| Expert Name | Dr. Liliya Dimeyeva |
| Title | Head |
| Division | Laboratory of Geobotany |
| Institution | |
| City | Almaty |
| Country | Kazakhstan |
| Telephone | +7 727 3948040 |
| Email | l.dimeyeva(at)mail.ru |
| Work Experience | 1.Evaluation of desertification processes in the Syr-Darya river delta (UNESKO, 1994-2000).
2.Green Shelter belt in the surroundings of Aralsk town (UNDP, 1995).
3.Study of separate territories in Kazakstan with the goal of creation of Biosphere reserves (1996-1997, jointly with NABU, Germany).
4.Investigation of successions of vegetation in the Aral dried seabed for sustainable land-use (jointly with Bielefeld University, BMBF/Bonn, Germany,1998-2000).
5.Evaluation of environment along pipeline of CPC - Caspian Pipeline Consortium (Dames&Moor, 1998).
6.Çukurova Delta Biosphere Reserve: Determination of Biological Diversity and Initiating a Programme for Sustainable development. (Adana/Turkey, 2000).
7.Rehabilitation of oilfield Uzen/ the eastern Caspian coast (World Bank, Ecology&Environment- Kazakhstan, 2000-2003).
8.Combating desertification and rehabilitation of the salt deserts in the region at the Aral Sea (jointly with Bielefeld University, BMBF-GTZ CCD 2002-2004).
9.Research of the Vegetation Cover of the Seyhan River Basin in the Point of View of Floristic and Vegetation (TUBITAK-TOGTAG-JPN-7 /Turkey, 2005)
10.Green Shelter Belts around Kaukey and Karateren villages/Aral region (AEON Environmental Foundation /Japan, 2005-2006; Japan Fund for Global Environment, 2005-2008). |
| Qualifications | Ph.D., Biology. Institute of Botany Academy of Sciences of Kazakstan. Alma-Ata, March 1990. Dissertation title: “Flora and
vegetation of the Aral Sea coast”.
M.S., Geobotany. Leningrad State Pedagogical Institute. Russia. 1980. Thesis title: ”Productivity
of overground phytomass in sagebrush-saltwort ecosystems of island Barsakelmes (the Aral Sea)”. |
| Number of Publications | 109 |
| Awards | 1.Travel grant (1996, Soros Foundation).
2.ISAR/USAID Foundation, 1997, Project: “Aralsk will be green again (planting trees with local population)”(supervisor)
3.GEF/SGP, 1998-1999, Project “Oasis”- restoration and conservation of biodiversity of Tamarix and Haloxylon ecosystems ”(supervisor)
4.John D. and Catherine T. McArthur Foundation, 2002-2003, individual grant #02-73094-000-GSS. Project “Theoretical basis and methods of conservation and restoration of vegetation in the Aral Sea region” |
| Other Activities | 1. Russian Botanical Society
2. National Committee of UNESCO MAB Programme |
| Publications | 1. Dimeyeva L. (2001) Methods of Conservation and Restoration of Vegetation Cover on the Aral Sea Coast // Sustainable Land Use in Deserts. Springer-Verlag Berlin. Heidelberg. 69-73 pp.
2. Dimeyeva L. (2003) Restoration of the Aral Sea coastal rangelands // Proceedings of VII Int. Rangeland Congress. 26 July – 1 August, 2003. Durban/ South Africa.1148-1151 pp.
3. Dimeyeva L. (2005) Plant strategies and revegetation of degraded rangelands in the Aral Sea region // Ökologische Forschung im globalen Kontext (Ecological research in a global context). M.Veste, W.Wucherer & J.Homeier (eds). Göttingen: Cuviller. 141-148 pp.
4. Dimeyeva L. (2007) Primary successions in the new Aral Sea shore // Basic and Applied Dryland research. N1. 1-16 pp. http://www.badr-online.de
5. Dimeyeva L. (2008) Geobotanical aspects of irrigative desertification of the Syrdarya river valley //Geographic problems of sustainable development: theory and practice. Almaty. 444-454 pp. (in Russian) |
| Discipline | Ecology/Ecosystems |
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