Thursday, 25 May 2012
Reflection on Sultan’s presentation
Date: 24.05.2012
Time: 1100
Venue: W103
Topic: Desert pollution
Sultan started the presentation by welcoming everyone
and explained that he was going to talk about desert pollution. He had nearly
20 picture slides of the desert; some he took when he went camping in Dubai,
Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah in winter. Sultan was confident; he went through the
slides explaining why desert pollution is dangerous especially to animals and
the environment.
Winter is the
time to go to the desert in the U.A.E. when people run away from traffic and
noise to relax but bad habits come along with them, like
garbage disposal. A lot of campers don’t clean up what they leave behind especially
plastic bags, plastic bottles and glass or aluminum cans. When campers leave
food, animals will eat everything even plastic bags and that causes animals to
choke. Sultan showed some solutions the government came up with like in January
2012; the foreign minister of the U.A.E. Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan pointed
out on his account in tweeter encouraging the people to participate in a desert cleaning
campaign; the response was very good and a lot of people joined the campaign.
He also showed
some solutions the government made, like developing desert reserves;
the most famous are Qasr Al Sarab in Liwa, Al Maha resort in Dubai and Banyan
resort in Ras Al Khaimah. As Sultan was going through the slides he answered
questions clearly.
