CV G.Serra Mar 2011 EU format

Curriculum Vitae Gianluca SERRA 

Environment - Biodiversity and nature conservation - Environmental sustainability - Desertification 

CURRICULUM VITAE 

GIANLUCA SERRA 

Category: 

1. Family name: Serra 

2. First name: Gianluca 

3. Date of birth: 4/04/1968 

4. Nationality: Italian 

5. Residence: Florence, Italy 

6. Email: abunug@gianlucaserra.com 

7. Ph: +39 348.921.4775 

8. Skype: abunug 

9. Linkedin: http://it.linkedin.com/in/gianlucaserra 

10. Education: 

Institution (Date from – Date to) Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained: 

University of Florence (College of Mathematics, 

Physics and Natural Sciences), Sept 1989 - July 1992 

Bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences, focus in 

Zoology and Ecology 

University of Florence (Department of Animal 

Biology and Genetics), Jan 1991 - Jul 1993 

University of Florence (Department of Animal 

Biology and Genetics) and Pontificia 

Universidad Catolica de Chile, May 1994 - Jun 

1997 

University of California at Berkeley (Department 

of Environmental Sciences, Policy and 

Management), Sept 1997 - Sept 1998 

11. Language skills: (1 - excellent; 5 - basic) 

M.Sc. in Behavioural Ecology discussing an 

experimental thesis (summa cum laudem + honours) 

based on a 2.5-year underwater research on two marine 

invertebrate eco-indicators occurring within Tuscany 

Archipelago National Park (Chelazzi et al. 1997) 

Ph.D. in Behavioural Ecology (see prf. “Professional 

Experience”) 

Post-doc research in wildlife monitoring and 

conservation, and in predator control (see prf. 

“Professional Experience”) 

Language Reading Speaking Writing 

English 1 1-2 1-2 

Spanish 1 1-2 2 

French 3 0 0 

Arabic 5 5 5 

Italian Mother tongue 

12. Membership of professional bodies: 

• expert of The World Conservation Union (IUCN): member of the Species Survival Commission 

(SSC) and of the Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP) since 2003; 

• expert of the Italian IUCN Committee since 2004; 

• member of the steering committee of the International Advisory Group on Northern Bald Ibis 

(IAGNBI) since 2003; 

1



13. Other skills: extensive PC skills (including programming), good photography skills, CMAS SCUBA diving 

certification, extensive wildlife camera trapping experience. 

14. Current work situation: collaborations on short-term assignments as a free-lance expert. 

15. N. of years with current employer: / 

16. Key qualifications and expertise: 

- nature and biodiversity conservation, survey and monitoring 

- biodiversity inventorying and mapping; threat assessment, species action plans, strategic planning 

- protected area recommendations, establishment and management; GIS mapping and zonation plans 

- desertification halting; wetland and marine ecosystems surveying, monitoring and management 

- capacity building (local community and Govt. staff); involving, making aware and self-organizing local 

community; planning and development of small-scale eco-tourism services 

- sustainable ecotourism planning and development 

- ecological and conservation awareness raising and education 

- natural resources and ecosystem services sustainable management; addressing environmental 

sustainability and UN Millennium Development Goal n. 7 

- national natural heritage preservation and management (combined with cultural heritage) 

- conservation advocacy, institutional strengthening; local governance improvement; 

- institutional liaising and facilitation; partners and donor liaising and networking 

- feasibility analysis, environmental studies, environmental impact assessment, recommendations and policies 

proposals 

- technical & scientific reporting and publication (in peer-reviewed journals) 

- project formulation, evaluation and fund raising 

- popularizing scientific issues of conservation concern 

- mainstreaming environmental issues into socio-economy 

- project team and survey expedition leadership 

- staff and funds management and administration 

- project coordination and direction. 

