Mohamed Kassas is an Egypt

Egypt

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ian botanist and conservationist. He is professor emeritus for Botany at the University of Cairo.

He studied at the University of Cairo, where he received a B.Sc.

Bachelor of Science

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 in 1944 and a M.Sc.

Master of Science

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 in 1947, and at the University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge

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 (Ph.D. in 1950). A specialist in the ecology of desert plants, and was among the first to publish on the topic of desertification

Desertification

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. Kassas was an advisory member of the United Nations Environment Programme

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 from its beginning, and from 1978 to 1984 president of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). In 1981, he was appointed a member of the Shura Council

Shura Council

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, the upper house

Upper house

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 of the Parliament of Egypt

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