AUB Nature Conservation Center
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{{Infobox organization
|name = AUB Nature Conversation Center
|founded =2002
|founder =AUB faculty members
|governance = The center is under the office of the provost
|focus =
|method = Tree planting, Seed Collection, Concerts, Youth Activities
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AUB - Nature Conservation Center (NCC) formerly known as IBSAR, is an academic research center, founded in 2002,[http://www.aub.edu.lb/registrar/Documents/catalogue/graduate11-12/ibsar.pdf IBSAR, Nature Conservation Center for Sustainable Futures].
under the office of the Provost at the American University of Beirut (AUB), Lebanon. It is a platform for multidisciplinary projects that promote nature conservation.
The center's members consist of faculty from different disciplines.
Programs
NCC is a member of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)[http://www.cbd.int/2011-2020/country/partner.shtml?country=lb&partner=2311 Convention on Biological Diversity ]. and the Green Map Organization.[http://www.greenmap.org/greenhouse/en/user/2197 Green Map ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612115427/http://www.greenmap.org/greenhouse/en/user/2197 |date=2012-06-12 }}. Every year, the Center celebrates the International Biodiversity Day At AUB,
(IBDAA) with all the AUB community. It organizes the yearly “Biodiversity Village Award”
(BVA)[http://www.ameinfo.com/267668.html AMEinfo's website ]. and offers participating municipalities different awards for the best green practices.
Tree planting is one of the activities the center leads under its “Ana Shajara” program,
which has greened Lebanon with more than 82,000 trees since 2004. As part of its research
activities, the NCC has been studying medicinal properties of molecules extracted from
marine[http://www.marex.fi/participants/103-american-university-of-beirut-.html Marex ]. and terrestrial[https://web.archive.org/web/20200907200933/http://css.escwa.org.lb/SDPD/1125/ESCWA.pdf Economic and Social Council of Western Asia]. species.
References
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External links
- http://www.aubnatureconservation.org{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} AUB Nature Conservation Center Website
- http://www.aub.edu.lb AUB Website
- http://www.aub.edu.lb/provost/Pages/index.aspx office of the provost