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ESO organizes monthly lectures on environmental issues, wildlife conservation and research. Where possible, lectures are recorded and saved to our YouTube channel (ESOMediaChannel). A full list of past lectures is included below (recorded lectures are highlighted in green).
2023 Lectures
Snakes in Oman
Ahmed Al Busaidi
February, 2023
Modern tools of Geotechnology and its use in environmental research.
Dr Petr Vahalik
January, 2023
2022 Lectures
Building capacity to study and protect endangered cetaceans: A personal journey from Oman to Malaysia, Gabon and back again
Dr Gianna Minton
December, 2022
Carbon Neutrality in Oman by 2050: Is it Achievable?
Pr Yassine Charabi
November, 2022
Women: The Key to Our Climate Future
Rumaitha Al Busaidi
October, 2022
Making progress in the conservation of African vultures
Andre Botha
September, 2022
Community involvement in long-term Nature Conservation, a trip from South America to Oman
Dr Erika Cuellar Soto
September, 2022
The evolution of size in whale sharks
Dr Mark Meekan
August, 2022
How Carbon Removal Technologies can help us fight climate change
Talal Hasan (Founder of 44.01)
July, 2022
Development and Conservation-Finding Solutions for Masirah’s Turtles
Dr Andrew Willson
June, 2022
Turtles in Oman
ESO Team
May, 2022
The status of the Critically Endangered Arabian leopard in Dhofar mountains, Oman
Dr Hadi Al Hikmani
April, 2022
Secret Seas: the journey to produce Oman’s first underwater
Paul Flandinette and Dr Michel Claereboudt
February, 2022
Barr Al Hikman – A study of marine intertidal ecosystem foodwebs using isotopes
Ibrahim Al Zakwani
January, 2022
2021 Lectures
Updates about ESO’s Raptors Conservation Project
Dr Michael McGrady
December, 2021
Plant conservation in Oman: updates from Oman Botanic Garden
Dr Laila Said Al Harthy
October, 2021
Celebrating Oman’s Whales and Dolphins: Launch of the new Marine Mammal Atlas
Aida Al Jabri, Dr Andrew Willson,Dr Gianna Minton, Rob Baldwin and Tim Collins
September, 2021
Spatial ecology of Arabian Sea humpback whales
Dr Andrew Willson
August, 2021
Introduction to Plastic – Plastic free July
ESO Team
July, 2021
The current state and paths towards solution
ESO, EU, EEB Plastic Pollution Webinar: Episode 1
June, 2021
Near and far: tales of habitat connectivity by Oman’s green turtles
Dr Nicolas Pilcher
June, 2021
Whale Sharks in the Arabian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman
Dr David Robinson
May, 2021
Overview of Raptors Conservation in Oman
Dr MansoorAl Jahdhami, Dr. Michael McGrady
April, 2021
The future of frankincense in a changing world
Professor Frans Bongers
March, 2021
Introduction to the IWC Whale Watching Handbook
Dr Rebecca Lent, Dr. Gianna Minton, Ms. Suaad al Harthi
February, 2021
Impacts of fishing gear on the marine environment
Dr Hussein Al Masroori
January, 2021
2020 Lectures
Panel Discussion on ‘Masirah Loggerhead Turtle Conservation Project’
Dr Manjula Tiwari, Andrew Willson, Dr Thuraya Al Sariri and Suaad Al Harthi
October, 2020
Panel Discussion for the launch of the ‘Raptors of Oman’ booklet
Richard Porter, Chris Bowden, Dr Michael McGrady, Dr Farah Al Barwani and Violet Astor
September, 2020
Plastic Free July movement
Paul Schenk, Alazza Al Hooti, Maida Montoto
August, 2020
Plastic Free July Panel Discussion
Paul Schenk, Alazza Al Hooti and Maida Montoto
July, 2020
Plastic is Not Fantastic
Fahim Firfiray
June, 2020
Online lecture on ‘Plastic is Not Fantastic’
Fahim Firfiray
June, 2020
Sustainability of irrigated organic cropping systems in Oman
Dr Amal Said Al Kindi
February, 2020
Panel discussion
Dr Farah Al Barwani and Dr Mohammed Al Kalbani
2019 Lectures
‘Wild Oman’ A celebration of Oman’s unique wildlife
Violet Astor
October, 2019
Echinoderms: true stars of our oceans
Michel René Claereboudt
September, 2019
Medicinal uses of frankincense: a modern perspective
Mohammed Al Baroumi
August, 2019
Why Omani Youth are Giving Up Meat
Chantal Blake
July, 2019
Solar Plants in Oman
João Ramos
May, 2019
Migration and Local Movements of Bar-tailed Godwits Limosa lapponica Wintering at Barr Al Hikman
Dr Andy Kwarteng
April, 2019
The Bosch Legacy, what now for the Seashells of Oman
Graham Oliver
March, 2019
Initial results of the Oman Drilling Project
Dr Peter B. Kelemen
March, 2019
Reducing ghost fishing from lost traps: overview of biological deterioration
Dr Hussein Al Masroori
February, 2019
2018 Lectures
Natural Environment and Architecture in Oman
Ali Jaffer Al Lawati
December 2018
Human’s Raw Connection to the Environment
Fahad Al Abri
October, 2018
Travelers of the deep blue
Jenan Al Asfoor
September, 2018
A hitchhiker’s environmental exploration
Saleh Al Khanjari
August, 2018
Adventures in Marine Conservation
Suaad Al Harthi
April, 2018
Photographing elusive leopards
David Willis
February, 2018
Tracking endangered vultures and eagles to aid conservation
Mike McGrady
January, 2018
Scavenging birds and electricity infrastructure
Andy Kwarteng
January, 2018
Learning about whales by eavesdropping on their songs
Dr Salvatore Cerchio
January, 2018
Birdwatching in Oman – highlights from a 31 year journey
Jens Eriksen
January, 2018
2017 Lectures
Diatom communities on marine turtles
Mario De Stefano
December, 2017
Whale Tales of the South Pacific
Nan Daeschler Hauser
December, 2017
Epilepsy
Medina Ilyassova
November, 2017
Rowed Atlantic Ocean
Charlotte Best
October, 2017
Fat Biking the Empty Quarter
Steve Holyoak
August, 2017
Wildlife photography, an adventure in the Serengeti
Waheed Abdullah Al Fazari
July, 2017
Wildlife in Oman
Jens Erikson
April, 2017
Filming Wildlife
Mateo Willis
February, 2017
Crossing the Empty Quarter
Mark Evans
February, 2017
Oman’s Last Pre-Islamic Period: The First Omani’s
Paul Yule
January 2017