MoECC launches digital database for 1,273 meadows

Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MoECC), in cooperation with the Geographic Information Systems Center at the Ministry of...

Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MoECC), in cooperation with the Geographic Information Systems Center at the Ministry of Municipality, has launched a digital geographic database project for meadows.

The data for all 1,273 meadows in Qatar were scanned and uploaded to the database.

The meadow inventory was carried out based on an inventory form that includes specific data, including the location and area of the meadow, the types of trees and plants growing in it, in addition to the type of threat it faces.

This project is an important step towards enhancing the preservation of the country’s rich plant diversity, protecting vegetation and combating the phenomenon of desertification.

The project aims to collect and classify data related to meadows and know the plant diversity in each meadow, and provide a central platform for exchanging information between the parties concerned through its availability on the national network of geographical information systems.