The IUCN National Committee of Kuwait Dr. Samira Omar Asem Chairperson National IUCN Committee, Kuwait Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR)
Long-Term Relationship IUCN and the State of Kuwait have been collaborating for nearly 20 years. For more than a decade, IUCN elected Regional Councilors were from Kuwait. Members: Kuwait Environment Protection Authority (EPA) State Member Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) Institutional. Kuwait Environment Protection Society (KEPS) NGO.
Members of the Kuwait National IUCN Committee Dr. Samira Omar Asem, Chairperson Dr. Afaf Al-Nasser, Deputy Chairperson Ms. Sara Al-Dossery, Rapporteur Prof. Meshal Al-Meshaan, Member Mr. Anwar Al-Rashed, Member Dr. Talal Al-Azmy, Member Ms. Mona Faraj, Member Mr. Hani Al-Tamimi, Member Dr. Manaf Behbehany, Member Dr. Jasem Al-Awadi, Member Mr. Jalal Al-Taho, Member Mr. Abdulla Al-Shabeb, Member Mr. Hamza Ibrahim, Member Dr. Abdul A. Al-Saffar, Member Ms. Majda Khalil, Member Ms. Laila Al-Mulla, Member Dr. Hanan Al Khalifa, Member Ms. Ouhoud Al-Ragam, Member Ms. Shareefa Yaseen, Member Mr. Waleed Al-Gallaf, Member Mr. Salah Behbehany, Member
Meetings of the National Committee Meeting on 15/7/2014 Statute of the National Committee of Kuwait. Status of membership fees to IUCN (members report). Local IUCN activities and projects. Union activities since Jeju, Korea 2012. Members' participation in the World Parks Congress, in Sidney, Australia, 12-19 November 2014. Preparation for IUCN Conservation Congress, in Honolulu Hawaii, USA, 1-10 September 2016. Meeting on 11/6/2015 Meeting IUCN president and ROW Follow up on status and IUCN activities in Kuwait
Council Meetings & World Congress 81 st Council Meeting 29-30 January 2013. Gland, Switzerland. 82 nd Council Meeting 23-28 November 2013. Gland, Switzerland 83 rd Council Meeting. Gland, Switzerland May 2014. 84 th Council Meeting, Sydney, Australia 7-11 th November 2014. World Parks Congress. 12-19 November 2014. Sydney Australia 38 th CEM Steering Committee Meeting 21 & 25 April 2014, Doha, Qatar. 2 nd International Forum of the Qur anic Botanic Garden 85th Meeting of the IUCN Council, Gland, Switzerland 11-13 May 2015. Voluntary work and dedication 85th Meeting of the IUCN Council, Geneva, Switzerland 11-13 May 2015.
Other Activities A just world that values and conserves nature Vice Chair of the Finance & Audit Committee of Council. 57 th Meeting of FAC, 11-12 May 2015. Gland, Switzerland. 56 th Meeting of FAC, Sydney, Australia 9 November 2014. 55 th Meeting of FAC, 6 May 2014. Gland, Switzerland. IUCN Ocean Core Group
Participation in the World Parks Congress Sydney 2014
IUCN President s Visit to Kuwait 11 June 2015 Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) Environment Public Authority (EPA) Voluntary Work Center (VWC) Arab Fund
IUCN President Visit to KISR 11 June 2015 Zhang Xinsheng IUCN President Dr. Naji Al Mutairi DG/KISR 5 -Years collaboration MOU between KISR and IUCN signed 9 February 2013
IUCN President Visit to Voluntary Work Center11 June 2015 H.H. Sheikhah Amthal al Sabah
IUCN President Visit to EPA 11 June 2015 H. E. Sheikh Abdullah Ahmad Al Humoud Al- Sabah DG/EPA and Chairman of the Board
KISR-IUCN Regional Workshop Ecosystem Conservation and Management March 2016 IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management, West Asia Workshop Objectives To impart new knowledge, research techniques and skills. Provide the participants with the necessary knowledge and skills for the quantitative and qualitative assessment of ecosystems. Sharing knowledge and experiences in field data collection, data handling, data analysis and interpretation. To familiarize with international policies and targets for conservation and management of ecosystem, biodiversity and protected areas.
New Research Projects Projects with EPA Program for Assessment and monitoring of Coral Reefs in the State of Kuwait-Environmental Public Authority (EPA), Program to Assess, Study and monitor Artificial Reefs- Environmental Public Authority (EPA), Monitoring and Documentation of biodiversity in Kuwait- Environmental Public Authority (EPA), Other potential consultancy project with Mubarak Al Kabeer Nature Resave funded by PAAF. Umm Al Namil Conservation plan project KISR and KEPS funded project by KFAS for conservation plan development of Umm Al Namil Island. New potential NGO member (Voluntary Work Center). Publications.
Sabah Al Ahmad Nature Reserve Second Edition Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research محمية صباح الا حمد الطبيعية الطبعة الثانیة معھد الكویت للا بحاث العلمیة
ﺗﺼﺪﻳﺮ اﻻﺗﺤﺎد اﻟﺪوﻟﻲ ﻟﻠﻤﺤﺎﻓﻈﺔ ﻋﻠﻰ اﻟﻄﺒﻴﻌﺔ ﺟﻮﻟﻴﺎ ﻣﺎرﺗﻮن ﻟﻴﻔﻴﻔﺮ اﻟﻤﺪﻳﺮاﻟﻌﺎم (IUCN) The publication will contribute to efforts designed to protect and conserve those species which are naturally rare and those species which are threatened by human impact upon the natural environment. Julia Marton-Lefèvre Former Director General IUCN
Preamble by Chair CEM/IUCN This scientific analysis conducted on Boubyan and Warbah Islands provides strong justification for decision makers to conserve the habitats and biodiversity of these islands. This has resulted in the establishment of the Mubarak Al Kabeer Marine Reserve in the north of Boubyan Island. "ھذا التحلیل العلمي الذى أجري على جزیرة بوبیان وجزیرة وربة یوفر مبررا قویا لصناع القرار للحفاظ على التنوع البیولوجي والمواي ل في ھذه الجزر. وقد نتج عن ذلك انشاء محمیة مبارك الكبیر البحریة في شمال جزیرة بوبیان" Piet Wit, Chair, Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM) International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
2016 IUCN World Conservation Congress
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