Qatar’s biodiversity database platform to be launched in 2024

Qatar’s biodiversity database platform to be launched in 2024

Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MoECC) has entered the final stage of a project for developing Qatar’s biodiversity database platform.

The project aims to build a sustainable database for biodiversity and to create environmental maps of the ecosystem to identify important sites for biodiversity in the country.

It also aims at creating an electronic platform containing data related to biodiversity, listing all species of plants and animals registered in the country as part of the Qatar Digital Government Strategy 2023-2025.

MoECC organised a series of meetings and coordination sessions over past three days, which dealt with the final stages of completing the project to establish a biodiversity database in Qatar.

This came in partnership with UN Environment Programme’s Regional Office for West Asia (UNEP) and the World Conservation Monitoring Center.

The meetings continued for three days, during which the work teams responsible for establishing the project and the electronic knowledge management platform reviewed the timetable for the process of completing the database, which is scheduled to be launched this year.

They also reviewed the completed stages, and presented the initial design of the electronic platform in accordance with international standards, which includes a list of all species of plants and animals registered