17. Professional experience by country: 

Country Date from – to 

Chile 1994-96 

California (USA) 1997-98 

Italy 1999-2000 

Syria 2000-11 

Ethiopia, Tanzania 2006-11 

18. Professional experience: 

14.1 Date: May 1994 – Jun 1997 

Location Marine Preserve “Estacion Costera de Investigaciones Marinas” 

(Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile), Pacific coast, Chile 

Institution University of Florence and European Union (EU) 

Position Ph.D researcher 

Job Description 

Researched behavioural ecology of two marine invertebrate species of 

conservation concern (Serra et al. 1997; Serra et al. 2001). Exposition 

and experience in fishery community-based conservation and 

management, through supervisor Prof J.C. Castilla 

2



14.2 Date: Sept 1997 – Sept 1998 

Hopland Field Research Station of California University (Mendocino 

Location 

Co., CA) and Grey Davis Dye Creek Preserve of the Nature 

Conservancy (Northern Sierra Nevada mountain range, CA), USA 

Institution University of California at Berkeley and US Fish and Wildlife 

Service 

Position Post-doc conservation researcher (1-year appointment) 


Surveying and monitoring populations of mid- and large-sized 

carnivores using non-invasive techniques in the framework of a federal 

program aimed at managing and controlling predators; intensive 

experience in camera trapping, mark-resight statistical models, power 

analysis, GPS navigation and mapping, GIS spatial analysis, live 

trapping and animal handling, radio-telemetry (Larrucea et al. 2007) 

14.3 Date: Apr 1999 – Mar 2000 

Location Marine National Park of the Tuscany Archipelago, Italy 

Institution Italian National Institute for Wildlife Conservation (INFS) and EU 

Position Post-doc conservation researcher (2-year appointment) 


Implementation of EU project LIFE97NAT/IT/4153 aimed at the 

conservation and management of insular bird species. Intensive 

experience in designing and implementing bird surveying and 

monitoring programs, and in GPS/GIS mapping and spatial analysis; 

upon request of the Environment Ministry, drafted, discussed with 

stakeholders and produced the “National Action Plan for the Audouin’s 

Gull (Larus audouinii)” (EU "conservation-dependent” species) (Serra et 

al. 2001) 

14.4 Date: Apr 2000 – Jun 2004 

Location Al Talila Natural Reserve, Palmyra (Syria) 

Institution / Organisation Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations 

and Italian Development Cooperation Program (DGCS, Italian 

Ministry of Foreign Affairs) 

Position UN associate professional officer (Wildlife and Protected Area 


Management) 

Biodiversity inventorying, surveying and monitoring; searching rare and 

threatened wildlife using local traditional knowledge; addressing threats 

and conservation issues; preparing local red lists, recommendations, 

action plans and protected area management plans (through a 

participatory approach); in-service training Govt. staff and locals, 

provision of guidelines about protected area staff cadre and institutional 

development, conservation advocacy, involving and benefiting local 

indigenous communities; planning responsible eco-tourism and 

alternative income; raising public awareness and preparing 

conservation education material; scientific and technical reporting; staff 

coordination; assistance in project management (informal) 

14.5 Date Jan – Sept 2004 

Location Fir-Cedar Reserve, Northern Alawite mountain range (Syria) 

Organisation / Company Global Environmental Facility (GEF) and World Bank (WB), Arca 

Consulting 

Position Biodiversity conservation expert 


Fauna inventorying, capacity building of reserve rangers and guards in 

detecting, identifying and monitoring fauna, raising awareness and 

conservation education of local school children, preparing management 

plan of the protected area and recommending its staff cadre 

3



14.6 Date Jan 2004 – Oct 2005 

Location Palmyra and Damascus (Syria), Florence (Italy), Cambridge (UK) 

Organisation BirdLife International (BLI) and Royal Society for the Protection of 

Birds (RSPB) 

Position Scientific advisor on globally threatened N. Bald Ibis 


14.7 Date Aug - Sept 2005 

Location Florence (Italy) 

Organisation European Commission (EU) 

Position Assistant project evaluator 


Consulting and advising on preparation of a viable protection and 

conservation program for the critically endangered N. Bald Ibis 

Geronticus eremita in Syria; project proposal preparation, fund raising, 

advocacy and institutional facilitation; international action plan 

Evaluation of grant proposals submitted to EU in response to “Cofinancing 

with European development NGOs actions in development 

countries” (Calls for Proposals 2004) 

14.8 Date Jan – Feb 2006 

Location Damascus (Syria) 

Organisation Fund for Integrated Rural Development Of Syria (FIRDOS) 

