Under the patronage of Mr. Ahmad Fateh Al-Qadiri, the Minister of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform (MAAR), the Syrian Society for the Conservation of Wildlife organized a one-day workshop about the Status of Northern Bald Ibis and Sociable Lapwing in Syria during 2013 at the Ministry Meeting Hall in Damascus on Sunday, May 19, 2013.
Speakers at the workshop who are bird specialists and representatives of national institutions involved in protecting birds and hunting regulation have discussed the latest about the NBI in Palmyra and also the situation of the Sociable Lapwing that wan not surveyed this spring at the badia of Raqqa, Deir Ezzor and Palmyra, due the current situation. The participants also discussed the latest in the development of the steps taken to reach a modern version of the Hunting Law within the Higher Council for Hunting (HCH) and the roles of all stakeholders in the process and the key role that SSCW is taking in this process.
