resources, the Hima system.

Middle East

Record flock of Sociable Lapwings discovered in...

Fri, 11/02/2011

Exciting news has just reached us that a country record flock of 90+ Sociable Lapwings was present at Salalah in Oman on Christmas Day, 2010.

Middle East Oman

Miracle in the marshes of Iraq

Mon, 17/01/2011

A film documentary on the regeneration of Iraq’s Mesopotamian Marshes, a project led by Azzad Alwash, the CEO of BirdLife Affiliate Nature Iraq, will get its first public screening tomorrow on the UK's BBC TV Channel. The documentary is being shown at 2000 GMT on BBC2's Natural World series...

Middle East Iraq