The author would like to thank the following organisations and individuals who contributed to the success of the study:
Key organisations/stakeholder groups consulted:
• Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA)
• Ministry of Tourism
• Ministry of Agriculture (Afforestation and Environment)
• National Parks of Egypt: Red Sea Protectorate and South Sinai
• Egypt Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)
• Various Universities
• Egyptian Environmental Policy Program
• Tour operators
• Tour guides
• Several tourists
• Several members of the general public in Egypt
Key individuals consulted:
Mr Ayman Afif - Manager, Red Sea Marine Parks
Mr
Mohammed A S Abdel Monem - FAO Programme Officer for Egypt
Mr Hassan Osman
Abdel Nour - FAO Senior Forestry Officer, RNE
Mrs Maha Ayoub - FAO Regional
Information officer
Mr Douglas Baker - Chief of Party, Egyptian Environmental
Policy Program
Mr Dexter Cabahug - FAO Consultant
Mr Michael Colby -
Senior Policy Advisor, Egyptian Environmental Policy Program
Mr Karim Eric -
Tour operator
Mr Moustafa Fouda - Director, Egyptian Environmental Affairs
Agency
Mr Nasser Galal - National Mangrove Consultant
Mr Alain Jeudy de
Grissac - Programme Manager, South Sinai Protected Areas
Hany El- Hakim -
Tourism Development Authority, Red Sea Office
Mr Ahmed K Hegazy - Mangrove
Project Coordinator
Mr Hossam Helmy - Tour Operator – Red Sea Diving
Safari
Mr James Kairo - FAO Consultant
Mr Jan Laarman - Team Leader,
Egyptian Environmental Policy Program
Mr Mohammed Gad El-Rub Mahmoud - Elba
Protectorate, Shalateen
Mr Ayman Mabrook - Manager, Nabq Protected Area
Mr
Mamdouh Riyad - HE Minister of Environment
Mr Mohammad Refaat - Associate
Professor, Faculty of Urban and Regional Planning, Cairo University
Mr Magdy Saad - Park Ranger, Ras Mohammed, South Sinai
Protected Areas
Mr Essam Saadalla - Deputy Manager, South Sinai Protected
Areas
Mr Peter Saenger - FAO Consultant
Mr Yasser Saied - Research
Officer, Red Sea Protectorate, Hurghada
Mr Waleed M Salama - Research
Officer, Red Sea Protectorate, Hurghada
Mr Maqed Samir - Income Department,
South Sinai Protectorate Sector
Mr Mahmoud Sarhan - Accountant, Red Sea
Protectorate
Mr Ayman H Taher - Secretary General, HEPCA
Mr Amr Tawfik -
Accountant in Nabq, South Sinai Protected Areas
Mr Rady Tawfik - Head of
Income Department, South Sinai Protected Areas
Ms Mette Loyche-Wilkie - FAO
(FORM) Forestry Officer, Rome
Mr Adrian Whiteman - FAO (FOPE) Senior Economist, Rome