The Arab Encyclopedia of Life (AEOL): First Preparatory Meeting
14 April 2010
On the sidelines of BioVisionAlexandria 2010 Conference, the first preparatory meeting of the Arab Encyclopedia of Life (AEOL) project was held.
After the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in December 2009, with the Smithsonian Institution, USA (on behalf of the EOL) an Arab Encyclopedia of Life website will be launched.
The Arab Encyclopedia of Life project aims to serve the Arab region by creating a documented Arabic database of species known to science, either through providing new information on species distributed in the Arab world and digitizing biodiversity literature published in Arabic; or translating into Arabic sections of the material in the EOL.
In the First Preparatory Meeting of the Arab Encyclopedia of Life (AEOL) Project Arab scientists and researchers representing the Arab World discussed the primary work plan and subgroup project activities.
This project will be executed by the Arab Biodiversity Committee (ABC), a committee composed of high caliber scientific experts in the field of biodiversity from all over the Arab region, and sponsored by the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development.
The meeting was a closed meeting, only by invitation.
From left: Prof. Ibrahim Kelany and Ms. Dahlia El Deeb during the Entomology subcommittee discussions
From left: Prof. Fahiem El Bori, Prof. Abdelkerim Amer, Prof. Naima Barbouche and Prof Nadia EL Khattib during the Entomology subcommittee discussions
Mr. Hisham K. El-Hennawy, Curator, Arachmid Collection of Egypt (ACE)
The Zoology subcommittee scientists during discussions
From left: Prof. Ibrahim Khader and Prof. Adel El Hellawi during the Zoology subcommittee discussions
From left: Prof. Ahmed El Disi and Prof. Ibrahim Khader during the Zoology subcommittee discussions
The Aquatic subcommittee scientists during discussions
From left: Prof. Assad Al Thukair and Ms. Amal Hosny during the Aquatic subcommittee discussions
From left: Mr. Marwan Abdel-Latif Ibrahim, Prof. Maroof Khalaf and Prof. Wafik Noseir during the Aquatic subcommittee discussion
Prof. Rida A. Shibli, Dean, Jordanian Agriculture Research Institute, during the Plant subcommittee discussion
Prof. Bassem Amer, Eco-projects Development, GREEN Environment Consultants, during the Plant subcommittee discussion
Prof. Jamil Laham, Yarmuk University, during the Plant subcommittee discussion