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North Africa and Middle East
IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation, Plantlife International and WWF have begun a project to identify Important Plant Areas in the south and east Mediterranean region with country experts from Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Syria and Tunisia.
128 preliminary IPAs were identified and mapped in 2009. This list will be expanded and further information on the species and habitats present on these sites, the threats to the plant diversity and opportunities for its conservation will be collated and published.
Coordinating organisations:
- University of Sciences and Technology (Algeria)
- Tanta University(Egypt)
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel)
- University of Jordan (Jordan)
- American University of Beirut and Lebanese University (Lebanon)
- Alfateh University (Libya)
- Forest Research Centre, Scientific Institute of Rabat (Morocco)
- Al Quds University (Palestine)
- The Syrian Society for the Conservation of Wildlife (Syria)
- Institut National Agronomique de Tunisie (Tunisia)
- IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation
- WWF MedPo
- IUCN Mediterranean Islands Plant Specialist Group
- Plantlife International