Kuwait
The "Birds of Kuwait" Project also affectionately known as BoK was funded by Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (KUFPEC) in an effort to increase awareness of Kuwait's outstanding biodiveristy and the need to protect it. The first phase of the project begun in...
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Sponsored by TOTAL Foundation and TOTAL Kuwait and supported by The Voluntary Work Center, The Scientific Center and the Kuwaiti Coast Guard, the Kuwait Turtle Conservation Project (KTCP) studied sea turtles and their habitat in the southern...
By Nancy Papathanasopoulou, Biodiversity East, KTCP managerFirst published in the Arab Times June 25, 2012
She was fitted with a satellite transmitter on her carapace on a stormy night in Umm Al-Maradim on the night of 24 May 2010. She rode a small wave, which landed her softly on the pristine sand...
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By Nancy PapathanasopoulouFirst published in the Arab Times October 25, 2011
With the superficial looks of astrange lizard sliding in the mud or jumping up to two feet when there is a reason for it, the mudskipper is called "Bushalambo" in Arabic. The lazy one. Local culture is making a point,...
Text by Stam Zogaris - photos by Aris Vidalis
Kuwait Bay at high noon in early July, with an incoming sand-storm and temperatures just over 40 oC. Even at the oddest times, it could be rewarding to take a drive 20 minutes west of Kuwait City, for some birdwatching! We visited without a guide, even...
By Nancy Papathanasopoulou (photos by Aris Vidalis)First published in the Arab Times July 18, 2011
During its three years of research on sea turtles as well as their underwater and beach habitats, the Kuwait Turtle Conservation Project(KTCP) has not been indifferent to the bird population of islets...
By Dareen Almojil and Nancy PapathanasopoulouFirst published in the Arab Times July 6, 2011
Wrapping up its work inAugust 2011 and sponsored by TOTAL Foundation and TOTAL Kuwait, the Kuwait Turtle Conservation Project (KTCP) wason islands Qaru and Umm Al-Maradim for three full years, mon-itoring...
By Nancy Papathanasopoulou
They are here once again. The Kuwait Turtle Conservation Project (KTCP), sponsored by TOTAL Foundation and TOTAL Kuwait and in cooperation with the Voluntary Work Center Kuwait and The Scientific Center Kuwait, was on Umm Al-Maradim island on the 4th of May 2010...
