Saudi center, UK firm team up on environmental goals
RIYADH: The National Center for Vegetation Development and Combating Desertification is working with British firm Kew Reach to help advance the Kingdom's National Greening Program.
The agreement supports the center's strategy to build partnerships that foster knowledge transfer and environmental sustainability, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
Kew Reach will help establish baseline data, conduct assessments and define planning parameters to support the long-term goals of the program and the Saudi Green Initiative.
It will also offer expertise in ecosystem restoration, seed conservation, sustainable land management, advisory services and capacity building, the report said.
The partnership includes a knowledge-exchange program, enabling center researchers to gain hands-on experience at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in London.
The gardens are home to the world's largest collection of botanical and fungal specimens — more than 8.5 million — covering about 95 percent of known vascular plant genera and 60 percent of fungal genera.
Khaled Al-Abdulkader, CEO of the center, said the collaboration would leverage Kew's botanical expertise to restore degraded land and advance environmental goals under the Saudi Green Initiative.
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