{"id":3139,"date":"2025-05-22T12:13:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T12:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilovemuscat.com\/?p=3139"},"modified":"2025-05-22T12:19:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T12:19:50","slug":"oman-celebrates-international-biodiversity-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ilovemuscat.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/22\/oman-celebrates-international-biodiversity-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Oman celebrates International Biodiversity Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3139\" class=\"elementor elementor-3139\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c40e802 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5c40e802\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e208343 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1e208343\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofoman.com\/category\/oman\">Oman<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2af2162 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2af2162\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d5036c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d5036c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"156\" data-end=\"372\"><strong><em data-start=\"156\" data-end=\"178\">Muscat, May 22, 2025<\/em><\/strong> \u2014 Oman joined the world in celebrating <strong data-start=\"218\" data-end=\"252\">International Biodiversity Day<\/strong> under the theme <strong><em data-start=\"269\" data-end=\"292\">\u201cBe Part of the Plan\u201d<\/em><\/strong>, highlighting its commitment to protecting the country\u2019s rich natural heritage.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"374\" data-end=\"675\">Events across the Sultanate included exhibitions, tree planting, beach cleanups, and educational programs. In Muscat, the Ministry of Environment and Climate Affairs launched the national campaign <strong><em data-start=\"571\" data-end=\"615\">\u201cOman\u2019s Nature: Our Shared Responsibility\u201d<\/em><\/strong> to encourage community involvement in conservation efforts.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"677\" data-end=\"999\">Oman\u2019s diverse landscapes \u2014 from deserts and mountains to coral reefs and mangroves are home to rare and endangered species like the Arabian leopard, green sea turtles, and Arabian oryx. <strong>These ecosystems play a vital role in ensuring climate stability,<\/strong> water security, and sustainable livelihoods for future generations.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1001\" data-end=\"1344\">Youth played a key role in the celebrations,<strong> with over 100 schools conducting biodiversity-themed activities such as art competitions, science projects, and awareness campaigns.<\/strong> The government also reaffirmed its commitment to expanding protected areas and enforcing stronger conservation policies aligned with global environmental agreements.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c241cef elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c241cef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" src=\"https:\/\/ilovemuscat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ewe.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3143\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ilovemuscat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ewe.jpg 275w, https:\/\/ilovemuscat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ewe-263x175.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a86bfd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5a86bfd\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-996d614 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"996d614\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong data-start=\"1346\" data-end=\"1394\">Biodiversity is everyone\u2019s responsibility,\u201d<\/strong> said Dr. Salim Al Hashmi from the ministry. <strong data-start=\"1439\" data-end=\"1518\">\u201cTogether, we can protect Oman\u2019s natural treasures for future generations.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oman Muscat, May 22, 2025 \u2014 Oman joined the world in celebrating International Biodiversity Day under the theme \u201cBe Part&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3140,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-muscat-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ilovemuscat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ilovemuscat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ilovemuscat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ilovemuscat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ilovemuscat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3139"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ilovemuscat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3146,"href":"https:\/\/ilovemuscat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3139\/revisions\/3146"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ilovemuscat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ilovemuscat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ilovemuscat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ilovemuscat.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}