Schedule at a Glance
Arrive in
Bahrain for the stay at the Sheraton Hotel
Field Programme
Saturday 21st October
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15:00
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Late afternoon
field trip in Manama
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20:00
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Delegates meet
for casual social dinner and briefing
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Overnight stay in
Manama
Sunday 22nd October
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09:30
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Depart Sheraton
for the travel to Hawar
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10:45
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Arrive Ajirah
Jetty
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11:00
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Hawar Hotel for
buffet lunch
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13:00
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Depart on small
coastguard boats, to explore Rubuds, Ajirah, Hajiyat, N. Suwad and Wakur
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17:00
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Sunset return to
Ajirah Jetty
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20:00
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Barbecue at
poolside – Sea food and the delights of Hawar
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Monday 23rd October
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05:00
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Early morning
call and breakfast
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06:30
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Full day
exploring islands moving out from Station 3, Hazwarah South, Suwad and
Bu’Sadash
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11:00
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Lunch delivered
in the field
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14:45
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Return passed
Station 3 and return to Hawar Hotel for tea
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15:15
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Return to Hawar
Hotel
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16:30
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Depart Ajirah
Jetty for travel back to Manama
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20:00
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Dinner at the
Sheraton Hotel
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Remainder of the
stay in Manama
Conference Program
Tuesday 24th October 2000
09:00 Opening
ceremony, conference and exhibition
With addresses by
H.E the Minister of
Housing Municipalities and Environment
Sheikh Khalid bin
Abdulla Al Khalifa
&
H.E The Minister of
Cabinet Affairs for the Amiri Court
Sheikh Khalid bin
Ahmed Al Khalifa
On behalf of
His Highness The Amir
of Bahrain
Sheikh Hamed bin Isa
Al Khalifa
H.E the Minister of
Housing Municipalities and Environment
Sheikh Khalid bin
Abdulla Al Khalifa
&
Minister of Cabinet
Affairs for the Amiry Court
Head of the National
Commission for Wildlife Protection
Sheikh Khalid bin
Ahmed Al Khalifa
On Behalf of
His Highness The Amir
of Bahrain
Sheikh Hamed bin Isa
Al Khalifa
Followed by
A response by Key Note
Speakers
on Behalf of Guests of
His Highness The Amir
Sheikh Hamed bin Isa
Al Khalifa
10:00 Tea Break
Session One
Challenges of
Monitoring, Education and Community Reach
Chair: Dr. Ghassan Jaradi
Rapporteur: Dr. Jacky Judas
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1
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10.30
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Brian S. Meadows
The Practical
Value of Environmental Impact Reports, Particularly in Relation to Marine
Conservation
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2
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11.00
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Ronald Anthony
LoughLand
A Coastal &
Marine Natural Resource Atlas for Abu Dhabi Emirate, UAE
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3
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11.30
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Dirk Raes
International
Colour Banding Projects - Training Requirements and the Need for Application
in the Middle East
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4
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12.00
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Simon Awad
The Use of the
Ringing Programs as a New Tool in Education
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5
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12.30
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Essa Faraj
Protected Birds
in Al Areen Wildlife Reserve
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13:00 Lunch
Session 2, Part I
Challenges in
Preservation & Conservation
Chair:
Adel Salem Khalifa
Rapporteur: Dr. Philip Seddon
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1
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14.30
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Dr. Saeed Abdulla
Conservation of
Avifauna in Bahrain. Present Status and Future Challenges
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2
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15.00
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George Gregory
Conservation of
Wildlife in Kuwait – Problems and Solutions.
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3
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15.30
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Dr. Jens Eriksen
Island Birds of
Oman
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16.00 Tea Break
Session 2, Part II
Challenges in
Preservation & Conservation
Chair:
Dr. Adnan Budieri
Rapporteur: Dr. Jens Eriksen
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4
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16.30
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Dr.Omar Al-Saghier
Zoning of Socotra
Archipelago Protected Area, Yemen - Potential and Challenges for Conservation
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5
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17.00
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Imad Al Attrash
Important Bird
Areas in Palestine
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Wednesday 25th October 2000
08:00
Recommence conference
Session 2, Part III
Challenges in
Preservation & Conservation
Chair: Adel Salem Khalifa Rapporteur
Dr.
Hany Tatwany
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6
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08.00
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Edwin W.A.M.
Vaassen with Dr. M. Akif Aykurt
The Importance of
Habitat Management for Species Diverse Habitats in and Surrounding Wetlands
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7
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08.30
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Prof. Dr. Ghassan
Ramadam Jaradi
In-Situ Conservation
for Sustainable Development And Biodiversity Protection: Case Study of Palm
Islands Nature Reserve Lebanon
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09:00 Tea Break
Session III
Challenges for Eco
-Tourism
Chair:
Omar Attum
Rapporteur:
Dr. Eugene Joubert
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1
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09.05
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Dr. Philip Seddon
Planning For
Tourism in Wildlife Protected Areas: The Saudi Arabian Experience
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2
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09.35
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Mindy Baha Ed-Din
Birding Tourism
in the Middle East, The Potentials and Pitfalls, with Egypt as a Case Study
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3
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10.05
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Mr. Andrew Grieve
The Role of OSME
in Promoting Bird Watching Tourism In Bahrain
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10:35
Conclusions & Recommendations Committee
Session IV
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Closing
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12.30
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Conclusions and
Recommendations
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Conclusions & Recommendation Committee
President: Dr. Shaker Khamdan (Chairman) Environmental
Affairs, MOHME Bahrain Committee.