Position Project formulation expert 


Preparation of a project proposal, and a related feasibility study, aimed 

at combining biodiversity conservation and rural sustainable 

development, titled “Improving the living conditions of mobile indigenous 

people of Syrian arid steppe land through sustainable development and 

nature conservation” 

14.9 Date Feb 2006 - Jul 2007 

Location Palmyra (Syria) and Ethiopian highlands 

Organisation National Geographic’s Research and Exploration Committee, BLI, 

and RSPB 

Position NG grantee researcher, scientific advisor and field team leader 


Coordinated and lead the field team engaged in protecting, preparing 

trapping, trapping and satellite tagging three individuals of N. Bald Ibis; 

negotiations with intl. oil corporation planning operations with major 

impact on biodiversity assets; preparation of feasibility study on 

“Ecotourism in the Palmyra Desert, Syria"; prepared and carried out a 

photo-exhibition in Damascus inaugurated by the Syrian First Lady; field 

surveying of the sat-tagged N. Bald Ibises at their wintering grounds on 

the Ethiopian central plateau, assessing potential threats in place, 

habitat reconnaissance and searching for additional ibises; provision of 

conservation recommendations 

14.10 Date Feb-May 2007 

Location Sabkhat Al Jabbul (Aleppo, Syria) 

Organisation Global Environmental Facility (GEF), International Centre for 

Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA) and Swiss Agency 

for Development and Cooperation (SDC) 

Position Biodiversity conservation expert and advisor 


Assisting the Governorate of Aleppo in developing a conservation multistakeholder 

strategic plan for the Ramsar wetland sabkhat al jabbul, 

using a participatory approach 

4



14.11 Date Apr – Jul 2007 

Location Florence (Italy) - Damascus (Syria) 

Organisation IUCN ROWA (International Union for the Conservation of Nature - 

Regional Office for West Asia) 

Position Fund raiser 


Successfully applied for a 160,000 USD project funded by the Italian 

Cooperation Program aimed at the conservation of N. Bald Ibis in the 

Syrian breeding quarters and in the Ethiopian wintering quarters. 

Another 85,000 USD were raised locally in Damascus and thanks to the 

National Geographic Society 

14.12 Date Sept 2007 – Aug 2009 

Location Syria, Ethiopia and Djibouti 

Organisation IUCN / Italian Development Cooperation Program (DGCS, Italian 

Ministry of Foreign Affairs) / National Geographic Society 

Position Project director 


Directing project “Collaborative Management of Natural Resources and 

Biodiversity in the Palmyra Desert and in the Ethiopian Highlands”. 

Lead N. Bald Ibis expeditions in Ethiopia and Djibouti 

14.13 Date May-Sept 2008 

Location Damascus 

Organisation European Commission 

Position Expert on biodiversity conservation, protected areas and 


ecotourism 

Consultancy to the Municipality Administration Modernization Project ( 

Med/2004/6264: Europe Aid/119822/Sv/Sy) relatively to the Palmyra 

region. 

14.14 Date Feb - Aug 2010 

Location Saudi Arabia 

Organisation National Geographic Society and IUCN ROWA 

Position 


NG research grantee – expedition team leader 

Lead N. Bald Ibis expedition in Saudi Arabia 

14.15 Date Nov 2007 - April 2010 

Location Syria, Italy 

Organisation IUCN 

Position Fund raiser 


Successfully applied for a 700,000 USD with the Italian Cooperation 

Program aimed at the conservation of N. Bald Ibis in the Syrian 

breeding quarters and in the Ethiopian wintering quarters (an additional 

15,000 USD were raised with the Bin Zayed Foundation (United 

Emirates of Arabia) 

14.16 Date April-May 2010 

Location Syria 

Organisation Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs 

Position Biodiversity conservation expert and institutional facilitator 


Facilitating and advising negotiation between Syrian and Italian Govt. 

for starting a new project in Palmyra, Syria (combining nature 

conservation and sustainable development) 

5



14.17 Date April 2011 

Location Tanzania 

Organisation Trento Museum of Natural Sciences 

Position Ornithological and conservation surveyor 


19. Relevant publications, reports and presentations: 

15.1 Scientific publications (peer-reviewed) 

Participated in a 8-day biodiversity conservation survey within the 

montane forests of the National Park of the Udzungwas 

1. Chelazzi G., Serra G., Bucciarelli G. 1997. Zonal recovery after experimental displacement in two sea urchins 

(Arbacia lixula and Paracentrotus lividus) co-occurring in the Mediterranean. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology 

and Ecology, 212(1): 1-7. 

