The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) announced on Saturday that two of the Egyptian protected areas, Ras Mohammed and Wadi Al-Hitan, are to be listed on the Union’s Green List. The announcement came during a ceremony on the sidelines of the 14th Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP14) in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. She pointed out that announcing Ras Mohammed and Wadi Al-Hitan in the Green List is a reflection of the efforts taken by the ministry of environment to conserve natural resources and biological diversity. The IUCN Green List of Protected and Conserved Areas is the first global standard of best practice for area-based conservation. The IUCN Green List includes about 40 protected sites from all over the world.

Source: Daily News Egypt November 25, 2018 17:37 UTC