AUB - Nature Conservation Center (NCC) formerly known as IBSAR, is an academic research center, founded in 2002,[1] under the office of the Provost at the American University of Beirut (AUB), Lebanon.
It is a platform for multidisciplinary projects that promote nature conservation.
The center's members consist of faculty from different disciplines.
NCC is a member of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)[2] and the Green Map Organization.
As part of its research activities, the NCC has been studying medicinal properties of molecules extracted from marine[5] and terrestrial[6] species.