Director of the Department of Protection and Wildlife at the Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME), Talib Khaled Al Shahwani, has said the Ministry is ready to cooperate with research institutions and private sector companies in all fields that serve conservation of biodiversity. Al Shahwani was speaking in a webinar titled ‘Wildlife Conservation Efforts after Corona; Challenges and Opportunities in the Arabian Peninsula', organised by the Qur’anic Botanic Garden (QBG) of Qatar Foundation, in collaboration with the International Union for Conservation of Nature Regional Office for West Asia (IUCN-ROWA). Director of the Department of Protection and Wildlife thanked QGB and IUCN ROWA for their efforts for biological diversity, MME said in a statement.
The symposium dealt with the efforts made and challenges faced by institutions working in the protection and conservation of nature, practical steps, aspirations and opportunities available to those institutions, especially after the COVID-19. Dr. Mohamed Al Sayed Ahmed, an expert on plant environment in the Department of Protection and Wildlife, gave a presentation on the protection of plant and wildlife in Qatar, highlighting the Ministry's efforts in the field of biodiversity focusing on the most important projects for protection of endangered sea turtle hawksbill, rehabilitation of the land, protection of the endangered Qatari wild trees ‘Ghaf’ and ‘Bamber’.
The symposium came out with important recommendations like forging partnership between international institutions and public and private institutions in the filed of biodiversity in the country, and diversifying the policies as per the latest developments to enhance environmental sustainability.
