Doha: The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MOECC) held an awareness lecture for the students of Ahmed Mansour Primary School during their visit to the ministry's building.
The lecture offered them the techniques for preserving the environment, types of pollution, and the threat it poses to the natural environment, as well as its implications on human health.
The lecture was delivered by the expert in awareness programs at the MOECC Lulwa Al Hamar, during which she focused on the criticality of preserving the environment, introducing the students to the MOECC's strategy, along with its national role in conserving the local environment with its all types, whether terrestrial or Aquatic, in addition to the endangered species, and the critical ecological equilibrium those animals represent inside the State of Qatar.
She discussed the MOECC's efforts in this field which led to the increase in the number of those species, with the construction of natural reserves that evidently prohibit hunting or killing those animals.
During the lecture, Al Hamar underscored the importance of a clean environment which symbolizes a civilized appearance for the country and is positively reflected on human physical and psychological health.
On the contrary, the polluted environment has profound damage on the public health of Qatari society, whether, in the short or long term, Al Hamar pointed out. She introduced the students to their responsibilities towards their homeland, local environment, and methods of preserving it, whether onshore or lands that are visited by all people during the winter season, indicating that students are the nucleus that builds societies.
At the end of the lecture, environmental contests were organized for the students, in addition to offering them prizes from the ministry.
Meanwhile, the MOECC hosted a group of students from Qatar Primary School for Girls to discuss the scientific research titled: "Design of a robot that sterilizes the toilet with ultraviolet rays", within the framework of the support provided by the MOECC to the scientific research in Qatar schools.
The researcher at MOECC Susan Mohamed Essam held a brainstorming session with the school students during their discussion on the methods and techniques of robot operation, in addition to the anticipated benefit from the application of this research in a practical and eco-friendly way, by replacing the robot's battery with solar panels to reduce power consumption, and prevent the contamination arising from the use of batteries.
She pointed out that the use of chemical detergents should be reduced during the sterilization operation, as an excellent solution, which is eco-friendly and reduces the environmental pollution caused by these detergents.
