Workshop on preservation of wetland in Aden [Archives:2005/905/Local News]
Aden, 21 Dec. 2005 – The General Authority for Environment and Preservation, Aden branch, organized a workshop in cooperation with Sustainable Program for Natural Resources. In the workshop, the administrative plan of the wet land preservations in Aden was discussed. These constitute the Aden lakes, Caltex and Al-Haswah.
Engineer Abdulraqeeb Mohamed presented a paper on the wet areas in Socotra and their success in the areas of Mahmal and Hashasha. A scientific study was conducted on the natural medical plants and emigrating birds that come to Socotra from the neighboring countries. The awareness among Socotra citizens contributed to the success of this experience.
Engineer Faisal Alsa'adi also introduced a paper on the wet natural preservations. It reviewed the importance of wet areas in Mimlah and Caltex, pointing out that the total area of wet areas in Aden is about 1238.962 Hectares, or 3.45 percent of the total area of Aden. 80 percent of the area is covered with a vegetation cover, which is visited by 10, 000 of sea birds.
The study also mentioned the salt basins in Mimlah, which were established in 1886. This area is now subjected to pollution because of the oil station in the area, which will affect the salt basins that will be polluted by the poisonous petroleum by-products.
The participants in the workshop recommended that the local councils should take decisive measures to save the wet lands from the offense of the so called financial investments.
In a related issue, the Yemeni Society for Sustainable Environment in cooperation with the Regional Center for Eradication of Solid Organism pollution organized a workshop. Dr. Ashar Ahmed Saeed, head of the Society gave a speech in which she confirmed the importance of the workshop, mentioning that Yemen is one of the first countries to sign the Stockholm treaty for eradicating solid organisms' pollution.
She spoke of the danger of pollutants and hoped that this workshop will come out with recommendations confirming the importance of environment protection. She also hoped that concerned parties will also cooperate in eradicating this phenomenon.
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