2. Serra G., Chelazzi G., Castilla J.C. 1997. Effects of experience and risk of predation on the foraging behaviour of 

the South-Eastern Pacific muricid Concholepas concholepas (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Journal of Animal Ecology, 

66(6): 876-883. 

3. Serra G., Chelazzi G., Castilla J.C. 2001. Temporal and spatial activity of the key-hole limpet Fissurella crassa 

(Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Eastern Pacific. Journal of the Marine Biological Association U.K, 81(3): 485-490. 

4. Serra G., Lucentini M., Romano S. 2001. Diet and prey selection of nonbreeding peregrine falcons (Falco 

peregrinus brookei) in a urban habitat of Italy. Journal of Raptor Research 35(1): 61-64. 

5. Serra G., Abdallah M., Abdallah A., Al Qaim G., Fayed T., Assaed A., Williamson D. 2003. Discovery of a relict 

breeding colony of Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita in Syria: still in time to save the eastern population ? Oryx, 

38 (1): 1-7. 

6. Larrucea E.S., Serra G., Jaeger M.M., Barrett R.H. 2007. Censusing bobcats using remote cameras. Western 

North American Naturalist 67(4): 538-548. 

7. Serra G. Abdallah M. and G. Al Qaim. 2008. Feeding ecology and behaviour of last surviving middle eastern N. 

Bald Ibises breeding in the Syrian steppe. Zoology in the Middle East 43: 55-68. 

8. Lindsell J., Serra G., Abdallah M.S., al Qaim G. and L. Peske. 2009. Satellite Tracking Reveals the Migration 

Route and Wintering Area of the Middle Eastern Population of Northern Bald Ibis. Oryx 43 (3): 329-335. 

9. Serra G., Peske L., Abdallah M.S., al Qaim G., Kanani A. 2009. Breeding ecology of the last oriental N. Bald 

Ibises in the Syria desert. Journal of Ornithology 150: 769-782. 

10. Serra G., Bruschini C., Lindsell J., Peske L., Kanani A.. In print. Breeding range of the last eastern colony of 

critically endangered N. Bald Ibises Geronticus eremita in the Syria steppe: a threatened area. Bird Conservation 

International. 

15.2 Conservation publications and reports 

1. Serra G., Melega L., Baccetti N. 2001. Piano di Azione Nazionale per il Gabbiano corso (Larus audouinii). Quaderni 

di Conservazione della Natura, Ministero dell'Ambiente e Istituto Nazionale Fauna Selvatica (INFS) “Alessandro 

Ghigi”, pp. 29. [transl. = National Action Plan for the Audouin’s Gull (Larus audouinii) published by INFS (Italian 

National Institute for Wildlife Conservation) upon request of the Italian Ministry of Environment]. 

2. Serra G. 2002 a. Proposal for an action plan to protect wildlife of Palmyrean desertic steppe. FAO report project 

GCP/SYR/009/ITA prepared upon request of Syrian Ministry of Environment (available at FAO Representation in 

Damascus Syria). 

6



3. Serra G. 2002 b. Advocating protection and future sustainable development of seasonal salt-lake sabkhat al moh 

(IBA site, BirdLife International 1994). FAO report project GCP/SYR/009/ITA prepared for the Syrian Ministry of 

Agriculture (available at FAO Representation in Damascus, Syria). 

4. Bowden C.G.R., Serra G., Budieri A., Al Jbour S. 2002. Report on a visit by BLI in response to the recent discovery 

of breeding Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita in the Palmyra region of Syria. Royal Society for the Protection of 

Birds (RSPB), internal report. 

5. Serra G. 2003 a. Discovery of Northern Bald Ibises in Syria. World Birdwatch (BirdLife International magazine), 

25(1): 10-13. 

6. Serra G. 2003 b. Assessment of the Natural and Cultural Heritage of al talila Reserve. FAO report project 

GCP/SYR/009/ITA (available at FAO Representation in Damascus, Syria). 

