SENCKENBERG
world of biodiversity

Senckenberg Research

Middle Eastern Biodiversity Project
Major research projects Tübingen - Senckenberg Center for Human Evolution and Palaeoecology Zoogical Research in Hessian strict forest reserves Middle Eastern Biodiversity Project Curatorship Training Course Biodiversity Conservation Imperative Biodiversity Fundamentals Socotra Workshop Technician Training Biodiversity Congress SUN BiK-F Edaphobase GBIF database Long term time series on the North Sea fauna Census of the Diversity of Abyssal Marine Life BIOLOG - BIOTA DEVEC Central Asia and Tibet	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 Frankfurt am Main, Germany Project Coordinator: Dr. Friedhelm Krupp, f.krupp senckenberg.de Coordination Assistant: Ms Nadia Manasfi, nmanasfi 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 Tehran, Iran Coordinator: Dr. Masoumeh Malek, mmalek khayam.ut.ac.ir University of Jordan / Yarmouk University, Marine Science Station Aqaba, Jordan Coordinator: Dr. Maroof Khalaf, m.khalafju.edu.jo *Sana’a University* Sana’a, Yemen Coordinator: Dr. Masaa Al-Jumaily, dr.masaa hotmail.com American University of Beirut Beirut, Lebanon 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