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Environmental news 2011
Beach Clean-up Sulaibikhat 3, Kuwait, January 13th 2012 -
Environmental news 2011
More Flamingo shootings. Last week one shooter snuck into the nature preserve at Jahra, but kicked out. http://kuwaitbirding.blogspot.com/2012/01/heavy-cloud-little-rain.html Seems he (or someone else) managed to go on a Flamingo rampage anyway: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/8490165 -
Environmental news 2011
Venomous snake found in cargo unloading area (and eventually killed.... it was only an endangered species,...) http://new.kuwaittimes.net/2011/12/28/venomous-snake-found-in-cargo-unloading-area/ -
Environmental news 2011
In case someone that has been to Kuwait and has records of sightings here - AND is on Project Noah: I have created a mission to show Kuwait's Biodiversity If you want to - I'll be happy to see you there! -
Environmental news 2011
Since my host service screwed something up with my domain, here you go on G+ for now with the latest island beach clean-up at Qaru island: https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/113490389114169214880/albums/5689579137184893041 or FB, if that doesn't work... -
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Environmental news 2011
Island beach clean-up at Um al Maradim - Dec 9th 2011 Info and Bird count: http://nicoleb.org/mnblog/2011/12/island-beach-clean-up-at-um-al-maradim/ -
Environmental news 2011
A short video made by K's path about birds in Kuwait, their bird sanctuary and the release of an Egyptian Vulture, shot 9 months ago: A short video of Birds at the K'S PATH sanctuary, highlighting the November release of an endangered Egyptian vulture. -
Environmental news 2011
May 10th 2011 - Mangaf Another one bites the dust Welcome to the land where endangered species are killed just for fun. This one most likely by a sling shot. I don’t know if we had a breeding pair here, or if this is the bird that has been around for months. -
Environmental news 2011
BEACH CLEAN-UP SULAIBIKHAT (2) - May 11th 2011 16 Volunteers & a collection of around 3oo kg of rubbish went to recycling instead of rotting at the beach. And that was only another small stretch of that area. The beach you see somewhere close to the end is the next one in line waiting for being... -
Environmental news 2011
May 28th 2011 After a break of one week (due to the weather our island trip had to be cancelled - twice), we were ready for another adventure. This week we went to Doha beach (one of them) near Entertainment city. 'We' is a group of Volunteers (12 this time) with two employees from K's Path... -
Environmental news 2011
I know. I was surprised though that they went that far. And all those morons throwing bottles... that's exactly what I would like to do with them! Grrrr....... :C -
Environmental news 2011
May 14th 2011 Sulaibikhat beach Clean-up http://nicoleb.org/mnblog/2011/05/kuwait-sulaibikhat-beach-clean-up/ The second one of a series of clean-ups I participated in. They will run all summer and are part of a program to help clean up the migratory route. I hope the website for this will be... -
Environmental news 2011
May 14th 2011 Migratory birds being sold at the animal market: http://www.mutla.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2671 Whale Shark trapped in the marina: http://nicoleb.org/mnblog/2011/05/whale-shark/ -
Environmental news 2011
May 9th Article from Arab Times online: I should have taken photos of the deserted camping areas to give you an idea of what destruction looks like. :( -
Environmental news 2011
May 6th 2011 Kuwait, KISR beach clean-up This was the launch clean-up of Exxon Mobil's Migratory Birds Program, under Al Yaal: Kuwait's First Nationwide Marine Conservation Initiative developed by en.v (or on Facebook) in partnership with K'S PATH (on FB). There were around 18 Volunteers and... -
Environmental news 2011
PS: In most places we go to for work i cannot do much more than 'just' point things out I see, because we don't stay long enough. Many say that the fact that we never stay long doesn't entitle me to tell the local people that they are doing something wrong. It is their country after all... -
Environmental news 2011
I know. I also know that not everything is perfect neither in Europe, the US or in Asia. I also know that there are people here working hard to bring along some education. And many will never grasp the concept. That's the way it goes. I am just trying to show a few things that go on in... -
Environmental news 2011
Wrote a little piece about bird shooting on my blog yesterday: http://nicoleb.org/mnblog/2011/04/why-oh-why/ Nothing new and some other people (ie Mike Pope) wrote more eloquently, but I had to get it off my chest.... -
Environmental news 2011
April 17th Oiled Ruff (at the Wafra Golf course http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=195522 some oiled Collared Praticoles (April 15th) at the Sahara Golf course http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=197592 Little Stint, oiled at the back (April 16th) at the Sahara Golf course... -
Environmental news 2011
April 12th The days are getting warmer and the time for Kuwaitis camping in the desert seems to be over. All the big family tents are gone, the desert empty once again. Or rather, it should be empty. It isn't though. Left behind is a bunch of trash, furniture and even toilets. Why? Why does it... -
Environmental news 2011
Migration seems to be in full swing. In a recent newspaper article Abdul Rahman Al-Sirhan reported though that so far they have been less migrants than last year. The bird shooters are def. happy enough and doing their thing wherever they can. I have seen the first Steppe Buzzard, shot dead... -
Environmental news 2011
Yep, but it's a few people that fight a Don Quichote fight it seems :( Development & profit, like anywhere else, seem to be more important. -
Environmental news 2011
Yep,... talked to a guy that was responsible for the clean up of the oil spill here in Mangaf and he told me how they watch oil 'carpets' via Satellite coming from Iraq, Iran and Saudi all the time :(