7. Serra G. and D. Williamson 2003. Management Plan of al talila Reserve 2004-2006. FAO report project 

GCP/SYR/009/ITA (available at FAO Representation in Damascus, Syria). 

8. Serra G., Batello C., Williamson D. 2003. From Indifference to Awareness. FAO publication (available at FAO Hqs, 

Rome, Italy). 47 pp. 

9. Serra 2005. Time running out for Syrian ibises. World Birdwatch (BirdLife International magazine), 27(4): 9. 

10. Boehm C., Bowden C., El Bekkay M., Evans S., Hatypoglu T., Jiménez A.M., Jordan M., Kotrschal K., Lenten B, 

López V., José M., Madroño A., Nagy S., Pegoraro K., Quevedo M., Rivera E., Serra G., Tavares J. 2005. 

International Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita Action Plan. UNEP-AEWA, BirdLife International. 89 pp. 

11. Murdoch D.A., Vos R., Abdallah A., Abdallah M., Andrews I., Al Assad A., Van Beusekom R., Hofland R., Roth 

T., Saveyn B., Serra G., Wells C. 2005. A winter survey of Syrian Wetlands. Final Report of the Syrian Wetland 

Expedition January-February 2004. Ornithological Society of the Middle East (OSME), BirdLife International, 

Wetlands International. 55 pp. 

12. Serra G., Abdallah M., Assaed A., Al Qaim G., Abdallah A. 2005. A long-term bird survey of central Syrian desert 

(2000-2003) – Part 1. Sandgrouse, 27(1): 9-23. 

13. Serra G., Al Qaim G., Abdallah M., Kanani A., Assaed A.K. 2005. A long-term bird survey of central Syrian desert 

(2000-2003) – Part 2. Sandgrouse, 27(2): 104-125. 

14. Serra G. 2005. Dunn’s Lark Eremalauda dunni – a first record for Syria. Sandgrouse 27 (1): 77. 

15. Murdoch D.A., Tyler G., Serra G., Bowden C. and M. Abdallah. 2005. A record of Dunn’s Lark Eremalauda dunni 

from Syria. Sandgrouse 27 (1): 78. 

16. Serra G., M. Abdallah and G. al Qaim. 2006. First breeding record of Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus in 

Syria. Sandgrouse 28 (2): 173. 

17. Sindaco R., Serra G., Menegon M., 2006. New data on the Syrian herpetofauna, with a newly-recorded species of 

snake (Amphibia, Reptilia). Zoology in the Middle East, 37: 29-38. 

18. Serra G. 2006. Improving the living conditions of mobile indigenous people of Syrian arid steppe land through 

sustainable development and nature conservation. Project proposal and feasibility analysis commissioned by Fund 

for Integrated Rural Development Of Syria (FIRDOS), 27 + 23 pp. 

19. Murdoch D.A. and G. Serra. 2006. The status of Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius in Syria. Sandgrouse, 28(1): 

57-61. 

20. Serra G., Murdoch D., Turkelboom F., Travert F., Mujawer Y., Scott D. 2006. Sabkhat al-jabbul, a Threatened 

Ramsar Wetland in Syria. Sandgrouse 28 (2): 127-141. 

21. Serra G. and L. Peske. 2006 a. Coordinating protection efforts of breeding N. Bald Ibises Geronticus eremita in 

Palmyra (Syria) and trapping / satellite tagging 3 individuals. BirdLife International / Royal Society for the Protection 

of Birds (RSPB), internal report. 

7



22. Serra G. and L. Peske. 2006 b. N. Bald Ibis conservation efforts in Syria 2002-2006: results and lessons learned. 

In N. Bald Ibis conservation and reintroduction workshop. Eds. C. Boehm, Bowden CGR, Jordan M. and C. King. 

Second meeting of the International Advisory Group on N. Bald Ibis (IAGNBI), Vejer (Spain) 2007. 

23. Serra 2007. Ecotourism in the Palmyra desert, Syria. A feasibility study. BirdLife International, 88 pp. 

24. Serra G., Peske L., Wondafrash M. 2007. Preliminary survey of Middle Eastern N. Bald Ibises at their recently 

discovered wintering grounds in Ethiopian highlands. BirdLife International / Royal Society for the Protection of Birds 

(RSPB), internal report. 

