Training Workshop Entitled "Conservation of Plant Biodiversity in Palestine With a Focus on Assessing the Conservation Status of Natural Plant Species According to IUCN Standards"

When
Where

Via Zoom

The Biodiversity and Environment Research Center - BERC announces a training workshop in the field of

“Conservation of plant biodiversity in Palestine with a focus on assessing the conservation status of natural plant species according to IUCN standards”

The workshop is being implemented within a project entitled:
“Towards the involvement of the local community in preserving the ecosystem and the “critically endangered species” in the Nablus area with a focus on Sawsan Nablus”

The project is being implemented by BERC in cooperation with the Environmental Quality Authority, the Palestinian Ministry of agriculture and local communities.

The project is Funded by the CEPF in the Mediterranean region, in cooperation with Bird Life International

The workshop will be held virtually through Zoom platform, according to the attached program 
A link of the workshop will be sent later to the participants and also be posted on the BERC’s Facebook page “https://www.facebook.com/BERC2017

Workshop participants will  receive a certificate of participation and the available presented educational materials

 

Workshop Program

Lecturer

Lecture Title

Time

Date

 

Opening Ceremony

Welcome – BERC

Environmental Quality Authority

Ministry of Agriculture

10:00-10:30

Monday

5.4.2021 

Environment Quality Authority

The role of national environmental legislation and policies in protecting plant biodiversity, including endemic and endangered species.

10:30-11:00

Eng. Thaer Rabi

Status of forests and reserves in Palestine and the integration of the protection of endemic plant species in forests and reserves

11:00-11:30

 

Discussion

11:30-12:00

BERC*

The plant biodiversity in the State of Palestine: threats and methods of conservation.

04:00-04:45

Tuesday

6.4.2021 

BERC

The Red List of Palestine's Wild Plants (Endangered): Conservation Assessments and Recommendations.

04:45-05:45

 

Discussion

05:45-06:00

Dr. Kareem Omar **

Assessment of the protection status of (natural) wild plants according to the standards of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

04:00-05:00

Thursday

8.4.2021

 

BERC

Conservation of critically endangered plant species in the Nablus area, with a focus on Iris lortetii var. samariae

5:00-05: 45

 

Discussion

5:45-06:00

 

Conclusion of the workshop

 

 

A field tour on the Susanna Nablus 1 track, which includes sites of plant propagation in nature, safe havens, and some archaeological and tourist attractions (route line: Nablus - Askar - Al Badan - Qashda - Yasid)

 

Saturday 10.4.2021

*Biodiversity & Environmental Research Center: prof. Mohammed S. Ali Shtayeh, Dr. Rana Majed Jamous, Miss Salam Yousef Abu Zaitoun. 
**Environmental Consultant- GIS Specialist- IUCN Red List Assessor

 

Zoom meeting links:
First day Monday 5th April 2021
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Meeting ID: 927 6024 2388
Passcode: 124209

Second day Tuesday 6th April 2021
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Meeting ID: 919 3817 4097
Passcode: 564915

Third day: Thursday 8th April 2021
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Meeting ID: 995 4319 3326
Passcode: 168410