Marine and Coastal Biodiversity

 

 

Egypt 2nd National Report -- Marine and Coastal Biodiversity [English]

 

Egypt 3rd National Report -- Marine and Coastal Biodiversity [Arabic]

 

Marine Turtle

 

Sea turtles in Egypt: Sustainable conservation of the sea turtles of Egypt through partnership and participatory approaches with the fishermen.

 

Darwin Initiative Marine Turtle Project - Egypt

Sea turtles in Egypt -- Status of the red sea turtle trade -- in Alexandria Fish market.

 

The role of non-governmental organisation (NGOs) in the protection of sea turtles in Egypt.

Save the sea turtle project in Alexandria (A case study).

 

The status of Marine turtles in the Mediterranean.

 

Sea turtles in Egypt: sustainable conservation through partnerships and participatory approaches with fishermen -- By Mohamed Nada.

 

Action plan for the conservation of mediterranean marine turtles.

     

Dolphins

 

Sustainable use of Samadi Dolphins, South Marsa Alam, Red Sea, Egypt

 

Samadai “Dolphin House” Considerations on a Tourist Impact Mitigation Plan

 

Dolphins habitat Conservation and Sustainable Use in Marsa Alam -- Italian Cooperation in Egypt

 

Spinner dolphins in the Red Sea

 

Al-Ahram weekly - The sweetest thing

 

Wild and Free Dolphin Swims.

 

Egypt - Marsa alam -- Swim with wild dolphins.

 

Marsa Alam, Today and the Vision to Come.

 

Stenella longirostris (Gray, 1828)

 

IUCN red list of threatened species - Stenella longirostris

 

Samadai - Dolphin House.

 

Spinner dolphins need your help.

 

Conservation of the marine environment.

 

Swim with wild dolphins in Egypt.

 

The Spinner Dolphin.

 

Dolphin House Reef re-opens.

 

The Samadai Project: results a year later.

 

Three-day survey of dolphins in Shaab Samadai (14th – 16th October 2003) Study report.

Marsa Alam, Egypt -- Shab Samadai (Dolphin House)

 

Saab Samadai offers a unique opportunity to interact with dolphins in the wild.

Spinner dolphin -- Stenella Longirostris

Spinner dolphin -- Stenella Longirostris

 

Samadai “Dolphin House”
Considerations on a Tourist Impact Mitigation Plan

 

Fury & Friends (from Marsa Alam)Fury Shoals Reef System - Abu Dabab - Samadai (Dolphin House) - Elphinstone

 

Samadai Dolphin Sanctuary Guides Training Course.

 

Samadai Dolphin Sanctuary Monitoring Programme.

 

Dolphin report.

 

Sea-cucumbers

 

Darwin Initiative for the sustainable use of sea-cucumbers in Egypt.

 

Mangrove

 

Egyptian Mangrove Final Report

 

Potential of Mangroves for Ecotourism

a) Nabq Multiple-use Management Protected Area
b) Ras Mohammad National Park

c) Red Sea Marine Park Protectorate

d) Elba Protectorate

 

Coral reefs

 

Hurghada Environmental Protection & Conservation Association.

 

Reef Conservation at Ras Mohamed.

The Red Sea Coral Reef Conservation Pilot Project.

 

OPWALL - Monitoring Program report Ras Mohammed National Park.

 

Reef-associated Fishes Occurring in Egypt n=440

 

Darwin Initiative - Conservation of Coral Reef Fish Biodiversity.

 

The Status of Coral Reefs in Egypt - 2000.

 

Faunistic composition and patterns in the distribution of soft corals (Octocorallia alcyonacea) along the coral reefs of Sinai peninsula.

 

Can Egypt's coral reefs support ambitious plans for diving tourism?

 

A coral damage index and its application to diving sites in the Egyptian Red Sea.

 

Effectiveness of coral protection programmes in the Ras Mohammed National Park, Egyptian Red Sea.

 

Depth distribution of calcareous encrusting associations in the northern Red Sea (Safaga, Egypt) and their geological implications.

 

Best practices for tourism center development along the Red Sea coast.

 

How many damaged corals in red sea reef systems? A quantitative survey.

 

The impact of the corallivore gastropod Coralliphilia violacea on coral reefs at El-Hamrawain, Egyptian Red Sea coast -- EBBSoc.

 

Ecological study of the impact of oil pollution on the fringing reef of Ras Shukeir, Gulf of Suez, Red Sea, Egypt -- EBBSoc.

 

Distribution patterns of planktonic Copepod crustaceans in the coral reef and sandy areas along the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, Egypt  -- EBBSoc.

 

Ecological characteristics of dynamited reefs in the northern Red Sea and their relevance to reef rehabilitation.

 

Distribution and environmental control of coral associations in northern Safaga Bay, Red Sea, Egypt.   ???

 

Coral frameworks revisited-reefs and coral carpets in the northern Red Sea.

 

Mapping of reefs and associated biota in northern Safaga Bay (Red Sea, Egypt): a tool for proactive management.

 

Rolling stones: first report of a free living Acropora anthocercis (Brook) from the Red Sea.

 

Effects of marine reserve protection on northern Red Sea fish populations.

 

Protected areas on the Gulf of Aqaba, Egypt: A mechanism of integrated coastal management.

 

Egypt’s reefs look healthy.

 

Coral community structure at "islands" dive site, Gulf of Aqaba, Dahab, Egypt

Corallivory-strategies of selected invertebrate coral predators.

 

Long-term changes in a coral Biocoenosis at the "islands" dive site, Gulf of Aqaba, Dahab, Egypt.

Live coral coverage at the "islands" dive site, Dahab, Red Sea.

Survey of a coral reef in Dahab, Gulf of Aqaba, Red sea (2004), Based on the methods of reef check (Hodgson, 1999)

Field study field study of corallivorous gastropods on a fringing reef at Dahab, Gulf of Aqaba, Northern red sea.

 

Ahmed H. Zewail prize for excellence in the Sciences and Humanities. -- Coral Reef Conservation -- by Amira El Sherif.

Egyptian reef conservation project to launch.

 

Tour Egypt -- The Coral Reef.

 

University of Essex -- The Coral Reef Research Unit -- Study sites -- Ras Mohamed, Egypt.

 

Selected UNDP GEF-SGP biodiversity projects in Egypt: Coral reef protection in the Red Sea.

 

Reefs at risk.

 

FIELD STUDIES IN COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS OF THE SINAI PENINSULA DAHAB, EGYPT 2006

     

 

General links

 

Scientific design and monitoring of Mediterranean marine protected areas.

 

Egyptian Project Document: Matrouh, Lakes Burullus and Bardawil

 

Field study course: Geobiology und Biodiversity of Recent and Fossil Coral Reefs and Geology of the Sinai.

 

A Global Representative System of Marine Protected Areas.

 

Sea to Sea forum 2005.

 

Egypt: Abu Kir Bay Region.

 

Strategic Action Plan: Marine and Coastal Environment of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.

 

Marine Environment Awareness Project - Dahab, Egypt .

 

Hurghada Environmental Protection & Conservation Association.

 

Egyptian red sea coastal and marine resource management project.

 

Red Sea Coastal & Marine Resource Management.

 

Investment Fund for the Mediterranean Sea LME partnership: Alexandria Integrated Coastal Zone Management Project.

 

People and Reefs Successes and Challenges in the Management of Coral Reef Marine Protected Areas UNEP Regional Seas Report and Studies No. 176.

Protecting International Waters Sustaining Livelihoods.

 

Wildlife Tourism: Marine Turtle Tourism