| Expert Name | Dr. Irina Springuel |
| Title | Head and Professor |
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| Institution | University of South Valley |
| City | Aswan |
| Country | Egypt |
| Telephone | 202 097 480448/481550 |
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| Work Experience | - Principal researcher: Project on sustainable development of Wadi Allaqi. 1987-1994
- Head of Research Team on Environment Studies: Project on environmental studies of Aswan Government 1989-1991
- Head of Botany Research Team: Project Cultivation of Medical Plants in Wadi Allaqi. 1994-1997
- Principal researcher of Botany: Project on Fuelwood in Wadi Allaqi. 1993-1995
- Principal researcher of Botany: Project on Environmental Valuation and Management of Plants in Wadi Allaqi (Egypt), 1996-1997
- Principal iInvestigator: Project on Cultivation and use of Balanites Egyptian in Wadi Allaqi (Lake Nasser Area, Eastern Nubia) for Agro-Forestry Industry. 1996-1997
- Principal investigator: Project on Water Use Efficiency of Plants Under Desert Conditions. 1996-1997 |
| Qualifications | Ph.D. Ecology, Assiut University, 1981 |
| Number of Publications | 50 |
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| Other Activities | - Member of the Egyptian Botany Society
- Member of the British Ecological Society
- Member of the International Association for Vegetation Science
- Corresponding Member of IGU Group on Critical Zones in Global Environmental Change
- Member of Scientific council, section 'Problems of arid ecosystems and combat against Desertification' Russian Academy of Science
- Member of Council of Unit Environmental Studies and Development, south Valley University |
| Publications | 1. Impact of Lake Nasser on desert vegetation. Springuel, I. & Ali, M. Desert Development Part I: Desert agriculture, ecology and biology. Proceedings of the Second International Desert Development Conference, Cairo (January 1987). Vol.5: 557-568. 1990
2. Sustainable development and resource management in marginal environments: natural resources and their use in the Wadi Allaqi region of Egypt. Briggs, J.A., Dickinson,G., Murphy, K.J. Pulford, I.D., Belal, E.A., Moalla, S, Springuel, I. Ghabbours, S. and Mekki, A.M. Applied Geography 13, 259-284, 1993
3. Egypt Habitat Diversity, Ayyad, M. Kassas, M., Springuel, I. and Zahran, M. Publication of the National Biodiversity Unit No. 1:3-63. 1993
4. Economic Value of desert plants: Acacia trees in Wadi Allagi Biosphere Reserve. Springuel, I. and Mekki, A.M. Environmental Conservation Vol. 21. No1:41-48. 1994
5. Economic Value of Plant Diversity in Arid Environments. A.E. Belal and I. Springuel, Nature and Resources Vol. 32 No.1:33-39. 19 |
| Discipline | Ecology/Ecosystems |
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