Call For Papers: Travellers In Ottoman Lands – The Botanical Legacy

Friday, 11 November, 2016 15:39

Call for paper submissions for a two-day seminar Saturday May 13 – Sunday May 14 2017 at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, presented by the Association for the Study of Travel in Egypt and the Near East (ASTENE) in conjunction with the Centre for Middle Eastern Plants, part of the Royal Botanic Garden. Contributions are welcome […]

Birds of Peramagroon App live

Tuesday, 02 June, 2015 15:54

An identification app for the 133 bird species of Peramagroon Mountain in Iraq has just been released.  This is part of our Iraqi Darwin Initiative project and is designed to be an easy-to-use identification tool for education, training and monitoring purposes. The next step is to create a Kurdish language version.         […]

Dragons, rare goats, owls and night owls

Monday, 23 December, 2013 11:43

Richard Porter talks about this autumn’s Darwin Initiative trip to Kurdistan

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Botanists help Socotra bird studies

Sunday, 11 August, 2013 12:00

Richard Porter of BirdLife International explains how botanical work on Socotra has enabled the study of the islands birds.

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The 8th Plant Life of South West Asia conference

Thursday, 27 June, 2013 11:19

The 8th Plant Life of South West Asia conference starts next week. More details at www.ploswa8.org.uk or for late registrations contact ploswa8@cmep.org.uk

PLoSWA8 now July 2013

Tuesday, 28 May, 2013 15:13

The dates of the 8th Plant Life of South West Asia conference have now changed. The symposium will now be held from the 1st – 5th July 2013 at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Details of the website with further details will be announced shortly.