News collection from 2022
Soqotra - successfully nominated as one of the 15 sites for World Monuments Watch 2022
Cuckoos Connecting Schools in Mongolia and Socotra, Yemen
The"connect2socotra" campaign of UNESCO
Update on Soqotra birds from Ahmed Saeed Suleiman and Richard Porter
2019 was the UNESCO International year of indigeneous languages
After a request from the UNESCO to the FOS, Miranda Morris and Janet Watson wrote a
description of the six endangered Modern South Arabian Languages (which includes Soqotri).
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5th tropical storm named "Pawan" arrived Soqotra Archipelago in December 2019
Comparing the post-monsoon season scenario over the years, the frequency of the cyclonic disturbances observed over the Arabian Sea this year equals the past record of 1982 and 2011, when four cyclonic disturbances had developed in the post-monsoon season. According to weather scientists, warming of oceans is fuelling stronger cyclones in the North Indian Ocean, with increasing potential energy available to these cyclonic disturbances. The systems also seem to have intensified rapidly, most probably due to higher sea-surface temperatures, which lead to an increase in cyclonic wind speeds. Studies show that with a rapidly warming Indian Ocean, the frequency of severe cyclones is expected to increase.
References:
https://www.cyclocane.com/pawan-storm-tracker/
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-12/nsfc-ntt120519.php
https://www.livemint.com/r/
https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2019-12-05-indian-ocean-dipole-el-nino-tropical-cyclone
App for iTunes (2017)
Birds of the Middle East (including Soqotra) app INFO for iTunes:
Seller: NatureGuides Ltd.
Size: 852.7 MB
Compatibility: Requires iOS 11.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone 5s and up, and Ipad
Languages: The app is ONLY in Arabic
Age Rating: 4+
Copyright: © NatureGuides Ltd
Price: Free
Source:
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/developer/natureguides-ltd/id310574314?mt=8 (scroll down to App 12)
08 July 2018
How an Edinburgh center is tracing the roots of plants in the Middle East
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2 May 2018
Socotra island: The Unesco-protected 'Jewel of Arabia' vanishing amid Yemen’s civil war
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13 November 2017
Number of natural World Heritage sites affected by climate change nearly doubles in three years – IUCN
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24 December 2016
Sons of Socotra stage protest rally to demand end of Saudi barbaric blockade
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03 November 2015
Cyclone Chapala bears down on mainland Yemen
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03 November 2015
UAE, Saudi 'air bridge' takes emergency relief aid to Yemen's Socotra
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18 August 2015
Saudi Arabia Builds-up Naval Base on Occupied Yemeni Island
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18 May 2015
Oman sends relief aid to Soqotra
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22 February 2015
Socotra police deny arrival of terrorists to Island
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19 January 2015
Chinese company to improve fishery sector in Socotra
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04 December 2014
Gas shortage Residents in Socotra are logging trees for wood
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16 September 2014
Foreigners line up to buy land in Socotra
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23 Juli 2014
UNESCO condemns digging up, looting ancient sites in Socotra
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14 May 2014
Socotra, promising tourist site facing challenges
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26 April 2014
Yemen signs MoU to build solar power plant
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16 March 2014
Socotra governor sworn in
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5 February 2014
"2nd Stakeholder Workshop on the GEF-UNEP project in Hadiboh successful" - After the first workshop
carried out during the last FoS meeting in Lednice, Czech Republic, a second workshop with more than 70 participants was hold on 30th January in the EPA building in Hadiboh, Soqotra.
The meeting was led by Uwe Zajonz, Eduardo Zandri, Kay Van Damme, Uli Piest and Arne Witt, together with Ahmed Saeed, Fouad Naseeb and Malek Abdulaziz. The output
was very useful for the project, and in particular the need for an Invasive Species Management on the island was welcomed unanimously. The invasive
species management will be one of four components of the GEF-UNEP project.
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1 February 2014
An island prison? Could Guantánamo’s biggest bunch of prisoners be sent to Socotra?
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18 December 2013
Law establishing Yemen's 22nd governorate issued
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21 November 2013
KFAED grants $60 mln to establish Sabah College in Socotra
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29 October 2013
Independent Socotra governorate: paving the way for a federal Yemen or a hint at separation?
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21 July 2013
Decree to establish Society College in Socotra Island issued
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30 May 2013
ADFD grants $5 mln to update Socotra Airport
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11 February 2013
Yemen, GIZ sign €6 mln agreement to support Socotra biodiversity
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07 December 2012
Sheikh Khalifa Hospital opened in Socotra
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29 November 2012
Nonnative animals threaten indigenous life on Socotra
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26 November 2012
Socotra: An island rife with discovery
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23 November 2012
Soqotra Archaeology Latest (with a video in Arabic)
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30 October 2012
Russian scientific mission continues archaeological excavations in Socotra
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19 March 2012
3000 tons of Socotra coral exported from Yemen to Gulf states
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22 March 2011
Foreign researchers flee Yemen leaving conservation programmes in trouble
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