MEDIA COVERAGE
MEDIA COVERAGE
1.PRESS RELEASES:
•BBC World. 2002. “Endangered bird delights conservationists’
•The Guardian. 2002. “Lost colony revives hopes for rare ibis’
•The Daily Telegraph. 2002. “Colony of rare bald ibis found”
•Royal Wings. 2002. “Fly away home”
•Syria Times. 2004. “Palmyra’s rare ibises on the verge of extinction”
•Corriere della Sera. 2005. “Ibis, un volo verso il mistero”
•BBC World, 2006. “Rare Middle East bald ibis tagged”
•BBC World. 2006. “Winter home find cheers twitchers”
•Science. 2006. “Eye on the ibis”
•The Guardian. 2006. “Ibis sighted in Ethiopia for first time since 1970s”
•Science Daily. 2006. “Tagging success boosts hopes for Arabian Phoenix”
•La Repubblica – Firenze. 2006 “Una vita per l’ibis eremita”
•Syria Today. 2007. “The Punks of Palmyra”
• Wildlife Extra. 2008. “Two sightings of Northern Bald Ibis in Middle East bring a spark of hope”
• National Geographic magazine – Expeditions, In preparation. NG Grantee: Ibis Rising
•Wildlife Extra. 2009. “Desperate year for Northern bald ibis as birds are shot and electrocuted”
• Science Daily. 2009. “Hunting: An Extinction Threat To Middle East's Most Threatened Bird”
• BirdLife. 2010. “Donation of ibis gives Middle East’s rarest bird renewed hope of survival”
• Jerusalem Post. 2010. “Turkey, Syria engage in bird diplomacy”
• The Washington Times. 2010. “Turkey, Syria come together for northern bald ibis”
• Greenreport. 2010. “Ibis eremita orientale, estinzione imminente”
• IUCN ROWA Secretariat. 2011. “Few hopes to save the most threatened bird in the Middle East”
• National Geographic Daily News. 2011. “New Hope for a Rare Bird in the Syrian Desert”
2. VIDEO-DOCUMENTARIES
BBC WORLD, Earth Report Series. 2004. “Abu Anouk: Son of the Scythe”. 25-min documentary
RAI 3 TGR Mediterraneo. 2004. “Un italiano a Palmyra”. 5-min video
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC. 2007. “Extinct Ibis found in Middle East”. 5-min video
3. RADIO INTERVIEWS