Biodiversity Conservation in the Arabian Peninsula

An international workshop on biodiversity conservation of the Arabian Peninsula was held during 27–30 March 2016 in Sharjah. The workshop was intended to take stock of the current and existing biodiversity knowledge, diversity of genetic resources and their conservation, identify gaps and explore options to address them. In addition, the focus was to maintain and establish a continuum in interaction among early career plant scientists of the Arabian Peninsula for collaborative biodiversity research.