Under the Patronage of His Highness the Amir of Bahrain
H.H.
Shaikh Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa
“The Arabian Ornithological and Conservation
Conference Bahrain 2000”
Organised by the
Ministry of Housing Municipalities and Environment
&
The National Commission for Wildlife Protection
At
The Sheraton Hotel
October
21st to 25th 2000
Schedule At A Glance
Arrive Bahrain For
Saturday 21st October
1500 Hrs - Late Afternoon Field trip Manama
20.00 Delegate Meet For Casual Social Dinner and
briefing
Overnight Manama
Sunday 22nd October
09.30 Travel To Hawar Arrive For Buffet Brunch
13.00 Field Trip - Exploring
Islands Of Hawar
20.00 Barbecue At Poolside – Sea Food - Delights Of Hawar
Overnight Hawar
Monday 23rd
05.00 Early Morning Call
06.30 Full Day Exploring Islands
Of Hawar Visiting The Bird Colonies
15.30 Return Hotel Hawar
17.00 Travel Back To Manama
20.00 Dinner Overnight Manama
Tuesday 24th
09.00 Hrs Opening Ceremony Of Conference At
Sheraton Hotel.
Coffee
10.30 To 13.00 In Conference
Lunch
14.30 To 17.30 In Conference.
17.30 Gala Dinner
Wednesday 25th
08.00 To 10.30 In Conference
Break
12.30 To 13.00 Closing Speeches
Lunch
15.00 Field Trip Manama
Principle
Guests
Prof. Dr. Abdulaziz Abuzinada –
KSA
The Secretary General NCWCD
Author of six books and some 40 scientific papers.
recipient of seven international awards including the prestigious IUCN’s CNPPA
Fred Packard Award for Distinguished Achievements in Wildlife Preservation and
Environmental Protection, Caracas, Venezuela, 1992. Chair of the Arabian Plant
Specialist Group; Chair of the IUCN West Asia Advisory Group and is a Vice
Chair of the Species Survival Commission of IUCN. Chair Standing Committee of
the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals of the
Bonn Convention. (Prof. Dr. Abdulaziz Abuzinada is
currently on sick leave recovering from surgery but never the less hopes to be
well enough to travel)
Prof. Dr. John Waterbury
President, American University
of Beirut Lebanon and Prof.
Emeritus Princeton USA.
Formally a
Fulbright scholar to Egypt Ethiopia and Uganda and editor of the prestigious
journal World Politics. Before
joining the faculty at Princeton taught at the University of Michigan severed
as Middle East corespondent for the American University Field Staff and Universite Aix-Marseille. At Princeton taught Middle East
Politics and political economy development at Woodrow Wilson School of Public
and International affairs . Has extensively published and carried out a variety
of research in developing countries
focusing on the politics of developing International river basins and
Public ownership private enterprise and privatisation.
List
of Ornithologists Birding Authors
Ornithologists and Birding authors.
Dr.Omar Al-Saghier - Yemen
Honorary Vice-President and
Member of The Ornithological
Society of The Middle East, President Of The Yemen Ornithological Society
Member
of the British Society of Animal Science, UK. Member of the International Union
for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Species Survival Commission (SSC),
Gland, Switzerland. Member of the
working group on Houbara Bustard, Species Survival Commission (SSC), IUCN
Dr.Adnan Budieri - Jordan
Head of Middle East & Central
Asia Division BirdLife International
Author of the Important Wetlands in Jordan, IWRB,
and Author of the Jordan chapter on Important Bird Areas in the Middle East,
BirdLife International
Mr. Andrew Grieve - UK
Chairman Ornithological Society
of the Middle East
Site Manager for the Royal Society for the
Protection of Birds for 33 years,
managing three Protected Areas in northern England, UK. Involved in projects
and surveys in Egypt since 1985 presently writing, along with other
co-authors, a book on where to watch birds in Egypt
and a country checklist.
