Pan Arab Biodiversity Conference at the BA
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Alexandria—The BA Center for Special Studies and Programs (CSSP) holds a Conference entitled “Pan Arab Biodiversity” on 14 and 15 December 2009.
This Conference aims to confer Biodiversity issues in the Arab Region, introduce the Arabic Encyclopedia of life (AEOL) project and establish an Arab Biodiversity Committee (ABC) for the purpose of organizing the Pan-Arab efforts in this area. It discusses several themes including Arab Biodiversity Heritage: Identification and Documentation; Problems and Obstacles facing Arab Biodiversity Conservation; and Future Prospective for Biodiversity in the Arab World. Attendance by invitation only.
The Arab world is home to more than one million species of plants, animals, insects and fish; many of which are found nowhere else in the world.