Overview

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Overview

• Tropical scientific expeditions in 8 countries
• 130 academics running more than 100 projects
• 30 new vertebrate species discovered already
• Results published in peer reviewed journals
• Academic credit provided by St Andrews University
  for US students and by Imperial College for other
  countries
• School groups can get 70 UCAS points for joining
  the expedition

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Global Research and Conservation Strategy

• Stage 1 - Assessing ecosystem diversity and
  function
• Stage 2 - Monitoring ecosystem change
• Stage 3 - Monitoring socio-economic change
• Stage 4 - Establishing monitoring the
  effectiveness of conservation
  management programs

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Team Members

Principal Researchers Assistant
Researchers Visiting Academics Dissertation
Students Research Assistants General
Surveyors Operations Staff Medical Staff
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Egypt

• longest continuous history
• now a hyper-arid climate
• the Nile river

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Egypts Rich History
Pharaonic BC 3200 - 332 BC Greek
(Ptolomaic) BC 332 - 30 BC Pagan Roman BC
30 - 330 AD Byzantine (Christian) 330 -
642 Arab 642 - 1250 Mameluk 1250 -
1517 Ottoman 1517 - 1798 French 1798 -
1805) Muhamed Ali/Ismail 1805 - 1882 British
1882 - 1952 (local science) Egyptian 1952
1967 Israeli 1967 1981 Egyptian
1981 -
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Biogeography why Egypt is special
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Subdivisions of the Palaearctic
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St Katherine Protected Area

• The great Ring Dyke of Sinai
• easily visible from space
• encloses the highest mountains

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St Katherine World Heritage Site
Monastery of St Katherine founded in 590 AD Gebel
Musa (Mt Sinai) sacred to three religions Unique
Flora and Fauna
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The highest mountains in Egypt, with many
marooned endemic species
Sinai Catmint
Globularia
Sinai Sage
Sinai Hairstreak
Sinai Agama
Sinai Spiny Mouse
Sinai Rosefinch
Sinai Barbastelle
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The Sinai Baton Blue Worlds smallest butterfly
Sinai Thyme
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Habitat patches of Sinai Thyme and the entire
world distribution of the Sinai Baton Blue
1 km
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The Bedouin a Vanishing Culture
Most tribes came from Arabia since Arab
invasion They speak purer Arabic than
EgyptiansJebeliyah tribes oldest of the people
in Sinai and came to run the Monastery in 590AD
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Pilgrim routes to the Monastery
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St Katherine Protectorate
2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
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Fox Camp
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Fox Camp
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Fox Camp
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Fox Camp
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Desert Preparation
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Desert Preparation
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Desert Biodiversity Surveys
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Desert Biodiversity Surveys
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Desert Biodiversity Surveys
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Desert Biodiversity Surveys
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Desert Biodiversity Surveys
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Desert Biodiversity Surveys
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Desert Biodiversity Surveys
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Desert Biodiversity Surveys
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Desert Biodiversity Surveys
Quadrat survey work
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Desert Biodiversity Surveys
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• distribution map for each species

Gazella dorcas Linnaeus 1758 (Dorcas Gazelle)
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• predicting distributions

recorded locations
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• predicted distributions

Gazella dorcas Linnaeus 1758 (Dorcas Gazelle)
pre-1980
post-1980
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Genetics of St Katherine Flora and Fauna
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Wildlife Art Ahmed Gheith
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Dahab Marine Training Centre
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Dahab Marine Training Centre
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EU Scientific Diver Course
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EU Scientific Diver Course
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Dive Training
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Dive Training
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Dive Training
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Dive Training
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Reef Ecology Course
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Dive Training Reef Ecology
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Dive Training Reef Ecology
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Health Safety
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Health Safety Issues

• Training of students in safety procedures

• Risk assessments

• Medical cover

• Communications

• Threat of terrorism

• Dive safety procedures

• Emergency evacuation plans prepared for all sites

• Expedition is BS8842 compliant and EPA Badge
  application submitted

• Safer than going on sports tour or ski trip!

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Certificate of Personal Effectiveness

• Six Skills
• Problem Solving
• Working with Others
• Discussion
• Research
• Oral Presentation
• Improving Learning

Worth 70 UCAS points equivalent to A grade at
AS level
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Fundraising Support

• Fundraising Training Meeting
• identify funding target
• raffle
• events and activities
• grants and sponsorship
• identify groups of 4 5 students
• Action Plan Meeting
• each group produces action plan with financial
  targets
• Progress Review Meeting
• review progress and revise targets

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Conclusions

• 975 for 2 weeks
• Includes all transportation costs on site, food,
  accommodation, joining all research projects.
• Should be able to raise all or a percentage of
  the money need from fundraising
• Opportunity to go to remote locations and see
  wildlife with experts
• Chance to contribute to real conservation
  projects

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Questions?