People

McGough, H. Noel

Job Title Head of Conventions and Policy Section
Department Herbarium
Section Dicot Systematics
Science Teams Conventions and Policies
Joined Kew 1988
Foreign Language(s)

Qualifications & Appointments

BSc (Hons), Univ. College Dublin, 1978

MSc, Univ. College Dublin, 1983.

Co-Chair, CITES Nomenclature Committee

Co-ordinator for Significant Trade Research, CITES Plants Committee

CITES Scientific Review Group, European Union

UK Govt delegate, CITES Conferences of the Parties, Technical Committees and European Union negotiations.

Role

The application of international conventions to plants, capacity-building, plant trade research.

Advising the UK government on the application of international conventions to plants. Packaging science for government and inter-governmental decision-makers and international negotiations. The investigation of trade in wild plants and assessment of possible detrimental trade. Working with partner countries to identify methods to correct detrimental trade. Developing tools to help countries implement their obligations under international conventions. Managing Kew’s role as UK CITES Scientific Authority for Plants and supporting implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity.

Projects

CITES Capacity Building

CITES Checklists

CITES Trade Research

CITES-Listed Timbers

CITES: UK Scientific Authority

Monocot Checklist

Plant Diversity Challenge: the Official UK Response to the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation

Significant Trade in CITES Plants

Selected Publications 2001-2005

Roberts, J.A., Anuku, S., Burdon, J., Mathew, P., McGough, H.N. & Newman, A.D. (2001). CITES Orchid Checklist 3. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 232 pp.

McGough, H.N. (2004). Target 11: Protecting species from international trade. In Plant Diversity Challenge – The UK’s response to the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation. Peterborough: Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 34-35.

McGough, H.N., Groves, M., Mustard, M. & Brodie, C. (2004). CITES and plants - a user’s guide, CITES et les plantes - guide de l’utilisateur, CITES y las plantas - guía del usuario. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. CD-ROM + 254 pp.

McGough, H.N., Groves, M., Mustard, M, Sajeva, M. & Brodie, C. (2004). CITES and succulents - a user’s guide, CITES et les plantes succulentes - guide de l’utilisateur, CITES y las suculentas - guía del usuario. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. CD-ROM + 188 pp.

Selected Publications pre-2001

Roberts, J.A., Allman, L.R., Beale, C.R., Butter, R.W., Crook, K.R. & McGough, H.N. (1997) CITES Orchid Checklist 2. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 300 pp.

Curtis, T.G.F. & McGough, H.N. (1988). The Irish red data book: 1, vascular plants. Dublin: Stationery Office. 168 pp.

McGough, H.N. Cowley, E.J., Dahl Møller, J., Kluge, R. & Wijnands, D.O. (1993). The conservation and cultivation of geophytes in Turkey. Report of the second European Community fact-finding mission to Turkey. Scientific Working Group of the European Community CITES Committee. Brussels, Belgium.

Davis, A.P, McGough, H.N., Mathew, B. & Grey-Wilson, C. (1999). CITES bulb checklist. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 131 pp.

Zhan-Huo, T., Yi-Bo, L., Cribb, P.J., McGough, H.N., Siu, G. & Chau L. A. (1999). Preliminary Report on the Population Size, Ecology and Conservation Status of some Paphiopedilum Species (Orchidaceae) in Southwest China. Lindleyana 14: 12-23.