Links to Other Sites on Syria

Middle East wildlife sites

• GuidedBirding.com
  • Palmyra Eco-Guiding, Syria

• Wetlands International - "Directory of Wetlands in the Middle East" (Scott 1995)
  • Syrian wetlands
  • Sabkhat al-Jabbul
• BirdLife Middle East
  • Bald Ibis press release
  • Syria
• Ramsar
  • Ramsar sites in Syria
• Friends of the Earth - Middle East
• Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon
• Ornithological Society of the Middle East (OSME)
• Birds Oman
• Birding Egypt
• Birding in Jordan
• Palestine Wildlife Society
• Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Arabia (ABBA)
• Zoology in the Middle East journal
• Arabian Wildlife magazine

Satellite photos and maps

• University of California, Berkeley - free ex-Soviet 1:100k maps
• NASA - free photos taken by astronauts (go to 'find photos' and click on map)
• ResMap - free on-line imagery, Landsat etc (needs fast internet connection)
• Univeristy of Maryland - Global Land Cover Facility - free Landsat etc
• NASA - International Space Station Crew Imagery

E-mail groups

• MEBirdNet

Other links

• Eurobirding - Syria trip reports
• Birdtours.com - trip reports

General

• Syrian Ministry of Tourism

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