Prof. Ghassan
Ramadam Jaradi, Dr. Philip Seddon, Dr. Jens Eriksen, Dr. Jacky Judas, Dr. Hany
Tatwany, Dr. Eugene Joubert.
Poster Presentation by Dr. Mohammad
Shobrak
Displayed at the
conference venue throughout period depicting ornithological work carried out by
the National Commission for Wildlife Conservation and Development in Saudi
Arabia during the last 14 years.
Principle Scientific Guests
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.
Imad Al Attrash -
Palestine
Executive Director
/Palestine Wildlife Society (PWLS) Birdlife International Representative.
Projects with the
Society & under my responsibility include: 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.
Omar Attum – Egypt
Pursuing a Ph.D. in
Environmental Biology University of Louisville, USA Researching Resource
“Partitioning and
Behavioural 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.
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.
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
renowned wildlife photographer specialising in raptor biology as well as
Turkish Avifauna.
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.
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.
Mrs 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. 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.” Twice winner of
“Bird Photograph of the Year”, UK, plus first prizes in several other
countries. Associate Professor to Sultan Qaboos University, Oman, since 1986.
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.
Twice winner of
“Bird Photograph of the Year”, UK, plus first prizes in several other
countries. Consultant on the BBC film “Jewel of Arabia.”
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.
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.
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 having lived in Bahrain 19
years.
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.
Prof. Dr. Ghassan
Ramadam Jaradi - Lebanon
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. Manager
consultant of Palm Islands Nature Reserve, Lebanon (Protected Areas 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.
Steve James - UAE
Lecturer Zayed
University UAE. Chairman of the Emirates Natural History Group
Member of Birds
Records Committee. Previous Chairman of the Eastern Districts Bird Club and
Birds Records Committee, Zimbabwe.
Michael C Jennings
- UK
Co-Ordinator “Atlas Of The Breeding Birds Of Arabia”
and founding 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.
IUCN Technical
Advisor to the National Commission for Wildlife Conservation and Development
(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. Recently published a book on the plight of rhinoceroses. For the past seven years he has been
the in Saudi Arabia.
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.
Ronald Anthony
LoughLand - UAE
Principle
Environmental Researcher for the Commission of Environmental Research
Emirates Heritage
Club, on Al Sammaliah Island, Abu Dhabi. Formerly Wildlife Ecologist at ERWDA
Abu Dhabi.
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. 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 of
“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.
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.
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. 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 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.
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.
Dr Hany Tatwany –
KSA
International
relations Advisor NCWCD – KSA
Director of
Department of permits and Coordinator of CITES Management Authority for Saudi
Arabia;
Former Director
General for Wildlife conservation, NCWCD; Permanent Alternate Scientific
Counsellor for Saudi Arabia in Scientific Council of the Convention on the
conservation of Migratory Species of Wild animals (CMS), Bonn Convention; Asia
regional representative to Bonn Convention (CMS) Standing Committee, 1994
–1999; Asia regional representative to CITES Standing Committee, 1997-Present;
Coordinator, Interim secretariat of the Agreement on the Conservation and
Management of the Asiatic Houbara Bustard; Chairman of the Protected Areas
Advisory Group (PAAG), NCWCD; Coordinator of the Ecotourism Committee,
NCWCD; Coordinator of IUCN
Regional Thematic Center for Protected Areas in WESCANA region; Member of the
working group on Houbara Bustard, Species Survival Commission (SSC), IUCN;
Member of the Middle East Falcon Group.
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.
Prof. Dr. John
Waterbury - Lebanon
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.
Marine Biologists in Attendance (to
initiate local studies on Dugong and Green Turtles)
Ian Bell -
Australia
Great Barrier Reef
Authority Australia
Researcher
Environment monitoring unit Townsville Australia and leading expert on Dugongs
and Green Turtles
Alastair King - UK
Fisheries
Consultant
Scientific Observer
and Fishery Officer for the British Indian Ocean Territory. Specifically
involved in the conservation and management of the inshore reef fishery. Also
Scientific Observer to CCAMLR, South Georgia, S. Atlantic.
Wildlife Journalists, Consultants and Photographers
Capt. John and
Robert Nowell – UAE
Author “Bahrain Then
and Now” Photographers/Authors Middle East Photo Library National Geographic
Image library.
Julia Wheeler - UAE
Gulf correspondent
for the BBC World Service.
Michelle and Peter
Wright – UAE
Arabian Wildlife
Magazine and Media Wildlife consultants.
Representatives for Bahrain
Prof. Ismail
Mohammed Al Madani
Dr Shaker Khamdan
Head of
Environmental Monitoring Section. MOHME
Humood Abdulla
Environmental
Affairs Directorate of Environmental Control. MOHME
Mubarak Ali Muhanna
Aldoresi
Naseen Abdulla
Muhanna Buhammood
Isa Faraj Saad Saif
Event Coordinator
