We work with partners in the Middle East to tackle environmental challenges including biodiversity conservation, sustainable development and climate change.
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Great to see the @OmanObg team continuing to expand our knowledge of the flora of Oman- including two new records for the Arabian Peninsula Clerodendrum phlomidis and Verbascum virgatum.
3 May 2024
New research on the remarkable #Flora of #Oman #Arabia published today in #OpenAccess #EJBotany by researchers from @OmanMHT @OmanObg @BahaUniversity and @CMEPOrg @SaifALHatmi8 @SaudiBotanist @SabinaKnees: rbge.cc/49XPTCQ
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Last chance to apply to join the @CMPEOrg research team and help better understand and conserve the plant biodiversity of the Middle East.
Applications due tomorrow.
Full job description and application details bit.ly/3GGvO5x
ALT Dracaena tree in mountains of Saudi Arabia
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CMEP retweeted
9 Oct 2023
How to transform urban institutional green spaces into Ancillary Botanic Gardens to expand informal botanical learning opportunities in cities - nice piece in @SciReports by @CMEPorg and partners at @AUB_Lebanon: doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-4… #botanicgardens #cities #education
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We’re hiring🌱
We’re looking for a botanist to join the @CMEPOrg team to deliver research and consultancy projects across the Middle East.
Find out more here bit.ly/3GGvO5x
@RBGE_Science @TheBotanics
ALT Flowering Prunus arabica tree in northern Oman
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@CMEPorg's Alan Forrest and
@JansenvanRens talking about Soqotra's traditional land management and climate resilience as part of the
@PeoplesPalaceUK Cultural Heritage and the Climate Emergency In Debate series
@SoqotraHeritage @ahrcpress youtube.com/watch?v=I6wczN9q…
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In the news …learning and sharing crafting traditions of Jordan and Soqotra towards conserving #heritage and developing #livelihoods. yemenonline.info/society/688…
@SoqotraHeritage @RSCNJordan @TheBotanics @JansenvanRens @ahrcpress
CMEP retweeted
10 Nov 2022
Just out in time for #COP27 Working with the @TheBotanics @CMEPorg on Soqotra looking at how traditional land management systems are crucial to evaluating adaption to #climatechange with our partners @ARCWH @SoqotraHeritage
eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/1931…
#ClimateAdaptation #heritage
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CMEP retweeted
28 Sep 2022
.@TheBotanics are very proud to be part of this massive new effort to harness #genomic data for #biodiversity. @HollingsworthPM
28 Sep 2022
Say hi to @BioGenEurope! the pan-European project bringing together @BIOSCANEurope & @erga_biodiv in an unprecedented effort to reverse the #biodiversity crisis through large-scale application of #genomics research: biodiversitygenomics.eu/ #DNA #GenomeSequencing #Barcoding 🧬🐝🌿
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CMEP retweeted
27 Sep 2022
📣Final call for applications! We have the following vacancies within our @RBGE_Science team
· Deputy Director of Science (Collections) & Herbarium Curator
· Taxonomy Research Leader
· Zingiberaceae Taxonomist
Applications close 5 Oct rbge.org.uk/vacancies
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CMEP retweeted
30 Aug 2022
It's #ConsGen22 ❕
Organised by @EdinburghUni, @rzss and RBGE, we will meet in the historic capital of Scotland to share recent developments in conservation genetics from around Europe and beyond.
Follow the link below for more information 👇
bit.ly/3dZQ6hr
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Recognising the remarkable contribution to our understanding of the flora of South West Asia made by Ian Hedge who has passed away at the age of 93. Here he is in 2017 talking about collecting in #Afghanistan bit.ly/3Aylb4T
@TheBotanics @RBGE_Science
ALT Ian Hedge on fieldwork in Afghanistan
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CMEP retweeted
Thanks @alison_phipps. Great to have been able to present @SoqotraHeritage film bit.ly/3A1i8SR, made in partnership with @CMEPorg, to @UYCS_ in #Glasgow during #RefugeeFestScot yesterday, and to hear so many wonderful stories. #Soqotra #Yemen
25 Jun 2022
Benjamin Carey presenting the Soqotra cultural heritage project to @UYCS_ #RefugeeFestScot
👉🏼 soqotraculturalheritage.org/…
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15 Mar 2022
Until the end of the week we’re going to celebrate some of our students and early career researchers, #smashingstereotypes. @lucia_camdom, is currently a postdoctoral researcher at @uniofedinburgh and @rbge_science, working with @darwintreelife and studying the mistletoe genome.
ALT Pictured Lucia Campos collecting Begonias in China.
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Announced this week the @WorldMonuments Watch 2022 includes the Soqotra Archipelago.
We're delighted to be working with Soqotri, Yemeni and global partners to raise awareness of the extraordinary cultural significance of Soqotra.
youtube.com/watch?v=16TBlZhf…
#WorldMonumentsWatch
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Want to support projects to better understand, conserve, and sustainably use the plant diversity of the Middle East. We have TWO exciting opportunities to join @CMEPOrg More details bit.ly/3GGvO5x
#job #biodiversity #conservation #remotesensing #teamrbge @rbgescience
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There is a lot that we don’t yet know about the extraordinary island of Soqotra…. But we weren’t expecting prehistoric creatures! 🦖field teams beware @soqotraheritage #onlocation
youtube.com/watch?v=NkEU6fC_…
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CMEP retweeted
5 Nov 2021
Tomorrow Climate and Nature meet @COP26
We were pleased to be invited to the negotiating table where we have created over fifty large scale ikebana installations representing the biomes of the world.
#climateemergency #biodiversityloss #naturebasedsolutions
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CMEP retweeted
4 Nov 2021
With #COP26 we are hearing a lot about how world leaders are going to do something about the #ClimateEmergency but the real #ClimateAction will be undertaken by #Youth. See #youthinaction with the latest @SoqotraHeritage project regarding Climate Change and Traditional Knowledge
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CMEP retweeted
2 Nov 2021
.@thebotanics welcomes #COP26 pledge to halt #deforestation. Our scientists support community-based forest management in Nepal & Tanzania; monitor threatened #dryforest in S America; provide evidence to reduce cutting for rubber plantations in SE Asia
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Join us today at the @RoyalAnthro Anthropology & Conservation virtual conference for a session on linking cultural and natural heritage in #conservation systems -contributions from Texas, Scotland, Thailand and of course Soqotra @rbgescience @JansenvanRens nomadit.co.uk/conference/rai…
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