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Dr. Hatem Taifour

  • Royal Botanic Garden, Jordan
  • ​Director, Plant ​Conservation at the Royal Botanic Garden, Jordan
  • Botanic Garden Conceptualisation and Design, Conservation Assessment, Ecological Restoration
  • Amman, JO
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 Planning, designing and implementing field surveys within and outside protected areas in Jordan.
 Analysing data and producing scientific reports and papers to better manage Jordan’s biodiversity, habitats and protected areas, in addition to plant classification, landscape design, habitats restoration and herbarium preparation.
 Leading the repair of the degraded ecosystem, designing and implementing ecosystem restoration projects and educating the public on conservation and ecology.
 Preparing the national plant strategy.
 Assessing the conservation status of plant species according to IUCN criteria.
 Mapping and modelling vegetation cover
 Supervising the herbarium
 Supervising the seed bank
 Supervising the nursery and leading the propagation of native plants
 Designing landscape

Areas of Expertise
Botanic Garden Conceptualisation and Design
  • Botanic Garden Planning, Concept, and Strategic Development Expertise
    • Strategic plan and master plan review and re-development for existing institutions
    • Strategic plan development
  • Botanic Garden Feasibility Study Expertise
    • Site selection
    • Feasibility study development
  • Botanic Garden Design Expertise
    • Design brief
    • Master plan
  • Botanic Garden Construction Planning Expertise
    • Tender evaluation and selection
    • Construction drawings and specifications
  • Botanic Garden Facility Construction Expertise
    • Seed bank
    • Access infrastructure
    • Production greenhouses
    • Library
    • Herbarium
    • Visitor facilities
    • Quarantine Facility
    • Public greenhouses
  • Botanic Garden Governance Expertise
    • Not-for-profit
    • Hybrid
    • Government
Collections
  • Botanical Inventory and Collection Expertise
    • In situ survey
    • Identification
    • Collection of germplasm
    • Genetic representativeness
  • Propagation Techniques Expertise
    • Seeds
    • Cuttings
    • Grafting
Conservation Assessment
  • Conservation Assessment Expertise
    • National conservation assessments
    • Mapping for conservation assessments
    • Red List Index
    • Red List reviewer
Plant Health and Biosecurity
  • Invasive Species Biology Expertise
    • Management
Research
  • Plant Growth Form Expertise
    • Trees
    • Shrubs
    • Herbs
    • Vines
  • Research Expertise
    • Plant breeding
    • Climate change
    • Conservation genetics
    • Horticulture
    • Ex situ conservation
    • Invasive species biology and control
    • In situ conservation
    • Evaluation
    • Systematics and taxonomy
Geographic
  • Geographic Region Expertise
    • Asia
  • Habitat Type Expertise
    • Deserts and xeric shrublands
    • Mediterranean forests, woodlands and scrubs
    • Temperate broad leaf and mixed forests
    • Temperate coniferous forest
    • Tropical and subtropical dry broad leaf forests
    • Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas and shrublands
    • Tropical and subtropical moist broad leaf forests
Services
  • Services Available
    • Advice
    • Consultancy
    • Mentorship
    • Partnership opportunity
    • Research
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