the Saudi Environmental Sciences Society kicked off
The Assistant Director of Health Affairs for Public Health in Jeddah, Dr. Khalid bin Obaid Bawaked, inaugurated today, Monday, the activities of the sixth scientific meeting of the Saudi Society for Environmental Sciences for this year under the slogan "Sustainability of the community''s resources .. growth of its economy and protection of its environment" at King Fahd National Library in Jeddah.
The meeting began with a speech by the association, delivered by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Dr. Ruqayya bint Muhammad Qashgari, during which she shed light on the association’s vision of excellence locally, regionally and globally towards serving the environment and society through a legalized scientific perspective to advance environmental sciences, develop scientific thought in the environmental field, and work to disseminate Environmental awareness.
She emphasized the goals of the association, which is based at King Abdulaziz University, which is to develop scientific thought in the field of environmental sciences, work to develop, revitalize and disseminate it, achieve scientific and professional communication for members of the association and provide scientific, theoretical and applied advice in the field of environmental sciences, in addition to encouraging Using the Arabic language in the fields and activities of environmental sciences, raising the level of scientific and professional performance in this field, and facilitating the dissemination and exchange of scientific production and scientific ideas in the field of the association’s interests among the concerned bodies and institutions, inside and outside the Kingdom.
During the meeting, a scientific session was presented, chaired by a member of the association’s board of directors, an advisor to the Vice Dean for Educational Affairs, and the supervisor of the strategic planning unit, Dr. Khalil bin Musleh Al-Thaqafi, which focused on environmental awareness, developing scientific thought in the environmental field, advancing environmental sciences, and working to spread environmental awareness. .
Subsequently, a discussion was held with members of the General Assembly of the Saudi Society for Environmental Sciences, after which the first theme of this meeting was “sustainable development, its concept and development” and a comparison of methods for measuring sustainability on a standard basis behind its development, with the participation of the Professor of Economics at King Abdulaziz University and the Deputy Executive Director of the Center for Environment and Development for the Region The Arab and European “Sidari” Dr. Sayed Al-Khouli and both Dr. Khurram Shehzad and Dr. Iqbal Ismail, from the Center of Excellence for Environmental Studies at King Abdulaziz University.
The second axis of the meeting, which focused on vegetation cover and sustainable development, touched on the role of nature reserves in achieving sustainable development in the Kingdom, the impact of grazing on the vegetation cover in Wadi Restaurant in the Al-Awl Reserve, and the microbial effects on the beach environment in Haql, with the participation of the Deputy General Administration for Wildlife Conservation Abdul Hakim Jaari Al-Zahrani, Director of the Department of Wildlife Studies and Research in the General Department of Wildlife Conservation, Muhammad bin Sulaiman Al-Tamimi, and the Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Society for Environmental Sciences, Dr. Mazen Al-Salami.
The third axis was also devoted to green buildings, healthy cities and sustainable development, where the consultant of concrete and green buildings and board member of the Saudi Green Building Council, Dr. Muhammad Taj Al-Din Al-Hajj Hussein, dealt with green buildings and sustainable development, while the general supervisor of the healthy cities program, Nayef bin Hamid Al-Malki, highlighted the role of cities. health in sustainable development.
The fourth axis included a meeting on waste and sustainable development through integrated and sustainable management of municipal solid waste, holistic planning in the landfills of the Municipality of Jeddah, the system of integrated waste management in the economic cities of the Kingdom, and the sustainability of society with behaviors and reuse of waste, with the participation of the Director of the Landfill Department in the Municipality, Engineer Abdul Rahman bin Ali Al-Qahtani, Dr. Iqbal Ismail and Dr. Abdul Sattar Al-Nazimi, from the Center of Excellence for Environmental Studies at King Abdulaziz University, and Dr. Ahmed Bader from the University’s General Department of Sustainability.
The activities of the sixth scientific meeting of the Saudi Society for Environmental Sciences concluded with the fifth and final axis "Social Partnership and Sustainable Development", where the Director of the Sustainability Marking Center, Abdul Majeed Radwan, presented a working paper on the role of social responsibility in sustainable development.
While the Director of Sustainability and Communications at Unilever Nour Alawi Balfaqih touched on the role of private companies towards sustainable development, the professor at the College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine at Qassim University and the supervisor of the Green Horizons Environmental Association, Dr. Abdul Rahman Abdullah Al-Sugair, addressed the role of non-governmental organizations in afforestation and environmental protection.
