A new stygobiont species of Halocaridinides Fujino & Shokita, 1975 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Caridea, Atyidae) from caves on Socotra Island (Yemen), with notes on the genus

After some time...

Proud to show that cave exploration with a team scientist ultimately leads to more knowledge than one would expect.

Thanks to our SKP biologist, Dr. K. Van Damme a new article:
https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4442.2.3

Information and Advice for Visitors and Tourists

Recently FOS published their "Information and Advice for Visitors and Tourists".

You can download it though their website or with the direct link below

English version

Arabic version

Socotra island: The Unesco-protected 'Jewel of Arabia' vanishing amid Yemen’s civil war

Part one of a three part series on Soqotra...

Socotra island: The Unesco-protected 'Jewel of Arabia' vanishing amidYemen’s civil war

Friends of Soqotra-Report and projects (2017-2018)

Great to be part of this "Friends of Socotra" team!

Here a small overview of the 2017-2018 report and projects:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324798113_Friends_of_Soqotra-Report_and_projects_2017-2018

Socotra 3D Model

Finally a nice 3D model of Socotra Island, made by Vricon.

Enjoy:

Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation inaugurates Hawlaf Port on Socotra

The Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation inaugurates Hawlaf Port on Socotra.

Picture taken from the above linked website article.

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?

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.

General article over the island, but quite good resourced!