Goal 15. Life on Land
15.3.5 Collaboration for shared land ecosystems
Agreements or MoUs with Local Community Groups or Organizations Related to Land Ecosystem Maintenance
The Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT) received DP WORLD SOKHNA Delegation on Wednesday 17- 3- 2021, at AASTMT.
DP WORLD SOKHNA Delegation on AASTMT news page
Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT) participates in a research project against marine litter led by the University of Rostock and Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde.
In August 2021, the University of Rostock and the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW), together with the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT) and other partners including think tanks as well as universities and ministries from the project region, started a research project on Marine Litter caused by the tourism industry in Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria called TouMaLi. Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT) participate in this research as the local project partner in Egypt. Complimentary the Egyptian Ministries for Environment, Local development and Tourism are involved. The project aims to develop and establish sustainable waste management solutions in the tourism sector to protect marine ecosystems in the Middle East and North African (MENA) region. The German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) is funding the project with about 4.2 million euros from the "Funding Programme against Marine Litter". “Zukunft – Umwelt – Gesellschaft (ZUG) gGmbH“ supports the Federal Ministry in implementing its funding policy aims.
