Yesterday, His Highness Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmed bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Deputy Ruler of Sharjah and Chairman of the Sharjah Media Council, witnessed the opening of the third session of the Environmental Summit, which is being held within the activities of the eighth edition of the International Photography Festival “Xposure 2024”, at the Expo Center Sharjah.
A group of senior international photographers and journalists who have worked for many years in efforts to preserve the environment and biodiversity in various regions will participate in the summit. Their photos and news stories have also contributed to drawing attention to the importance of preserving environmental diversity, in addition to their experiences in various activities and events working within reserves. Natural, as the discussion sessions at the summit shed light on those efforts and experiences to come up with recommendations and results that contribute to global efforts aimed at spreading awareness to preserve the environment.
His Highness the Deputy Ruler of Sharjah and the audience watched a short video material that addressed the most prominent challenges facing the planet’s ecosystem, such as devastating forest fires, pollution of the oceans and seas, beaches, floods, natural disasters, unjust cutting of forests, severe heat waves, and other disasters that destroy natural environments and the death of organisms. The living, and the visual material depicted the tragic state of the Earth that resulted from neglecting the environment and spoiling its balance, concluding with a phrase addressed to viewers all over the world that says: “You can ignore, but you cannot claim not to know.”
Alia Bu Ghanem Al Suwaidi, Director of the Sharjah Government Media Office, delivered a speech in which she welcomed the attendees from all countries of the world, pointing out the importance of talking about the environment and working for its sustainability and Sharjah’s efforts in that. She said: “In the midst of a noisy world burdened by the noise of daily life and environmental challenges, we are united.” This spot (Sharjah) is for us to carry its message and light a flame of hope for the sustainability of a pure, pro-nature life, leading to drawing a roadmap for a world that is balanced by nature and beautiful in its image.”
She added: “There are many gifts of nature that God has given us, and many are the pictures that convey the details so that we can be inspired by the greatness of the Creator so that our responsibility towards this environmental painting is to preserve it and peaceful coexistence with it.”
In her speech, she called for thinking through the “Environmental Summit” platform about how to transform every silent image with all its meanings or every idea into a decision taken or an initiative launched, in order to paint a bright environmental picture for a sustainable green future, pointing to the efforts of many activists attending the environmental summit who They represent global models that have persevered and worked on their many initiatives without stopping, which were reflected in advocating the issues of nature and change towards a better environment and world.
The Director of the Sharjah Government Media Office concluded her speech by calling for unified efforts to preserve the environment, and said: “We launch our call from Sharjah to unite all our efforts, including photographers, officials, and activists, to carry the trust and responsibility of every living thing on the face of the Earth, every bird, every tree, and river, every mountain and plain, and invest in… “For the future of our planet to ensure that it remains fit for generations.”
The audience watched a documentary film about the suffering of the “Yanomami” people in the Republic of Brazil in the Amazon forests, which highlighted the destruction of the places and lives of the indigenous people in that region as a result of gold prospecting, the permissible cutting of trees, and the destruction of residential communities, and the major effects resulting from this wrong treatment of nature and the environment. .
Environmental activist Junior Hikurari, leader of the Yanomami tribe in the Amazon, guest of honor at the environmental summit in its current session, gave a speech in which he addressed the efforts made by indigenous people in his region to preserve the natural environment in the Amazon, calling for strengthening global work and efforts aimed at spreading awareness of preserving… The environment in general, and to support their calls to stop the unjust actions taking place in the forests there and the exploration for gold and minerals that caused the death of more than 500 children from his tribe in 2022.
Hikurari praised the environmental summit within the International Photography Festival “Xposure” for providing an opportunity for activists who work to preserve their areas in their natural state, which contributes to preserving living organisms in their places and the health of the people who live there and preserve the environment, and who wish to present their local culture to the world, instead of… From being exposed to death or disease.
The leader of the Yanomami tribe concluded his speech by praising the role of photographers in drawing attention to the challenges faced by indigenous environments, with their diverse components and the people who live in them, which encourages those concerned to intensify efforts to provide appropriate solutions to preserve the environment.
The opening of the environmental summit in its third session was attended, alongside His Highness the Deputy Ruler of Sharjah, by Sheikh Dr. Abdulaziz bin Ali Al Nuaimi, environmental advisor to the Ajman government, Hana Saif Al Suwaidi, head of the Environment and Natural Reserves Authority, Dr. Sulaiman Sarhan Al Zaabi, head of the Municipal Affairs Department, and Salem Ali Al Muhairi, head of the Municipal Council. For the City of Sharjah, Tariq Saeed Allay, Director General of the Sharjah Government Media Office, Hassan Yaqoub Al Mansouri, Secretary General of the Sharjah Media Council, a number of officials in the environmental field, and a large group of artists and photographers participating in the festival, including activists in the field of environmental protection, and media professionals.
2024-02-29 16:51:17
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