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Cabinet approves biodiversity protection protocol
[The Source: /www.sabanews.net/hadhramaut.info - 31/3/2009]
Cabinet approved in its meeting chaired by Prime Minister Ali Mujawar on Tuesday
a protocol of biodiversity conservation and constructing natural protectorate network in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.The protocol aimed to emphasize the protection and conservation for safety and integration of ecosystem and biodiversity in the region of the Regional Organization for the Conservation of the Environment of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden (PERSGA) including protection of endangered species, critical habitats and sites of special scientific interests through adopting strategies to reach those goals.The cabinet also agreed another protocol for marine environment protection from the negative impacts of the different developmental activities in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.The protocol is based on a group of policies and plans aiming at conserving the natural resources and achieving the balance between the development requirements and the allowed natural resources as well as encouraging the local society participation in biodiversity conservation in the Red Sea region.The policies also planned to promote the environmental awareness among coast areas' population at all levels and training technical cadres among the population to deal with these policies and to contribute to implement them
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