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Under the Patronage of His Majesty the King
of Bahrain
H.M.
Shaikh Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa
“The Arabian
Ornithological and Conservation
Conference Bahrain 2000”
Organised
by the
At
The
Sheraton Hotel Bahrain
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
by event organiser Howard King
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
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Wildlife
Journalist, Consultants and Photographers
Arabian Wildlife Magazine and Media Wildlife consultants
Author “Bahrain Then and Now” Photographers/Authors Middle East Photo Library National Geographic Image library
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 USA
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.(A serious birder)
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
Mr.
Peter Meininger –
Netherlands
Ornithologist
(Co-) Edited Five
Books Including ‘The Birds of Egypt’
Member
of 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".
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
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
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
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 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