State of Qatar Participates with the  countries all over  the world in the celebration of  the World Environment Day,
World Environment Day (WED) is an annual event that is aimed at being the biggest and most widely celebrated global day for positive environmental action. WED activities take place all year round but climax on 5 June every year, involving everyone from everywhere.

WED celebration began in 1972 and has grown to become the one of the main vehicles through which the UN stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and encourages political attention and action.

WED is also a day for people from all walks of life to come together to ensure a cleaner, greener and brighter outlook for themselves and future generations, this year’s theme is “Forests: Nature At Your Service”

 State of Qatar believes through its  leaders, represented by H. H. The Amir sh. Hamed bin Khalifa Al Thani and H.H. Heir Apparent sh. Tamim Bin Hamed Al Thani, on the major role of  forests which cover one third of the earth’s land mass, performing vital functions and services around the world which make our planet alive with possibilities. 

In fact, 1.6 billion people depend on forests for their livelihoods.  They play a key role in our battle against climate change, releasing oxygen into the atmosphere while storing carbon dioxide.

Forests feed our rivers and are essential to supplying the water for nearly 50% of our largest cities.  They create and maintain soil fertility; they help to regulate the often devastating impact of storms, floods and fires.

Splendid and inspiring, forests are the most biologically diverse ecosystems on land, and are home to more than half of the terrestrial species of animals, plants and insects,

Forests also provide shelter, jobs, security and cultural relevance for forest-dependent populations.  They are the green lungs of the earth, vital to the survival of people everywhere ,

Forests embody so much of what is good and strong in our lives. Yet despite all of these priceless ecological, economic, social and health benefits, we are destroying the very forests we need to live and breathe,

Global deforestation continues at an alarming rate ; every year, 13 million hectares of forest are destroyed.

Short-term investments for immediate gains ,compound these losses.  People who depend on forests for their livelihoods are struggling to survive.  Many precious species face extinction.  Biodiversity is being obliterated.  What’s more, economists around the world have proven that by not integrating the values of forests into their budgets, countries and businesses are paying a high price.  One that ultimately impoverishes us all as harm to our forest life-support system continues each and every single day.

 
 But this trend is not irreversible.  It’s not too late to transform life as we know it into a greener future where forests are at the heart of our sustainable development and green economies by achieving Qatar vision of  2030,  the best proof of  that, is the  cultivation of salt marshes in Zikrit and the protection of mangrove forests.

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