| Expert Name | Prof. Bernadette Chouchani |
| Title | Professor |
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| City | BEIRUT - LEBANON |
| Country | Lebanon |
| Telephone | 961 3 243 192 /1 612815 |
| Email | bas(at)ul.edu.lb |
| Work Experience | On 1995 - 1996 1 was the Team Coordinator of terrestrial flora for the project Gf / 6 105 (Biological diversity of Lebanon) .
On 1998 - 1999 I was consultant for "Studies of the climate change impacts on the terrestrial Lebanese ecosystems" Project UNDPILEB195lG32 CNRS
From 2000 I am a member of the National Committee of consultants for LED0 (Lebanese Environment and Development Observatory) Ministry of Environment / UNDP.
Now I am leading a research project at the Lebanese University to update ,with the new techniques, the vegetation map of Lebanon . The original map was drawn using aerial photographs and field investigations. For the updating process I am using the GIS database and the satellite images. |
| Qualifications | DEA en Biogéographie Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III , 1970
Thèse de Doctorat de 3eme cycle en Phyto-écologie Toulouse,1972
Thèse de Doctorat d'état en Phytosociologie, Aix-Marseille III, 1978. |
| Number of Publications | 21 |
| Awards | Offier des Palmes Académiques - French Government |
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| Publications | 1. Abi-Saleh,B. Altitudinal zonation of vegetation in Lebanon - Ecologia Mediterranea 1982 . (VIII 355-364)
2. Abi-Saleh,B. & Safi,S. Lebanon's vegetation map at 1/500.000 f Explicative notice Ecologia Mediterranea, 1988 (XIV (1/2) : 123-141).
3. Abi-Saleh,B. et al. Terrestrial flora : Natural habitats and ecosystems . In UNDP - Ministry of Agriculture (Lebanon) Biological diversity of Lebanon . Project UNEP GF/6105 -92- 72 1996, no 3
4. Safi, S. & Abi-Saleh, B. Assessment of Lebanon's Vulnerability to Climate Change. Technical Annex B 1: Assessment of Bioclimatic Change, B 1.3-B 1.19, In: Ministry of Environment (Lebanon), Lebanon 's First National Communication under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Project LEB/95/G32A/IG/99, 1999.
5. Safi, S. & Abi-Saleh, B. Assessment of Lebanon's Vulnerability to Climate Change. Technical Annex B4: Terrestrial Ecosystems and Natural Habitats, B4.1- B4.38, In: Ministry of Environment (Lebanon), First National Communication under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Project LEB/95/G32A/IG/99, 1999. |
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