Biography:

• Tony holds a number of senior advisory roles.


• Deputy Chairman, Arabian Plant Specialist Group, SSC, IUCN.


• Advisor, Arabian Biodiversity Centre of Excellence, Saudi Arabia.


• Adviser to H.H. Prince Bandar.


• Director General, National Commission for Wildlife Conservation and Development, Saudi Arabia.


• Associate of the University of Edinburgh
• Vice Chairman, Friends of Soqotra (UK-based charity).


• Co-editor (with Dr T Cope, Royal Botanic Garden, Kew) of the Flora of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra.


• CMEP is a group based at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.


• CMEP research focuses on floristic, systematic, molecular, bio-informatics and conservation studies in SW Asia.


• The group works closely with governmental organizations and institutes throughout the region and is actively involved in botanical, horticultural and conservation training, capacity building initiatives and consultancy.


• Works under the auspices of the Arabian Plant Specialist Group (a group representing botanists from Arabia); this has recently involved setting up an Arabian plant data base, preparing a Red List of Arabian plants, a checklist of plants of the Arabian Peninsula and a system of protected areas across the region.


• A notable project over the last 15 years has been the development of a conservation program in the Socotra Archipelago.

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