SHERIF BAHA EL DIN
3 Abdallah El Katib st., Apt. 3
Dokki, Cairo, Egypt
Tel/Fax: 202-3608160
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Current positions
Scientific Advisor to the Nature Conservation Sector, Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA). Advise the Sector on technical issues concerning natural resource management and nature conservation, as well as act as the scientific advisor to the Zaranik Protected Area in North Sinai.
Coordinator of Important Bird Areas (IBA) in Egypt project. BirdLife International Producing a directory of important bird areas in Egypt.
Coordinator of TortoiseCare. Overseeing a captive breeding and reintroduction project for the globally threatened, Egyptian Tortoise Testudo kleinmanni.
Consultant to the European Union (EU)-EEAA. Conducting surveys of birds and reptiles for the St. Catherine Protected Area in South Sinai for the development of management programs and training staff in field surveys techniques.
Freelance Environmental Consultant.
Professional experience
June – September 1999. Italian Assistance – EEAA. Painted an educational poster for the Wadi el Rayan Protected Area, El Fayoum.
April 1999 – June 1999. Global Environment. Advising on the ecological component of an environmental impact assessment for a marina at Marsa Ghalib on the Red Sea coast.
April 1999 – June 1999. Global Environment. Advising on the ecological component of an environmental impact assessment for a tourist development at Wadi Lahmi on the Red Sea coast.
June 1998 – July 1998. Intec. Advising on the ecological component of an environmental impact assessment for a natural gas terminal and pipeline on the Delta Mediterranean coast.
June 1998 – March 1999. Darwish Consultants Ltd., Scientific editor and illustrator of a bird book for the Gaza Strip.
October 1996 – June 1998. EU – Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA). Coordinated the National Protected Area Identification Mission. Responsible for organizing surveys to identify potential Protected Areas, the findings of which were compiled into a final report that defined the dimensions and role of Egypt’s future Protected Area network.
August 1997 Decon – KFW. Environmental risk assessment on birds for the wind farm to be constructed at Ras Zaafarana.
December 1996 – July 1997. Technical Cooperation Office for the Environment (TCOE) – EEAA. Prepared the Natural and Culture Heritage, Coastal and Marine Management and Tourism Component of the National Environmental Strategy.
August 1995 – July 1997. ABB SUSA-USAID. Impact assessment of new waste water facility at Suez on birds.
July 1995 – October 1996. DANIDA/ Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau (KFW). Impact assessment of wind power development on migrant birds in the Ras Zaafarana area, Gulf of Suez.
June – August 1996. Tour du Valat / United Nations Development Program (UNDP). Part of a working group conducting an assessment of biodiversity along the Mediterranean Coast of Egypt for the development of a Global Environmental Facility (GEF) project.
May – June 1995. Darwish Consultants Ltd. – Netherlands Government. Impact analysis on wildlife of water management at Lake Qarun, El Fayoum.
April – May 1995. TCOE. Prepared the Natural Heritage component of the Environmental Profile of North Sinai.
March 1995. CIDA. Assessment of the impact of reuse of drainage water for irrigation on the avifauna of lake Manzala.
October 1995 – June 1996. DANIDA. Contribution to a study on hunting management for the Organization Support Programme (OSP) of the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency.
March – June 1994. The Wildlife Conservation Society (USA) – International Union for Nature (IUCN). Conducted a study of the conservation status of the Egyptian Tortoise Testudo Kleinmanni in Egypt.
May – July 1993. EEC/EEAA. Conducted a study of the avifauna of the St. Katherine National Park, and the consequences for its future management.
February – March 1993. DANIDA. Prepared natural resource and nature conservation component of the environmental profile for the Governorate of Aswan, Southern Egypt.
October 1992 – January 1993. International Council for Bird Preservation (ICBP). Prepared feasibility assessment of a management plan for the wetland of Merja Zarga, Morocco.
April – May 1992. Deft Hydraulics-Dutch government. Prepared the ecological/natural heritage component of a study about the potential impacts of sea level rise on Egyptian coastal and marine resources.
July – October 1992. EEAA/ United Nation’s Environment Program (UNEP). Prepared a review of Egypt’s avifauna for the UNEP Biodiversity Country Study, Egypt.
October 1991 – April 1992. National Avian Research Center. Participated in field research of wintering and breeding Houbara Bustards Chlamydotis undulata, Abu Dhabi.
July – October 1991. Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSBP) / ICBP. Assessment of autumn bird catching activities in northern Egypt and their impact on Corncrakes Crex crex, Egypt.
March – May 1991. ICBP / National Commission for Wildlife Conservation and Development. Assessment of the impact of oil pollution related to the Gulf War on waterbirds, Saudi Arabia.
August – November 1990. ICBP. Assessment of autumn bird catching activities in northern Egypt, Egypt.
April – June 1990. Dames & Moore – USAID. Impact of new sewage treatment plants at three Suez Canal cities on terrestrial fauna, Egypt.
October 1989 – July 1990. ICBP – World Bank. Impact assessment of planned large scale agriculture development on the avifauna of North Sinai, Egypt.
August – October 1989. Bennett Environmental Consultants. Prepared and organized biological data base for the Egyptian oil spill contingency plan, Canada.
April – May 1989. University of Rhode Island. Prepared a review of coastal resources for the Red Sea and Mediterranean, USA.
April 1985 – June 1986. British petroleum, Egypt Branch. Environmental Officer. Responsible for collating environmental data base and preparing preliminary oil spill contingency plans for BP’s activity area in Egypt.
1984 – 1985. Cairo University. Conducted field surveys of avifauna and herpetofauna of Wadi El Rayan, Egypt.
October – December 1982. Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation. Assessed impact of a large oil spill on the avifauna of the Egyptian Red Sea.
Education
1995 Candidate Ph.D. in Ecology, Nottingham University, UK. (Ph. D. thesis topic, The Ecology of Reptile Communities in Egypt)
1989 Masters of Urban and Regional Environmental Planning, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, USA
1982 Bachelor of Arts in Design, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt
Titles and Affiliations
Field Associate, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Ill., USA
Member of the Advisory Board, Zoology in the Middle East Journal
Representative, BirdLife International – Egypt
Vice President, Ornithological Society of the Middle East (OSME)
Scientific Achievements
Described three new species to science, the Nile Delta Toad Bufo Kassasii (1993), the Qattara Gecko Tarentola mindiae (1997) and Acanthodactuylus beershibenses (1999).
Publications
Published over 50 papers and articles in scientific and amateur journals. Co-authored three books on the avifauna of Egypt, Directory of Important Bird Areas in Egypt, 1999; The Birds of Egypt, 1989, Oxford University Press, and Common Birds of Egypt, 1985, American University in Cairo Press, and contributed a chapter on reptiles for a book about the wildlife of Abu Dhabi. List of publications is available upon request.
Birth date: 7/12/1960
Marital Status: Married
Nationatlty:Egyptian