A
Qatari research team accompanied by foreign researchers have started a
scientific research trip to the northwestern regions of Qatar, including
Fasht Edibil and neighbouring areas, on board the Qatar University’s
advanced research vessel Jinan.
The aim of this scientific trip is to
conduct a detailed survey of the environmental and biological diversity
of the region, as well as to study deep marine sediments, water
movement and distribution of sea currents, in addition to air quality.
The
study will provide new information on these areas, which are considered
to be important food reserves as well as their nature, which is a
target for tourism investment. Director of Qatar University’s Center for
Environmental Sciences Dr Hamad al-Saad al-Kuwari said in remarks that
the trip represents the launch of one-year research project to study the
northwest region.
The aim of this project is to create a database
that will benefit the public and private sectors in investing in the
economic potential of the region such as fish development, fish farming
and tourism investments, he added.
He pointed out that the Centre for
Environmental Sciences is in contact and co-operation with a number of
government agencies, such as the Ministry of Municipality and the
Environment, that benefit from the large database available in the
Centre, which was collected through decades of studies.
Dr Ibrahim
al-Ansari, a researcher at the project, said that the marine studies
have not been affected by the siege, but have increased in terms of
frequency and quality, especially with regard to studying marine
currents, and the possibility of generating electricity from these
currents.