25. Celine Dutilly-Diane, Nancy McCarthy, Francis Turkelboom, Adriana Bruggeman, James Tiedemann, Kenneth 

Street, and Gianluca Serra. 2007. Could Payments for Environmental Services Improve Rangeland Management in 

Central Asia, West Asia and North Africa?. CAPRi working paper 62. Washington, DC: IFPRI. 

26. Benyamini, D., Bruschini, C., Serra, G., E. John. 2007. First confirmed records of Papilio demoleus (Linnaeus 

1758) in Syria, with comments on the species’ appearance in Turkey and the Dominican Republic. News of the Is. 

Lepidopterists Society, 24(2): 4-10. 

27. Serra G., Abdallah M. S. and G. Al Qaim. 2007. Occurrence of Rüppell’s Fox, Vulpes rueppelli, and Sand Cat, 

Felis margarita, in Syria. Zoology in the Middle East, 42: 99-101. 

28. Serra G. and Wondafrash M. 2009. Eco-ethological and conservation survey of N. Bald Ibises wintering in the 

Northern Shawa (Ethiopia) during 2008-09. IUCN West Asia/DGCS Trust Fund Pilot Project, 22 pp. 

29. Serra G., Mirreh M., Kaddour H., Razzouk T., Al Jundi A., Kanani A., Batello C., Williamson D. 2009. Assessment 

and characterization of Al Talila Reserve and surrounding Palmyrean desert. IUCN/DGCS Project report. IUCN 

publication, 134 pp. 

30. Serra G., Nahaz M.M., Idan M., Peske L., Savioli A., Bruschini C., Alomari K. 2009. Assessment and 

characterization of the Ibis Protected Area in the Palmyra Desert - a proposed 5-year management and development 

framework. IUCN publication, 156 pp. 

15.3 Workshop and congress presentations 

1. Serra G., Baccetti N., Zenatello M., Serra L. 2000. Monitoring the Italian population of Audouin’s Gull (Larus 

audouinii) during the period 1997-99. International Workshop titled “Conservation of the Audouin’s Gull (Larus 

audouinii) in the Mediterranean”, held at Leros (Greece), October 2000. 

2. Serra G., Mirreh M.M. 2001. Development of a protected area within the Syrian steppe desert using a multiutilization 

approach. International Workshop titled “Economy, Ethics and Environment: the role of parks and 

protected areas of the Mediterranean”, held in Aspromonte National Park (Italy), July 2001. 

3. Serra G. 2002 c. Wildlife of Palmyrean al badia: present status, threats and conservation recommendations. 

Workshop titled “Syrian biodiversity conservation”, organized by the Syrian Ministry of Environmental Affairs, aimed 

at developing the Syrian National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. Held in Aleppo (Syria), April 2002. 

4. Serra G. 2004. Discovery and protection of critically endangered Geronticus eremita through involvement of 

Bedouin nomands, in the Syrian desert. International workshop titled “International Species Action Plan for the 

Northern Bald Ibis”, organized by the International Advisory Group on Northern Bald Ibis (IAGNBI), held in Madrid 

(Spain), January 2004. 

5. Dutilly-Diane C., McCarthy N., Turkelboom F., Bruggeman A., Tiedeman J., Street K., Serra G. 2004. 

Environmental Services and the Rangelands in the CWANA Region. 10 th Biennial Conference of the IASCP, Oaxaca 

(Mexico), August 2004. 

6. Serra G. and D. Chatty 2004. Community Participation and Awareness Raising in a Biodiversity Conservation 

Project within the Central Syrian Desert. IUCN World Conservation Congress, Bangkok (Thailand), November 2004. 

7. Serra G. 2005. Still on time to save the Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita in the Middle East? A case study: 

discovery and community-based conservation of a critically endangered species. International Conference titled 

8



“Sky and Earth, Conservation Status of Birds, a global, European and national perspective”, organized by Lega 

Italiana Protezione Uccelli (LIPU), BirdLife Intl. Partner for Italy, Rome (Italy), May 2005. 

