“ My work as field coordinator for IBSAR, AUB necessitates that I travel all over Lebanon to do several things. One of these things is search for potential plant species that may in a way or another feed into the policy of IBSAR, AUB in preserving the endangered plant species.

Orchids, in general, are considered endangered, and IBSAR, AUB is involved in finding a way to preserve them and started making tissue culture experiments for this purpose.

In support of these experiments, I make sure that we collect plant seeds without harming these species besides taking useful data and pictures of them. That’s not to forget that finding them in the wild is an adventure in itself.”

IBSAR, AUB’s newsletter. Interview with Khaled Sleem. No.20  Summer 2006 

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The photographs of Khaled Sleem were so beautiful, interesting and very  inspiring.

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  IBSAR, AUB - The initiative for Biodiversity studies in Arid regions at the AUB

 American University of Beirut

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