Thuraya

AL Sariri

Thuraya is Sultanate of Oman’s representative in Man and Biosphere Reserves Council and Natural Expert in World Heritage Commission in UNESCO.  Also, she is a member in World Commission on Protected areas, MEWA-EAGL and Marine Turtle Specialists Group in IUCN. Chair for the technical team for managing the project of transplanting 10 million wild trees in Oman. 1st Coherent of National Leadership and Competitiveness program and member in the National Plant Scientific Committee under Oman Animal and Plant Genetic Resource Center.

She Joined the Ministry of Environment and Climate Affairs in 2000 as an environmental specialist .From 2005-2010 I was a director of Marine conservation department and from 2010-2015 Director of Biodiversity Department.

From Mid-2015 until recently she is working as an assistance director general of nature conservation where here main responsibilities to develop and follow up implementation of all natural programs, strategies and activates on biodiversity, ( Including marine and terrestrials)  conservation and designation, development, and management  of protected areas, Restoration of Ecosystem plans and projects.  Combat desertification in Oman as well as national technical focal points for many international conventions (CBD, CITES, UNCCD, IOSEA, IUCN and UNESCO).

In addition I am a member of different national committees relating to biodiversity and climate change affairs, chairing many national committee for nature conservation issues. I am working also as an internal consultant for several projects in the Ministry such as project on preparing the national adaption strategy of climate change and project of mapping land degradation in Oman, chair for updating national action plan for combating Desertification.  

I have been involved and collaborated in preparing many national reports, studied action plans and strategies on the conservation of the Environment including plant strategies, sustainable development, Natural Resources, protected areas , updating and developing national legislation, Oman vision2040, National Program for enhancing economic diversifications and  National Strategy for Spatial Planning. I also involved with publishing many papers as authors and co-others related to different issues on nature conservation.

I have PhD from Surrey University in UK on the Coastal Zone and Climate Change Management in Oman and MSc from Southampton University in the UK and Bachelor Degree on Biology from Sultan Qaboos University.