Qu'laan Cleanup by HEPCA, Wadi el Gimal National Park Rangers and Marsa Alam School students
calendar_monthMarch 09, 2018
Mangroves are the most important part of the coastal habitat, which occur in patches along the inter-tidal zone. These unique trees play a vital role in the health of the marine ecosystem and their importance cannot be overstated. Important ecologically and environmentally for the continued existence and maintenance of coastal fisheries, for shoreline protection and for sediment stabilization. Mangrove is also providing food and shelter for a large group of marine fish and shellfishes and support a variety of terrestrial wildlife specially Camels
On Saturday the 3rd of March; a group of students from Marsa Alam School have joined the HEPCA Solid Waste Management team in Marsa Alam and Wadi El Gimal National Park Rangers to conducted a cleanup in the Mangrove area of Qula’an
HEPCA would like to acknowledge the volunteers for their active participation in the conservation and protection of this valuable habitat
