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Independent experts nominated by country party
Uriel Safriel
Title
Prof.
First name
Uriel
Last name
Safriel
Gender
M
Nominating Country
Date of Nomination
Other Disciplines
Natural Resource Management
Ecology/Ecosystems
Ecology/Ecosystems
UN languages spoken
English
Job function
Prof.
Division
The Blaustein Institute for Desert Research
Email
uriel36@verizon.net
Telephone number
972 7 65 96 700
Work experience
- Coordinator of the Israel Party 'Joint Study of Desertification Risks in the Wadi Araba Rift Valley', a project supported by the secretariat of the CCD, and carried out jointly by Israel, Jordan and the Palestine Authority;_x000D_
- Regional Expert for Israel of the 'Initiative for Collaboration to Control Natural Resource Degradation (Desertification) of Arid Lands in the Middle East', a joint project of Israel, Palestine Authority, Jordan, Egypt and Tunisia, facilitated by the World Bank and emanating from the Working Group on Environment of the Multilateral Middle East Peace Talks;_x000D_
- Head of the Delegation of Israel to the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Desertification, and of the Delegation of Israel to the COP1, COP2 and COP3 of the CCD;_x000D_
- Researcher in the multidisciplinar team of the project 'The Tundra Biome', section of 'Structure and Function of Ecosystems' of the International Biological Program (IBP);_x000D_
- Leader of a research team supported by the US-Israel Binatio
- Regional Expert for Israel of the 'Initiative for Collaboration to Control Natural Resource Degradation (Desertification) of Arid Lands in the Middle East', a joint project of Israel, Palestine Authority, Jordan, Egypt and Tunisia, facilitated by the World Bank and emanating from the Working Group on Environment of the Multilateral Middle East Peace Talks;_x000D_
- Head of the Delegation of Israel to the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Desertification, and of the Delegation of Israel to the COP1, COP2 and COP3 of the CCD;_x000D_
- Researcher in the multidisciplinar team of the project 'The Tundra Biome', section of 'Structure and Function of Ecosystems' of the International Biological Program (IBP);_x000D_
- Leader of a research team supported by the US-Israel Binatio
Highest Academic achievement and qualification
Ph.D. Ecology, Oxford University, 1967
Number of Publications
100
Publication titles
1. Tadmor, N.H., Noy-Meir, I., Safriel, U., Seligman, N., Goldman, A., Katznelson, J., Eyal, E., and Benjamin, R., 1977: A simulation model of a semi-arid Mediterranean grazing system. Israel Journal of Botany, 26, 161-171;_x000D_
2. Safriel, U., Volis, S., Kark, S., 1994: Core and peripheral populations and global climate change. Israel Journal of Plant Sciences, 42, 331-345;_x000D_
3. Safriel, U.N., 1999: The concept of sustainability in dryland ecosystems. Pp. 117-140 in: Arid Lands Management - Towards Ecological Sustainability. Edited by T.W. Hoekstra & M. Shachak. University of Illinois Press, Urbana;_x000D_
4. Safriel, U.N., 1995: The role of ecology in desert development. Journal of Arid Land Studies, 5s, 351-354;_x000D_
5. Safriel, U.N., 1991: Ecological indicators for a healthy desert environment. Advances in Ecology, 1, 1-7
2. Safriel, U., Volis, S., Kark, S., 1994: Core and peripheral populations and global climate change. Israel Journal of Plant Sciences, 42, 331-345;_x000D_
3. Safriel, U.N., 1999: The concept of sustainability in dryland ecosystems. Pp. 117-140 in: Arid Lands Management - Towards Ecological Sustainability. Edited by T.W. Hoekstra & M. Shachak. University of Illinois Press, Urbana;_x000D_
4. Safriel, U.N., 1995: The role of ecology in desert development. Journal of Arid Land Studies, 5s, 351-354;_x000D_
5. Safriel, U.N., 1991: Ecological indicators for a healthy desert environment. Advances in Ecology, 1, 1-7
Other activities
- Member of the Ecological Society of America_x000D_
- Member of the British Ecological Society
- Member of the British Ecological Society
Organisation name
Blaustein Institute for Desert Research
Organisation street address
Sede Boker Campus, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 84990
Organisation city
Sede Boqer
Organisation country
Israel