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Mashreq-Qatar launches a forestation campaign

Mashreq-Qatar launches a forestation campaign
Posted by on Apr 3, 2012 in Banking, Finance & Insurance, Environment | 0 comments
Mashreq Qatar, a leading financial institution in the region, took part in the Ministry of Environment & Qatar Green Centre’s Forestation Campaign for a greener Qatar. The initiative involved participation of 25 Mashreq employees planting a variety of saplings at the Al Bayan, Al Makhiya and Al Ahnaf Schools. By encouraging the cultivation of indigenous flora appropriate to the...
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Ford Motor Company Conservation and Environmental Grants launch 2012 Edition

Ford Motor Company Conservation and Environmental Grants launch 2012 Edition
Posted by on Apr 1, 2012 in Environment, Tourism, Transport & Leisure | 0 comments
Entering its 13th year, the Ford Motor Company Conservation and Environmental Grants, the longest-running private initiative of its kind in the region, makes available a total of USD100,000 of funds to environmental activists in the GCC and Levant region to help them further their projects and raise awareness about the environment and much needed efforts for conservation. Supported by...
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World’s leading scientists gather in Doha to collaborate on environmental health solutions

World’s leading scientists gather in Doha to collaborate on environmental health solutions
Posted by on Mar 27, 2012 in Environment, NGO | 0 comments
The Sixth International Conference on Environmental Mutagens in Human Populations (ICEMHP) officially kicked-off today, bringing together close to 350 attendees and speakers including leading scientists and researchers from the region and around the globe. The tone of the opening session was set by the inspiring welcome addresses by Dr Mohammad Fathy Saoud (pictured), President of...
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Freshwater situation in Qatar ‘vulnerable’ as population grows

Freshwater situation in Qatar ‘vulnerable’ as population grows
Posted by on Mar 23, 2012 in Energy, Oil & Gas, Environment | 0 comments
The freshwater situation in Qatar is particularly vulnerable due an increase in population from 750,000 to 1.7mn over the last decade and the meagre rainfall, it has been pointed out on the occasion of the World Water Day observed yesterday. “The rain received in Qatar mainly between November and March accounts for an annual average of just above 80mm or 80 litres per year per square...
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Residents advised to take health precautions during dust storms

Residents advised to take health precautions during dust storms
Posted by on Mar 19, 2012 in Environment, Healthcare | 0 comments
As dust storms lash the country and the dip in temperatures continues, a respiratory care expert from Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) advises residents to take basic health and safety precautions. Dust storms come with the transition from winter to summer in Qatar, and pose health hazards such as sinus allergies and respiratory infections. Dust consists of tiny solid particles floating...
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Qatar first solar test facility to be ready this year

Qatar first solar test facility to be ready this year
Posted by on Mar 17, 2012 in Energy, Oil & Gas, Environment | 0 comments
Qatar first solar test facility, being established at Qatar Science & Technology Park (QSTP) by Chevron Qatar and GreenGulf, is expected to start testing in three or four months. The five-year project is meant to identify the best-suited solar technologies for Qatar, given that dust, heat, humidity and limited availability of water and land are the key challenges. Chevron Qatar, an...
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Agricultural show concludes

Agricultural show concludes
Posted by on Mar 17, 2012 in Environment | 0 comments
The third Qatar International Agricultural Exhibition concluded at the Qatar International Exhibition Centre yesterday evening. Sheikh Faleh bin Nasser al-Thani, the assistant undersecretary for agriculture, livestock and fisheries, praised in a statement to Qatar News Agency the “generous sponsorship” of the event by HH the Heir Apparent Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, “which...
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Qatar paves way for clean energy in the Middle East

Qatar paves way for clean energy in the Middle East
Posted by on Mar 15, 2012 in Energy, Oil & Gas, Environment | 0 comments
Given Qatar’s long term objective of achieving economic diversification, the nation is pioneering the Middle East’s clean energy sector. By channeling its oil revenues and working in collaboration with leading business conglomerates in the region – such as Qatar Petroleum and Sasol – the country is developing renewable energy resources fuelled by innovative...
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QGBC celebrates International Women’s Day with engineering community

QGBC celebrates International Women’s Day with engineering community
Posted by on Mar 8, 2012 in Environment, NGO | 0 comments
Qatar Green Building Council (QGBC) hosted a  conference with the theme ‘Women and the Sustainable Built Environment: Qatar Prospects’ along with key partners Qatar University, the National Association of Women in Construction-Qatar (NAWIC) and the Royal Institute of British Architects-Gulf Chapter (RIBA) to mark International Women’s Day at Qatar Foundation Student Center, ...
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QGBC signs multiple MoUs

QGBC signs multiple MoUs
Posted by on Mar 6, 2012 in Environment, NGO | 0 comments
To further collaboration with industry leaders, promoting sustainability in Qatar’s green building design and development sector, Eng. Rasha Khamis Al-Sulaiti, and Eng. Ahmad Jassim Al-Jolo, (respectively the Vice Chair, and Board Member of the Qatar Green Building Council), recently signed memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with the following key organisations: the Qatar Society of...
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ABP students clean Smaisma beach

ABP students clean Smaisma beach
Posted by on Mar 3, 2012 in Education & Culture, Environment | 0 comments
Around 45 Academic Bridge Program (ABP) students and some staff spent gave back to the community as they cleaned the beach at Smaisma recently. The trip – a beach cleanup barbeque – was part of the sustainability campaign ABP Student Services has been leading since October. ABP Assistant Director for Student Services Moza al Boainain came up with the idea to have a beach...
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HE Al Attiyah’s addresses the 10th Informal Meeting of Climate Change

HE Al Attiyah’s addresses the 10th Informal Meeting of Climate Change
Posted by on Mar 2, 2012 in Environment | 0 comments
Chairman of Qatar’s Administrative Control and Transparency Authority HE Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, who is also the President elected of the 2012 UN Climate Change Conference, COP 18/CMP 8, took part in the 10th informal meeting on further actions against climate change. A number of other world countries’ representatives and experts in environment and climate change also...
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