8. Serra 2005. Four new mammal records for Syria. IUCN Global Mammal Assessment. South-west Asia 

Workshop, held in Samsun (Turkey), November 2005. 

9. Serra G. and L. Peske. 2006. Northern Bald Ibis conservations efforts in Syria 2002-06: results and lessons 

learned. International workshop organized by International Advisory Group on Northern Bald Ibis (IAGNBI), held in 

Andalusia (Spain), September 2006. 

10. Serra G. and K.A. Abdallah 2007. Nature conservation and hema system in the Syrian desert. International 

workshop titled “A Road Map Towards More Equitable Conservation and Poverty Reduction in West Central Asia 

and North Africa (WESCANA) Region Using Traditional Approaches” organized by IUCN and BirdLife International, 

held in Bekaa Valley (Lebanon), March 2007. 

11. Serra G., Peske L., Alomari K. 2008. Conservation efforts 2002-07 to ensure survival of the last wild N. Bald 

Ibises of the Middle East: a review and future perspectives. Middle Eastern Biodiversity Conference, Aqaba 

(Jordan), October 2008. 

9



Annex I: References 

Date Position Referee Contact Details 

Position Title Name, Title, Company Phone number and/or email address 

May 1994- 

June1996 

Sept 1997- Sept 

1998 

Apr 1999 – Mar 

2000 

Apr 2000 – Jun 

2004 


2004 


2004 

Jun 2004 – Mar 

2006 

Prof. Química y 

Cs. Naturales 

PEW award 

Professor of 

Wildlife Ecology 

and Management 

Ornithology 

Conservation 

Researcher 

Juan Carlos Castilla 

Ecología Marina, 

Manejo/Conservación de 

Recursos Litorales 

Pontificia Universidad Católica 

de Chile 

Reginald H. Barrett (Ex 

supervisor) Department of 

Environmental Sciences, Policy 

and Management 

University of California at 

Berkeley (USA) 

Nicola Baccetti (Ex supervisor) 

Italian National Institute for 

Wildlife Conservation (INFS, 

Italy) 

Ph: +56-2) 354 2651 

Email: jcastilla@bio.puc.cl 

Ph: 510-642-7261 

Email: rbarrett@nature.berkeley.edu 

Ph: +39 33936 43325 

Email: nicola.baccetti@infs.it 

Wildlife and Protected Douglas Area Williamson (Ex 

Ph: +44 1223 842 194 

Management Officer supervisor) 

Email: 

Forest Conservation, Research and douglas_williamson@sky.com 

Education 

Service 

Food and Agriculture 

Organization of United Nations 

(UN) Hqs 

Member of IUCN World 

Commission on Protected 

Areas 

Project backstop 

officer 

Ex-director UN- 

FAO project in 

Palmyra 

Academic 

Researcher 

Caterina Batello (Ex supervisor) 

Inter-departmental Group on 

Biodiversity 

Crop and Grassland Service 

(AGPC) Division 

Food and Agriculture 

Organization of United Nations 

(UN) Hqs 

Mohammed M. Mirreh (Ex 

supervisor) 

FAO Regional Office for Near 

East (Egypt) 

Dawn Chatty (Colleague and ex 

supervisor) 

Refugee Studies Centre, 

Queen Elizabeth House, 

University of Oxford (UK) 

Ph: +39 06 5705 6343 

Email: Caterina.Batello@fao.org 

Ph: +20 2 3316000 

Email: Mohamed.Mirreh@fao.org 

Ph: +44 1865 270 432 

Email: dawn.chatty@queenelizabeth-house.oxford.ac.uk 

May-Sept 2008 EU Project Team Gokhan Mentes (ex supervisor) Ph: +90 532 2419932 

10



May-Sept 2008 EU Project Team 

Coordinator 

Sept 2007 – Jul 

2009 

Coordinator Email: gokhanmentes@ttmail.com 

Protected Areas 

Program Officer 

Mike Jay (ex supervisor) Ph: +44 (0) 1326574052 

Email: lismore_helston@yahoo.co.uk 

Khaldoun Alomari (Ex 

supervisor) 

IUCN West Asia, Amman, 

Jordan 

Ph: +962 777 888 344 

Email: Khaldoun.Alomari@iucn.org 

11

CV G.Serra Mar 2011 EU format

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?