tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17893912405297173202024-03-13T02:22:20.068+01:00The Socotra Karst ProjectThe only true cave-related Socotra blog!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger223125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1789391240529717320.post-22341879869307741872024-02-08T06:00:00.019+01:002024-02-08T16:12:34.772+01:00Medieval DNA from Soqotra points to Eurasian origins of an isolated population at the crossroads of Africa and Arabia<p>After years of exploring cave systems and tafoni's on the island, we discovered quite some burial sites on the island. Questions popped-up: Who were these people? How old are the remains? Are these families/tribes? Where do the Soqotri people came from anyway? </p><p>Finally some information got extracted from these remains, freshly published in Nature Ecology & Evolution, titled: </p><h1 class="c-article-title" data-article-title="" data-test="article-title" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: Harding, Palatino, serif; font-size: 1.875rem; letter-spacing: min(max(-0.0117156rem, 4vw), -0.0390625rem); line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 16px;"><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-024-02322-x">Medieval DNA from Soqotra points to Eurasian origins of an isolated population at the crossroads of Africa and Arabia</a></h1><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1789391240529717320.post-28746733678618650432023-07-18T17:12:00.028+02:002024-02-08T17:19:31.673+01:00Holocene vertebrate assemblages provide the first evidence for the presence of the barn owl (Tytonidae, Tyto alba) on Socotra Island (Yemen)<p>Another cave-derived result shows the presence of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barn_owl">barn owl</a> (Tyto albo) once flying around on the island! <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016699523000621?ref=pdf_download&fr=RR-2&rr=85251b024ccb1987">The article in Geobios clarifies</a> Hope carbon dating can shed more light on the exact period?</p><p>Lot's of caves, lot's of faunal remains, lot's of work...</p><p>Congrats to the Italian team!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p><br /></p><span id="__symantecMPKIClientDetector" style="display: none;">__PRESENT</span><span id="__symantecMPKIClientDetector" style="display: none;">__PRESENT</span><span id="__symantecMPKIClientDetector" style="display: none;">__PRESENT</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1789391240529717320.post-20664508460981691252022-10-30T17:08:00.001+01:002023-01-19T17:17:14.090+01:00Global Forum combined with Water and Humanity Conference (Muscat October 2022)<p>It was an honor to contribute to the Global Forum combined with the Water and Humanity Conference in Muscat!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/u_pj4pQ0BHo" width="320" youtube-src-id="u_pj4pQ0BHo"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1789391240529717320.post-43195115643383290092021-09-26T11:48:00.012+02:002021-09-27T11:58:30.380+02:00'Well of Hell': Omani cave team discover what lurks in Yemen’s strange sinkhole<p> 'Well of Hell': Omani cave team discover what lurks in Yemen’s strange sinkhole</p><p>Finally the Omani caves exploration team (OCET) explored the Well of Barhout located in Yemen's eastern province of Al-Mahra. </p><p><a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/gulf-news/oman/2021/09/21/well-of-hell-meet-the-omani-caver-who-explored-yemens-strange-sinkhole/" target="_blank">The National News</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/vx9-a7SFHcw" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="625" data-original-width="1265" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZvL3rhGbkMkkETwRZ28UMWdMxyn3d-ZvPGSW1tCfk3jP8Zrau5Rj0ane8qPBghjXOavYN4INE1Xa3tjmTZ56gwQaaenjTmbJOk5ITq2CYlkiHj8w3UjXXvhBv6jm0MO8LIgSxCTeU7Js/s320/2021-09-27+11_55_04-Window.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>So much more to explore on the Yemeni mainland... </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1789391240529717320.post-47575029792346973102019-12-05T09:55:00.000+01:002019-12-06T09:56:21.287+01:00Rain, rain, rain...Currently the tropical storm 06A (also known as Pawan) is slowly passing Socotra as shown below captured by the <a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/218892.php">NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite</a>:<br />
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The heavy rains are causing new floods again all over the island and roads are blocked by land slides. Following pictures are forwarded by Dr. Julian Jansen van Rensburg, currently on expedition on the island.<br />
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This vital water resources is currently just flowing into the sea... A proper meteorological network should be installed and maintained to really quantify the effects of these recently increasing cyclones hitting the island(s).<br />
