RIYADH, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Nov. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Prof. Carlos M. Duarte, a professor in Marine Science
at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, KAUST,
held a media briefing during the Summit Week of the Saudi G20
Presidency to talk about Securing a Future for the World's Coral
Reefs in the G20 International Media Center in Riyadh.
Professor Duarte highlighted the need for international
collaboration as key, as no single nation has the capacity to
reverse the threat to coral reefs alone.
Professor Duarte, said:
"The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is
committed to the conservation of coral reefs and learning from the
resistance of the coral reefs in the Red Sea to damage to be able
to share the lessons that we have learnt with the rest of the world
but we can't do that alone
"We need a global partnership to accelerate our speedy progress
to conserve coral reefs and ensure that our children and
grandchildren will continue to enjoy healthy reefs in the Red Sea
and elsewhere.
"So the ambition of the Saudi G20 presidency is to not only seek
to conserve the reefs we have but to actually increase the extent
of coral reefs globally by maybe ten percent"
Further information about the Saudi G20 Presidency, details of
the Leaders' Summit, and schedule of the upcoming G20 Media
Briefings and Roundtables can be found here.
The link to register for exclusive G20 Riyadh Summit content on
the dedicated Microsite can be found here.
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