FAO INTER-DEPARTMENTAL WORKING GROUP ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE From Indifference to Awareness ENCOUNTERING BIODIVERSITY IN THE SEMI -
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THE RANGELANDS OF THE SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
THE ECOLOGY OF THE SYRIAN DESERTIC STEPPE (AL BADIA)
THE CONDITION OF AL BADIA
INITIATING A RESPONSE TO THE DEGRADATION OF AL BADIA
RANGE IMPROVEMENT AND EXTENSION
BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT
LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY AND THREATENED SPECIES
INTERNATIONAL RELEVANCE OF AL TALILA RESERVE AND ITS SURROUNDINGS
THE DISCOVERY OF A RELICT COLONY OF CRITICALLY ENDANGERED NORTHERN BALD IBIS (GERONTICUS EREMITA)
INEXORABLE DECLINE OF A KEY ECOLOGICAL INDICATOR OF AL BADIA RANGELANDS
IMPLICATIONS IN TERMS OF RAISING ECOLOGICAL AWARENESS
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