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<a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/find-explorers/julian-jansen-van-rensburg">Revealing the Population History of Soqotra with Ancient DNA!</a><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: -0.01em; word-spacing: 0.05em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">More will come later, great news I wanted to share...</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1789391240529717320.post-60610104751959148792019-06-12T23:47:00.000+02:002019-06-12T23:47:04.514+02:00Socotra in Sicilia - FoS 18th International Conference and AGM -26th / 29th September 2019 Palermo ItalySocotra is changing fast these days...<br />
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Therefore this year, the title of the next International Conference is "Socotra's pursuit of stability through heritage, conservation and sustainability".<br />
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All further details to be found on this brand new website: <a href="http://www.socotrainsicilia.it/">http://www.socotrainsicilia.it/</a><br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1789391240529717320.post-12774114388638658572018-11-03T21:31:00.000+01:002018-11-21T21:33:12.684+01:00The 17th Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Soqotra and Symposium was held on 25 - 28 October, organised and hosted by the ARC-WH in Bahrain. Thanks to the organisers!It was wonderful to see so many FoS again, this time with a lot of Soqotri attending and for the first time overseas in Bahrain.<br />
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The abstract book can be downloaded <a href="http://www.friendsofsoqotra.org/pdfs/17th%20Annual%20General%20Meeting%2018.10.2018%20Programme.pdf">here</a>, while the minutes of the AGM are available <a href="http://www.friendsofsoqotra.org/pdfs/2018_%20Minutes_FOS%20AGM%20Bahrain.pdf">here</a>.<br />
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Next year will be on an island more nearby, Sicily (Italy).Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1789391240529717320.post-8406184131186872222018-10-10T22:06:00.000+02:002018-11-21T22:08:41.508+01:00Mehazelo - Cinderella of Soqotra - The real folk tales by Vladimir AgafonovFor those who are not yet acquainted with this story, do check it out!<br />
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Thanks to the efforts of Vladimir Agafonov, translated tales got published in Russian in 1995, 1996 and 1997 in editions for children.<br />
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What many people not know, as Vladimir told me himself, is that it first published in a monthly illustrated newspaper in Moscow, and its illustrations editor choose Victor Duvidov's illustrations. Later Victor became very famous for his illustrations for the Russian translations of Rudyard Kipling's tales from the Jungle Book.<br />
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So, in fact Victor Duvidov was the first illustrator in the world to have illustrated Socotran folk tales!<br />
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Thanks for sharing Vladimir.<br />
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You can find it almost everywhere on the internet, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/MEHAZELO-Cinderella-folklore-Mehazelo-Cinderella-like/dp/1482319225">the most known way</a>.<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1789391240529717320.post-64533136795210085792018-09-05T12:31:00.000+02:002018-09-05T15:32:42.220+02:00The first vertebrate fossil from Socotra Island (Yemen) is an early Holocene Egyptian fruit batHoq cave revealed a bat fossil covered in calcite years ago, in the meantime we know more and can finally share the today published article with all of you!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1789391240529717320.post-40782367392317704372018-07-28T20:28:00.002+02:002018-07-28T20:28:51.152+02:00The Yemeni island Socotra's unique environment is at risk from the conflict in the country.From the BBC:<br />
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<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-middle-east-44924534/yemen-s-island-jewel-under-threat">The Yemeni island Socotra's unique environment is at risk from the conflict in the country.</a><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1789391240529717320.post-49089502252896768882018-07-25T20:24:00.000+02:002018-07-28T20:25:18.004+02:00Some positive news from Socotra and community effort in eradicating one of the invasive species...<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 15px;">Thanks to Dr. K. Van Damme this news:</span><br />
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During the exploration and inventory of an archaeological site at the northern plain of the island (Eriosh), Kay discovered a triops on the island!<br />
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All details of the article to be found here: <a href="https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4446.4.8">https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4446.4.8</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1789391240529717320.post-30558768475332159952018-07-02T20:50:00.000+02:002018-07-28T20:51:59.362+02:00A new stygobiont species of Halocaridinides Fujino & Shokita, 1975 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Caridea, Atyidae) from caves on Socotra Island (Yemen), with notes on the genusAfter some time...<br />
