Israeli Air Force Fighter Pilots Dodge Migrating Storks
Israeli Air Force Fighter pilots fear collisions with birds more than any other enemy. Birders keep them safe. Droves of migrating birds strike a remarkable sight as they swirl above head in flocks of...
View ArticleBiodiversity Convention In Nagoya: Keeping The Jellyfish Out Of Our Sandwiches
Will the UN Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) in Nagoya, Japan fare better than Copenhagen? It’s easy to bandy about the term biodiversity, but much less easy to pin down its meaning. Harder still is to...
View ArticleRestoring Iraq’s ‘Garden of Eden’- The Mesopotamian Marshlands
The Iraqi Marshlands, which were pushed to the brink of extinction under the Saddam era, are slowly being restored to their former glory For over 7,000 years the Iraqi Marshland- also known as the...
View ArticleWhen Tourism and Nature Collide- Protected Land Under Threat in Egypt
An Egyptian real estate developer is planning to build on 650 acres of protected land near Lake Qarun Despite the huge potential for Eco-tourism in the Middle East, the reality is that most tourism...
View ArticleJordan: Two Men Boast About Killing Owl
Conservationists in Jordan have criticized a news website for reporting positively on a video which shows two men posing with a dead owl they claim to have killed Images have emerged of more animal...
View ArticleIs Sport Hunting on its Way Out in Israel?
Wild Boars are hunted illegally as well. Photo:Haaretz/Nir Kafri Wildlife in Israel have always been under threat from economic over-development and hunting, including poaching by migrant farm workers....
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