The SGBP Project
is a joint effort of the Government of the Republic of Yemen and the UNDP-GEF to conserve globally important biodiversity of the Socotra Archipelago. The SGBP comes after previous successful projects aimed on a sustainable human development on the island. The objective of the SGBP is to support Socotra in the national decentralization process and to set up a system of local administration that effectively includes biodiversity management.
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2010-03-01
Kay Van Damme from Ghent University presented his lecture on Socotra’s endemics in Hadibo. He originally gave the paper in the conference on biodiversity in the Arabian Peninsula, Sharjah, UAE in February. more
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2010-02-27
Www.socotraproject.org has been awarded the GOLD PRIZE in the Yemen Web Awards 2009. SGBP website got the first place within the second largest category of Projects & Government Websites. more
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2010-02-24
Socotra enjoys sufficient supplies of petrol brought by a tanker to the port in Hadibo. In the public network, electricity is available from 9 am to early morning hours these days. more
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2010-02-12
Three illegal Somali immigrants landed on Socotra on February 7, 2010. It was the first recorded case of refugees coming to the island . more
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2010-02-03
Second project board meeting was held in Hadibu, Socotra on February 11, 2010. Representatives of donors and stakeholders supervised progress in SGBP implementation and agreed on steps forward for next months. more
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2010-01-31
Three Socotran fishermen lost while fishing sharks in September 2009 happily returned back to Socotra in mid-January. They were saved by a ship heading to Bangladesh and brought back home with help of Yemeni authorities. more
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2010-01-01
Kay Van Damme from the Ghent University will give a paper on Socotra at the first Conference on Biodiversity Conservation in the Arabian Peninsula that takes place in February 3 – 4, 2010 in Sharjah, the United Arab Emirates. more
Special Thanks
Special thanks to international experts who have devoted their work and heart to Socotra and contributed soundly with their knowledge and valuable materials to this website: Richard Porter (Birdlife Int.), Kay Van Damme (The Ghent University), Lisa Benfield (The Edinburgh Botanic Garden), Catherine Cheung ( NICA Australia) and Richard Boggs (photographer).
Photo of the week
SGBP consultant for NGOs Shadya Al-Habeishy is interviewing Ali Mohammed Abdalla from Attadaman (Cooperation) athletic association in Hadibo. Shadya has been meeting all NGOs and associations on Socotra to assess their work and propose enhancement.
