MoECC, QIC Sign MoU to develop plant environment and combat desertification

Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MoECC) signed today a Memorandum of Understanding with Qatar Insurance Company (QIC), wit...

Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MoECC) signed today a Memorandum of Understanding with Qatar Insurance Company (QIC), with the aim of enhancing cooperation in developing the plant environment and combating desertification, within the framework of Qatar National Vision 2030 and the Third National Development Strategy.

The agreement was signed by Undersecretary of MOECC HE Eng. Abdulaziz bin Ahmad bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud, and Group CEO of Qatar Insurance Company, Salem Khalaf Al Mannai.

This memorandum comes to confirm the importance of the partnership between state institutions and the private sector to achieve the goals of the National Development Strategy and work to implement it.

HE Eng. Al Mahmoud stressed that the memorandum of understanding reflects the ministry's orientation towards enhancing cooperation with the private sector, which contributes to protecting the environment, preserving biodiversity, and developing the vegetation cover, to achieve the state's vision in combating desertification, which is supervised by the Protection and Natural Reserves Sector.

His Excellency stressed the importance of the national role of the private sector as a key partner in achieving sustainable environmental development.