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INSTITUTION NAME AND MAIN ADDRESS

COUNTRY

 Egypt
INSTITUTION NAME

 “Egyptian Natural History Museum”
MAIN ADDRESS

 Ministry of State for Environmental Affairs. Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency. National Biodiversity Unit. Misr Helwan, 30. El-Zyrae Rd. Maadi

E-mail: eeaa@idsc.gov.eg

Tel: 3750874/ 3753441

DESCRIPTION

AREA

 Depending on the place. Consult appendix
LATITUDE

 Depending on the place. Consult appendix
LONGITUDE

 Depending on the place. Consult appendix
INFORMATION ABOUT THE INSTITUTION
STATUS

 State

INSTITUTION TYPE

 Coordinating Center for all the “science museum” associated with the biodiversity and taxonomic collections in the country

DATE FOUNDED

 1995

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

 No information available
TAXA

 No information available

PROGRAMMES

 • National Coordination Program
•Training programs for taxonomists and curators of reference collections, taxonomic information management and management of databases
• Educational programs
• Scientific and research programs
FEATURES AND FACILITIES

 • Herbarium with 365 samples of seeds and 84 species
• Laboratory
• Storage rooms at different temperatures
MAIN DEFICIENCIES

 No information available
SOURCES CONSULTED

 Webwww.un.org

www.cbd.int

Documents:

“Egypt. First National report to the Convention on Biological Diversity”. December, 1997. Ministry of State for Environmental Affairs. Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency. National Biodiversity Unit
“Egypt: National Strategy and Action Plan for Biodiversity Conservation”.January, 1998. Ministry of State for Environmental Affairs. Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency. National Biodiversity Unit

“Egypt country report”. FAO

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    Description

    Information About the Institution