Editorial Role
Omar Abi Ali serves as editor for Open Access Journal of Wildlife and Ecology.
Biography
Omar Abi Ali is an environmental and sustainable tourism consultant and the Founder & CEO of Sustainable Alternatives, an environmental and sustainable development consulting firm operating in the UAE and Lebanon. He holds a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) in Environmental Management, with research focused on environmental management, community engagement, and sustainable tourism in protected areas. With more than a decade of professional experience, he has worked extensively in destination management, eco-tourism, protected areas, ecosystem restoration, sustainable agriculture, and community-based development. He served for more than nine years as Destination and Eco-Tourism Manager at the Shouf Biosphere Reserve, where he led sustainable tourism development, visitor management, stakeholder engagement, and nature-based initiatives. His research has been published in the Journal of Service Science and Management, focusing on sustainable tourism, environmental management, and community engagement in protected areas. He also developed the Falcon Certification System, a practical framework for assessing sustainability performance in tourism service providers.
Research Interest
Environmental Management; Sustainable Tourism and Ecotourism; Protected Area Management; Biodiversity Conservation; Community Engagement and Local Development; Ecosystem Restoration; Sustainable Agriculture; Destination Management; Nature-Based Solutions; Sustainability Assessment and Certification Systems