Speakers

Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh previously served at US universities including Tennessee, Duke and Yale. He is founder and volunteer director of the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability at Bethlehem University (http://palestinenature.org).

He has published over 180 scientific papers, over 30 book chapters, hundreds of articles, and several books on topics ranging from environmental impact of colonisation on environmental and climate justice to cultural heritage to human rights to biodiversity conservation to environmental health. He has overseen a number of projects ranging from formulating the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan to environmental and climate justice and empowerment projects with farmers, women, and children that benefited tens of thousands.

Mazin is president of the Rotary Club of Bethlehem and will speak about their positive work in areas of environment and health while situated in an unstable regional situation.