The Regional Organization for Protection of Marine Environment (ROPME) on Monday celebrated the Regional Environment Day, coinciding with the 1978 treaty according to which the organization was founded.
ROPME’s Acting Director General Samira Al-Kanderi, in a statement on behalf of the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Oil and Minister of State for National Assembly Affairs Bader Al-Mulla, underscored the need to educate the youth namely the students about negative impact of green-house emissions.
The organization groups the six GCC member states plus Iran and Iraq.
The green house emissions and climatic change have become a global concern, Al-Kandari affirmed during a ceremony marking the occasion. She also noted that ROPME’s logo for the occasion is, “Dust storms and their Effects on the Land and Marine Ecosystems.” Kuwait’s territory is largely arid and the country often witnesses raging dust storms that sometimes leave damage.
Al-Kandari added that ROPME exchanges information and expertise with authorities of the regional countries on means of protecting the environment particularly the marine ecosystem.
Meanwhile, ROPME Executive General Secretary Dr. Jassem Al-Bechara indicated in a statement during the ceremony that an affiliate photo exhibition also organized on the Regional Environment Day — intended to promote environment awareness among students.
The organization has allocated an annual award to honor winners of a competition for the students. Latest competition involved students who presented 500 paintings and some 90 articles, Bechara added.
Source: Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)