QNA
Doha
Minister of Environment and Climate Change HE Dr Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Subaie on Wednesday attended the launch of a campaign to release endangered hawksbill turtles on Fuwairit Beach.
Officials from the Armed Forces’ Directorate of Environment were also in attendance.
A number of school students and specialised centres participated in the campaign with the aim of raising environmental awareness among the youth and Qatari community, emphasising the importance of preserving biodiversity, especially endangered species.
The campaign also introduces the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change’s efforts to increase turtles during the breeding season, as specialised teams transferred more than 125 nests to Fuwairit Beach during the last two weeks of the nesting phase.
During the campaign, the minister honoured a number of ministry employees, volunteers and residents of areas adjacent to the nesting sites, who contributed to preserving the lives of turtles, by communicating with specialised teams to report nesting operations outside the designated areas.
Wildlife Development Department Director Mohamed Al Khanji said the 2024 sea turtle nesting season saw an increase in the number of nesting and reproduction, with specialised teams transferring nests to Fuwairit Beach, which has been designated for turtle nesting since 2020.
He noted the increase in nesting operations in recent weeks after the end of the winter camping season.
Khanji praised the keenness of the residents of the neighbouring areas to protect the lives of turtles and their communication with the ministry to transfer them to the designated places, pointing to the increased awareness among segments of Qatari society and the success of the environmental awareness plans carried out by the ministry in their objectives.
