Curriculum Vitae Gianluca SERRA Environment - Biodiversity and nature conservation - Environmental sustainability - Desertification 22. <strong>Serra</strong> 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. <strong>Serra</strong> 2007. Ecotourism in the Palmyra desert, Syria. A feasibility study. BirdLife International, 88 pp. 24. <strong>Serra</strong> 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 <strong>Serra</strong>. 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., <strong>Serra</strong>, 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. <strong>Serra</strong> 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. <strong>Serra</strong> 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. <strong>Serra</strong> 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. <strong>Serra</strong> 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. <strong>Serra</strong> G., Baccetti N., Zenatello M., <strong>Serra</strong> 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. <strong>Serra</strong> 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. <strong>Serra</strong> 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. <strong>Serra</strong> 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., <strong>Serra</strong> G. 2004. Environmental Services and the Rangelands in the CWANA Region. 10 th Biennial Conference of the IASCP, Oaxaca (Mexico), August 2004. 6. <strong>Serra</strong> 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. <strong>Serra</strong> 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
Curriculum Vitae Gianluca SERRA Environment - Biodiversity and nature conservation - Environmental sustainability - Desertification “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. <strong>Serra</strong> 2005. Four new mammal records for Syria. IUCN Global Mammal Assessment. South-west Asia Workshop, held in Samsun (Turkey), November 2005. 9. <strong>Serra</strong> 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. <strong>Serra</strong> 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), <strong>Mar</strong>ch 2007. 11. <strong>Serra</strong> 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
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