Biography
Published in 2009
Ever defying the odds, ecologist and ornithologist Reuven Yosefsingle-handedly fended off vested commercial interests in order to transform a former garbage dump in Eilat, in southernmost Israel, into a sanctuary for birds migrating to and from their winter feeding grounds in Africa.
The former Israeli army officer won a Rolex Award in 2000 to support this remarkable feat.
Born in India in 1957, Yosef migrated to Israel in the 1970s and moved to Eilat in 1993. Equipped with a degree in ornithology and training in the United States, he created the sanctuary as part of the International Birding & Research Centre, of which he is director.
The Award has helped Yosef to leverage further funds for the centre, now a field station of Ben Gurion University of the Negev, where he is a professor in the life sciences department and has begun setting up an ornithology department. He also mentors graduate students wordwide.
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Professor Reuven Yosef
Director
International Birding & Research Center in Eilat (IBRCE)
P.O. Box 774
88000 Eilat
IsraelTel: + 972 7 633 5339
ryosef@eilatcity.co.il
