HE the Minister of Environment and Climate Change Sheikh Dr Faleh bin Nasser bin Ahmed bin Ali al-Thani met in Algiers with Algerian Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mohamed Abdelhafid Henni. During the meeting, an agreement was signed between Qatar's Ministry of Environment and Climate Change and Algeria's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to rehabilitate Algeria's national centre for the breeding Houbara and endangered animals and wildlife development in the Algerian state of El Bayadh. The two sides also discussed aspects of co-operation between Qatar and Algeria in the fields of environment and wildlife, and ways to support and develop them. Qatar attaches great importance to the preservation of endangered birds and animals, as the Ministry of Environment is making great efforts to preserve and increase their numbers. (QNA)