Establishment of a Middle Eastern Biodiversity Research, Training, and Conservation Network
The goal of this project is to strengthen, within in a multi-facetted cooperation network, the capacity of Arab countries and Iran in documenting and analysing the Region’s unique biodiversity, promoting sustainable resource use and conservation.
Specifically, the project aims to:- Document regional biodiversity
- Analyse and understand the Region’s biodiversity
- Strengthen regional networking
- Communicate project results to a larger public
The project is one of 18 that was approved for funding by the “German-Arab/Iranian Higher Education Dialogue” programme of the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service). Its running time is from April 2006 to December 2008.
Implementing Institute
Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum
Project Coordinator: Dr. Friedhelm Krupp, f.krupp
senckenberg.de
senckenberg.de
Project Partners
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe University
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Bruno Streit, streitbio.uni-frankfurt.de
University of Tehran
Coordinator: Dr. Masoumeh Malek, mmalek
khayam.ut.ac.ir
University of Jordan / Yarmouk University, Marine Science Station
Coordinator: Dr. Maroof Khalaf, m.khalaf
ju.edu.jo
Sana’a University
Sana’a, Yemen
Coordinator: Dr. Masaa Al-Jumaily, dr.masaahotmail.com
American University of Beirut
Coordinator: Dr. Michel Bariche, mb39aub.edu.lb
Activities
(For more information on each activity, please click on the title links below)Training Workshop: Collection Management and Natural History Museum Curatorship, Frankfurt am Main and Wilhelmshaven, Germany, September 2006
Workshop: The Biodiversity Conservation Imperative: Biological, Ethical, and Economic Perspectives in the Middle East and Europe, Tehran, Iran, December 2006
Course: Biodiversity Fundamentals, an Academic Course for Advanced Students, Amman and Aqaba, Jordan, June 2007
International Workshop: Synoptic Biogeography of Socotra Archipelago, Yemen, Sana’a, Yemen, October 2007
Training: Technician Training in Collection Management and Natural History Museum Curatorship, Frankfurt am Main, October-November 2007
Congress: Documenting Analysing, and Managing Biodiversity in the Middle East, Aqaba, Jordan, October 20-23, 2008
Visits of graduate students and researchers from project partners to the Senckenberg Research Institute to take advantage of the research facilities (library, museum collection, laboratory)
Visits of German scientists to the Middle East to undertake joint field work with project partners