SESSION 1 “THE AL-ANDALUS GARDEN”
“The al-Andalus garden: roots in history, looking toward the future”
Esteban Hernández. Med-O-Med, University of Córdoba
“Al-Andalus gardens. Reflections on restoration”
Antonio Almagro. Med-O-Med, School of Arab Studies, Higher Centre for Scientific Research (CSIC), Granada
“Hispano-Muslim Gardens in Granada”
Manuel Casares. University of Granada
“Documentary sources in the study of al-Andalus gardening”
Expiración García. School of Arab Studies, Higher Centre for Scientific Research (CSIC), Granada
SESSION 2 “NATURE: SCIENCE AND CULTURE”
“Dioscorides, an inter-cultural view of botany over the millennia”
Arnoldo Santos. Head of the Botanical Unit, ICIA (Canary Institute for Agricultural Research), Tenerife
“The concept of nature and landscape in Islam”
Inés Eléxpuru. Communications Director, Islamic Culture Foundation, Madrid
“Islamic and Koranic Gardens: similarities and differences”
K.H. Batanouny. Qatar Foundation, University of El Cairo, Egypt
“Conservation, culture and traditional uses for Mediterranean plants: the Joan Pellicer ethnobotanic garden”
Segundo Ríos. Director, Torretes-Font Roja Biological Centre, Alicante
SESSION 3 “THE FUNCTION OF BOTANIC GARDENS IN THE CONSERVATION OF DIVERSITY IN THE PLANT WORLD”
Rami Salman. Programme Coordinator, Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation (IUCN-Med)
Ana Casino. Chair, AIMJB (Iberian-Macaronesian Association of Botanic Gardens), Gijón
Joachim Gratzfeld. Director for Regional Programmes, Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI)
Francesco Maria Raimondo. Director, University of Palermo Botanic Garden, Italy
Mohamed Adrawi. Director, Office for Cultural and Technical Cooperation, Al-Tahadi University, Sirte, Libya
SESSION 4 “ISLAMIC GARDENS AND LANDSCAPES THROUGHOUT HISTORY”
“Gardens and the evolution of cultural landscapes: the Alhambra and its surroundings”
José Tito. Conservator, University of Granada Botanic Garden,
“The landscape in the Arabic language between the 8th and the 11th centuries”
Lamia Latiri-Otthoffer. Chief of the Department of Sustainable Agriculture-Landscapes, Bergerie Nationale, Rambouillet, France
“Visions and influences of ‘oriental’ gardens in 18th-century Europe”
Maria-Alexandra Duchêne. Deputy heritage conservator, Domaine et château de Sceaux, France
SESSION 5 “BOTANIC GARDENS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND MIDDLE EAST: ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES”
Imane Thami Alami. Director, Jardin d’Essais Botaniques de Rabat, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Morocco
Cherif Rahmani. Minister for Land Planning, the Environment and Tourism, Algeria, UNEP Award-winner 2007
Erin Addison. Director for research and design, Royal Botanic Garden, Amman, Jordan
Münir Öztürk. Ege University, Bornova-Izmi, Turkey
Ahmad Houri. Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon
Hedi Chebili. Deputy Director, Department for the Environment and Quality of Life, Ministry for the Environment and Sustainable Development, Tunisia
Khaled Sawalha. Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestinian Territories
Biserka Juretic. Director, Zagreb University Botanic Garden, Croatia
SESSION 6 “Med-O-Med NETWORK: OBJECTIVES AND WORKING APPROACH
“Developing the al-Andalus model. An updated alternative within the biodiversity paradigm?”
Esteban Hernández. Med-O-Med, University of Cordoba
“Models for cooperation and interchange”
Francisco Montero. Deputy Director, Higher Technical School for Agronomy, University of Castilla-la-Mancha, Albacete
“Information and education: greater visibility for the work done in gardens”
Nouzha Alaoui . Secretary General, Fondation Mohammed VI pour la Protection de l’Environnement, Rabat, Morocco
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