They talk about their lives on the island of Socotra, in a language whose origins are lost in time—unchanged for centuries and understood today by fewer people than live in Ames, Iowa.

December 2012: IUCN mission; June 2014: IUCN/Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage (ARC-WH) mission 2014 IUCN/ARC-WH Mission Report, Socotra Archipelago, June 2014 2012 Report on the IUCN Mission to ...

Imagine stepping into a world that looks almost extraterrestrial: welcome to Socotra Island. Located in the Indian Ocean, ...

Of the 24 known Boswellia species, 11 are only found on Socotra Island, off the coast of Yemen. Socotra’s Boswellia trees are currently not the main source of commercially traded frankincense ...

Socotra Archipelago, in the northwest Indian Ocean near the Gulf of Aden, is 250 km long and comprises four islands and two rocky islets which appear as a prolongation of the Horn of Africa. The site ...