Winners of the two other Zayed awards—Scientific and or Technological Achievement in Environment and Environmental Action Leading to Positive Change in Society—were also announced today.
The Second Festival of the Cultures and Civilizations of World Deserts was held in April 2005 in collaboration with the World Deserts Foundation, and was attended by two Heads of States: the presidents of Algeria and South Africa, in addition to over 40 Ministers of Environment, Culture and Tourism who met to discuss integration of efforts for sustainable development. It was a great success and was mainly tuned towards environmental issues.
The Arab Regional Workshop on "Harnessing Science and Technology for Sustainable Development", in collaboration with the UNESCO (TWAS).
Workshops on "Water Resources Management", "Desert Tourism", "Biodiversity" and "Environmental Information" Two workshops on "Artificial Reefs and Rehabilitation of the Marine Environment" in collaboration with Kyodo Intl.
Just this month, the Zayed Prize organized a conference on "Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Economy" in collaboration with Private Enterprises in order to encourage transfer of clean energy technology to the region The Foundation continues to publish the simplified monthly booklet series for school children, the Monthly Magazine "Environment and Society" in Arabic and English and the Refereed quarterly book series, “The World of the Environment” in Arabic. The fourth book issued last month was titled, "Clean Agriculture".