Mr. Peter Meininger –
Netherlands
Ornithologist (Co-) Edited Five
Books Including ‘The Birds of Egypt’
Member o various Editorial Boards Ornithological
Journals. Member Species Survival Commission, IUCN
Founder of the Foundation for Ornithological Research in Egypt Former member of
Dutch Seabird Group, the
Organisation for Bird Censuses in the Netherlands and the Scientific Advisory Committee
Peter Castell - UK
Co-author of Collins Field Guide
to Bird Nests, Eggs and Nestlings of Britain and Europe with North Africa and
the Middle East
Currently extending the scope of this book to
include all species breeding in the Arabian Peninsula . Has found and described
the nests of almost 500 different species of birds in Europe, North Africa and
the Middle East
Mr. Michael C Jennings - UK
Co-Ordinator “Atlas Of The Breeding Birds Of Arabia”
and Founder member of the Ornithological Society of the Middle East
With 27 field visits to Arabian Peninsula Published
the "Interim Atlas"
1995. Author of "Birds of the Arabian Gulf" (1981) and
"The Birds of Saudi Arabia - a checklist" (1981). Editor of "The Phoenix" newsletter
numerous survey reports and
detailed draft bibliography of the Arabian avifauna.
Brian Meadows - KSA
Co-author of “The definitive
Birds of East Africa - their habitat, status and distribution”
Environmental Monitoring Manager with the Royal
Commission for Jubail and Yanbu Wildlife Reserves. Listed in Who's Who in
Ornithology. Elected Fellow of Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental
Management.
Mr. Simon Aspinall - UAE
Author of "Status and
Conservation of the Breeding Birds of the United Arab Emirates” and co-author of “The Shell Birdwatching Guide to
the United Arab Emirates”
Numerous scientific papers
and popular articles published. Currently Director of the Environmental Studies
Unit of the Abu Dhabi Islands
Archaeological, Survey. Previously serving as head of the Wildlife Management Unit at Abu Dhabi’s National
Avian Research Center and
Environment and Heritage Editor of UAE government newspaper. Member of
two IUCN commissions and Emirates Bird Records Committee.
Colin Richardson - UAE
Author of "The Birds
of the United Arab Emirates" and co-author of "The Shell Birdwatching
Guide to the United Arab Emirates". Founder and compiler "Emirates
Bird Report".
Acting Chairman of the
Emirates Bird Records Committee and country's Bird Recorder. Co-founder of
Dubai Natural History Group. Operates a Birdwatching Tour company, Hobby
Holidays with tours to UAE, Bahrain, Oman and Yemen for groups from Europe,
Japan and America. Publisher and sponsor of books on Arabian birds, under the
trade title of
Hobby Publications.
Dr. Jens Eriksen - Oman
Compiled „Breeding Bird Atlas of
Oman” and co-compiled „Oman Bird List, Edition 5” Co-author Birdlife in Oman,” Collect Birds on Stamps, Collect
Mammals on Stamps,” and over fifty articles on birds.
Member OBRC and Recorder 1989-98. Consultant on the
BBC film “Jewel of Arabia.” Winner twice Bird Photograph of the Year UK plus
first prizes in several other countries. Associate Professor Sultan Qaboos
University, Oman, since 1986.
Dr. Mike Hill - UK
Author/Co-Author photographer
for five books. including “Birds
of Bahrain”
Consultant to the film “Bahrain - Land of two waters 1991” with numerous awards in BBC Wildlife Photographer of
The Year. Recently Retired Physician lived in Bahrain 19 years
Mrs Hanne Eriksen - Oman
Wildlife photographer. Co-author
“Birdlife in Oman,” Collect Birds on Stamps,” Collect Mammals on Stamps,” and
over fifty articles on birds.
Winner twice Bird Photograph of the Year UK plus
first prizes in several other countries. Consultant on the BBC film “Jewel of
Arabia.”
Prof. Dr. Ghassan Ramadam
Jaradi - Lebanon
Professor, Lebanese Univ. Nat.
Sc. Lebanon. Secretary General of the National MAB Committee
Member of Lebanon Biodiversity National Steering
Committee, Member of Lebanon Society for the Protection of Nature and Natural
Resources (Partner Designate of BirdLife International) (Member of IUCN) And
Ramsar Wetland Expert Database. Fellow/Member of the Zoological Society of
London /U.K. Member of the Zoological Society of San Diego /U.S.A. Member of
the International Primate Protection League (IPPL) U.S.A. Coordinator of
BirdLife International. Involved in bird projects and surveys in France, UAE
and Lebanon since 1972. Published several papers and photos on birds. Manager
consultant of Palm Islands Nature Reserve, Lebanon (Protected Areas Project).
Dr. Philip Seddon - KSA
National Wildlife Research Center
IUCN Species Survival Commission
Reintroduction Specialist Group: Chair Bird Section Bustard Specialist Group
Houbara Bustard Advisory Group
Hyena Specialist Group IUCN World Commission on
Protected Areas Task Force on Tourism and Protected Areas
Dr. Jacky Judas - KSA
National Wildlife Research Center
Responsible for the reintroduction program of
Houbara Bustard in Mahazat.