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Proud to show that cave exploration with a team scientist ultimately leads to more knowledge than one would expect.<br />
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Thanks to our SKP biologist, Dr. K. Van Damme a new article:<br />
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<a href="http://www.friendsofsoqotra.org/pdfs/FOS%20Leaflets%20for%20Visitors%20Arabic%20-%20March%202018.pdf">Arabic version</a></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1789391240529717320.post-53856163287599149492018-05-02T13:31:00.000+02:002018-05-03T13:35:29.664+02:00Socotra island: The Unesco-protected 'Jewel of Arabia' vanishing amid Yemen’s civil war <span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Part one of a three part series on Soqotra...</span><br />
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Here a small overview of the 2017-2018 report and projects:<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1789391240529717320.post-71171944708230670862018-04-03T22:22:00.000+02:002018-04-04T09:09:44.051+02:00Socotra 3D ModelFinally a nice 3D model of Socotra Island, made by Vricon.<br />
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Hopefully development will not endanger the Socotra Wildlife and environmental protection initiatives stay on the alert. This new enlargement of the port might hold a critical new import of goods and jump-start big building initiatives?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1789391240529717320.post-53239702333858992742018-03-11T17:14:00.000+01:002018-03-12T17:19:03.497+01:00Socotra: The deep Indic roots of one of the remotest places on earth<h3>
<a href="https://swarajyamag.com/culture/socotra-the-deep-indic-roots-of-one-of-the-remotest-places-on-earth">Socotra: The deep Indic roots of one of the remotest places on earth.</a></h3>
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General article over the island, but quite good resourced!</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1789391240529717320.post-36996852999486670662018-02-26T07:00:00.000+01:002018-02-26T13:11:06.741+01:00Importance of preserving Socotra islandGreat news!<br />
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<a href="http://www.newsofbahrain.com/viewNews.php?ppId=42331&TYPE=Posts&pid=21&MNU=2&SUB=">A cultural heritage protection program for Socotra</a><br />
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The workshop aims at qualifying the members and developing their abilities in the field of preservation of cultural heritage, an aspect that has not been emphasized in the development and conservation plans...<br />
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Thanks for this fantastic initiative and best wishes to this brilliant team!</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1789391240529717320.post-43216945890215692992017-07-27T13:32:00.000+02:002017-07-28T13:34:12.647+02:00Integrating Soqotra’s cultural heritage into conservationJulian Jansen Van Rensburg made it!<br />
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Great news:<br />
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<a href="https://www.britishcouncil.org/arts/culture-development/cultural-protection-fund/projects/Intergrating-Socotra-heritage">Integrating Soqotra’s cultural heritage into conservation</a></h1>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1789391240529717320.post-63575022590398142422017-04-24T23:23:00.002+02:002017-04-24T23:27:34.805+02:00UAE helps Socotra<a href="https://youtu.be/XqRVdtsnIkg">https://youtu.be/XqRVdtsnIkg</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1789391240529717320.post-69057634175796516882017-03-26T13:42:00.000+02:002017-07-28T13:52:47.786+02:00Incense and imagery: mapping agricultural and water management systems on the island of Socotra, YemenThanks to Julian we are moving on with those enigmatic walls all over the island...<br />
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Still a lot of work ahead, but hopefully the knowledge about who / when / why will clear up!<br />
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<a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318277471_Incense_and_imagery_mapping_agricultural_and_water_management_systems_on_the_island_of_Socotra_Yemen">https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318277471_Incense_and_imagery_mapping_agricultural_and_water_management_systems_on_the_island_of_Socotra_Yemen</a><br />
or here:<br />
<a href="http://dro.dur.ac.uk/21552/">http://dro.dur.ac.uk/21552/</a><br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1789391240529717320.post-37053570506482384742017-01-01T23:14:00.001+01:002017-01-01T23:14:51.583+01:00SOCOTRA, THE ISLAND OF DJINNS. TRAILERNot new at all, just something to let your thoughts carried away on the first day of this new year...<br />
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From 2015 by Jordi Esteva:<br />
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<a href="https://vimeo.com/134824821">SOCOTRA, THE ISLAND OF DJINNS. TRAILER</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/jordiesteva">Jordi Esteva</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com