Fostering Arid Lands Agriculture in the Face of Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Synergy

Dr. Majda Khalil Suleiman is a Research Scientist at Food Security Program, Environment and Life Sciences Research Center of Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research. She has over 35 years’ research, development and extension experience in agriculture and urban landscape development and management. She earned her PhD degree in the year 2016 “ Restoration Ecology ” from the University of Western Australia. She earned a BSc degree in Botany/Plant Biology from Kuwait University in 1989, and started her career as Botanical Researcher at the Public Authority for Agriculture Affairs and Fish Resources of Kuwait. She is a Desert Landscaper certified by Desert Botanical Garden Phoenix, Arizona, USA. She is the recipient of nine achievement awards from different organizations, including Kuwait University Poster Day (2018–2019), KNPC HSE performance award (2018–2019), five Scientific Achievement Awards graced by KISR (2009–2015), and two Awards of Excellence from Euro-Mediterranean Institute for Sustainable Development in 2014 and 2015. She is member of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) of Wild Fauna and Flora. She has led several research projects and was part of the team of many national projects covering wide range of topics, such as restoration of coastline through mangroves plantation, greenery master plan, and urban demonstra­tion garden. She is prolific author/co-author of 120 scientific papers published in interna­tional refereed journals (58), conference proceedings, abstracts, and book chapters (62). In addition, she pub­lished eight books and 137 technical reports. In 2023, she edited a book “Terrestrial Environment and Ecosystems of Kuwait” which was published by Springer. Currently she is leading a Government Initiative Food Security project and coordinating three projects related to desert rehabilitation through Kuwait Environment Remediation Program (KERP) funded by Kuwait National Focal Point.