Previously Ornithologist Amsterdam island in the
French Southern and Antarctic Territories (Indian ocean) In charge of
demographical monitoring of the nesting birds populations Albatrosses,
Penguins, Skuas
Dr. Mona Ramadam Jaradi -
Lebanon
Currently writing along with
other co-authors an Arabic Dictionary of bird’s names and a Field Guide to the
Birds of Protected Areas in Lebanon.
Ornithological Researcher at Lebanon National
Council for Scientific Research, Member of Lebanese Forum. Member of the
Society for the Protection of Nature and Natural Resources in Lebanon (Partner
Designate of BirdLife International) (IUCN Member). Involved in bird projects
and surveys in UAE and Lebanon since 1984. Bird tours organiser.
Dr. M. Akif Aykurt - Turkey
Co-founder of the Raptor Research
Group Turkey
Member Turkish Society for
Scientific Research & Rehabilitation of Diurnal and Nocturnal Birds of Prey. former member of the
Ornithological Society in the Middle East. Field ornithologist and
renown wildlife photographer
specialised in raptor biology as well as Turkish Avifauna.
Mindy Baha Ed-Din - Egypt
Advisor Nature Conservation
Sector Environmental Affairs Agency, Member, National Steering Committee,
GEF-UNDP Small-Grants Programme
Environmental Consultant Advocate, Important Bird
Areas (IBA) for Egypt, BirdLife International – UK Country Representative,
Ornithological Society of the Middle East and Africa Bird Club – UK Member,
Ecotourism Society, Wildlife Conservation Society, Conservation International
and the Royal Society for Conservation of Nature in Jordan.. Has written over
45 publications and currently, co-authoring a guide, "Where to Watch Birds
in Egypt".
Dr Mohammad Shobrak - KSA
Bird Ecologist at the National
Commission for wildlife Conservation and Development (NCWCD) Taif
Member of the Scientific
authorities of CITES in Saudi Arabia,
Chair the Bird group at the NCWCD, Director of Mahazat
as-Sayd protected area, member of the Bird of Prey Study Group (IUCN),
and Lecturer at Um Al Qurah University, Taif branch
Mr. Norman Van Swelm -
Netherlands
Voorne Bird Observatory,
Oostvoorne Netherlands
Responsible for colour-ringing Gulls Port of
Rotterdam, and initiated colour-ring studies in a variety of countries
including Russia and the Ukraine, tourleader, ecotours to South America, Africa
and Asia.
Mr. Peter Hellyer - UAE
Founder and Managing Editor of
bi-annual journal Tribulus. Author of several books on the UAE Including two on
its archaeology. Contributed to the UAE chapters in ‘Important Bird Areas in
the Middle East’ and the ‘Directory of Wetlands in the Middle East.
Executive Director of the Abu Dhabi Islands
Archaeological Survey, Member,
OSME, and Committee Member,
Emirates Natural History Group.
Formerly an adviser with the UAE Ministry of Information and Culture.
Associate Member of the Emirates Bird Records Committee.
Tony Morris - UK
Member Ornithological Society of
the Middle East and former member British Trust of Ornithology,
Bird recorder for Kent of the LNHS Member Natural Environment Focus Group
London Borough of Bexley On Steering
Committees nature reserve Crossness Sewage Works and the Dartford
Marshes Project
George Gregory - Kuwait
Life Fellow of British Trust of
Ornithology & of Member OSME.,
Gibraltar Point Bird Observatory Team. Secretary
OSK. Various articles and photos published. Teacher of Biology, currently at
Kuwait English School. Graduate of Kings College, Cambridge. Former BTO 'A'
Ringer, now retraining
Simon Awad - Palestine
Palestine Ornithological and
Biodiversity Center Manager of ringing stations in Palestine ,'A' Ringer. Graduate of Bethlehem University Researcher, educator, activity
Coordinator in the Environmental Education Center .Researcher in IBA book
,important bird area in Palestine and researcher in Fauna Palestine field guide
books.
Mr. Dirk Raes - Belgium
Moderator of the cr-birding
e-group. European Colour-Ring Birding. Participant in VLINA-project Flanders Scheme. Forester with the Ministery of Flemish Community Forest Department in The Zonienwoud.
Tour Guide for Ornithological Society de Wielewaal
Edwin W.A.M. Vaassen - Turkey
Co-founder of the Raptor Research
Group Turkey, former member of the
Ornithological Society in the Middle East
Honorary Member and initiator of the Turkish Society for Scientific Research
& Rehabilitation of Diurnal
and Nocturnal Birds of Prey and the Raptor Research & Rehabilitation Center Turkey. Member of the
Raptor Research Foundation; Raptor
biologist, rehabilitator and
researcher on Eastern Mediterranean wetland eco-systems.
Imad Al Attrash - Palestine
Position: Executive Director
/Palestine Wildlife Society (PWLS) Birdlife International Representative. Projects with the Society
& under my Responsibility: IBA's in Palestine Conservation of Wadi Gaza
wetland area Migratory Birds Know No Boundaries/Regional Project. Conservation
of habitat and Birds /Regional Project Together for Birds and People /Regional
Project Dead Sea Area /Environmental awareness/Regional Project
Dr. Saeed Abdulla Mohammed -
Bahrain
Honorary Vice President of the
Ornithological Society of the Middle East. Representative of BirdLife
International (Middle East Division) Bahrain
Author of Birds of Bahrain and the Arabian Gulf (in
Arabic), Translated to Arabic the Field Guide for the Birds of the Middle East
by Porter et al, Associate Professor of Ecology and Biodiversity (Arabian Gulf
University), Director of Alreem Environmental Consultation & Ecotourism..
Member of the steering committee of the IUCN Protected Areas Commission in
North Africa and the Middle East. Member of the Bahrain Natural History
Society,
Steve James - UAE
Emirates Natural History Society,
Bird Recorder
Howard King - Bahrain
Author “The Breeding Birds of
Hawar”. Bahrain Natural History Society, Bird Recorder since 1994.
Land Surveyor by profession but amateur
ornithologist and avid environmentalist by choice. Spokesperson for the Birds.
Created in 1996 the “Bahrain Bird Report” Internet site the Gulf’s first
dedicated Birding Site.
Scientific
Guests
Dr Hany Tatwany - KSA
International Cooperation Advisor
Board of Directors to Secretary National Commission for Wildlife Conservation
and Development NCWCD
Dr. Eugene Joubert - KSA
IUCN consultant to NCWCD
DSc in Wildlife Management and has been involved in
conservation for 35 years. He is a
member of the IUCN’s Commission for Protected Areas and the Species Survival
Commission. In the latter he
serves on several specialist groups, and contributed to the Black Rhino Action
Plan and Antelope Action Plan. He
has published more than 80 scientific papers covering a wide scope of
ecological and conservation related issues, contributed chapters to several
books and recently published a book on the plight of rhinoceroses. For the past seven years he has been
the IUCN Technical Advisor to the National Commission for Wildlife Conservation
and Development (NCWCD) in Saudi Arabia
Mr. Ronald Anthony LoughLand -
UAE
Principle Environmental
Researcher for the Commission of Environmental Research Emirates Heritage Club, on Al Sammaliah Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE Formerly Wildlife
Ecologist at ERWDA Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Ghazi Hijji Al-Musalami - KSA
Associate with the Royal
Commission for Jubail and Yanbu
Environmental Monitoring Scientist previously with
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Agriculture and Water screening environmental
impacts shrimp-farming on Red Sea coast.
Adel Salem Khalifa Tuwairesh Al
Saeedi - UAE
Environmental Researcher
Commission of Environmental Research
Agriculture Sciences experience in Animal
Physiology, Desert Ecology, Production of Farm and Poultry Animal Farm
Diseases, Biotechnology and Organic chemistry.
Omar Attum – Egypt
Pursuing a Ph.D. in Environmental
Biology University of Louisville, USA Researching Resource Partitioning and Behavioral Ecology of Sand Dune Skinks and Examining
the effects of grazing on the flora, insect and reptile population of a sand dune community in Zaranik
Protected Area, North Sinai, Egypt. Contributor to Kentucky Afield, Kentucky
Monthly, Rural Outdoorsman, Egypt Today, Cairo Times, 1000 Words in a Picture
Wildlife
Journalist, Consultants and Photographers
Michelle and Peter Wright – UAE
Arabian Wildlife Magazine and Media Wildlife
consultants
Capt. John and Robert Nowell –
UAE
Author “Bahrain Then and Now” Photographers/Authors
Middle East Photo Library National Geographic Image library
Julia Wheeler BBC World Service