This past week, our school was given an amazing opportunity.
The owner of Entalek, an eco tourism company based in Al Khor, approached us to help with a Mangrove conservation program in Qatar.
Mangroves are a crossroad where oceans, freshwater, and land realms meet. Mangrove forests are rich in biodiversity providing a habitat for wide varieties of animal and plant species. Live and decaying mangrove leaves and roots provide nutrients that nourish plankton, algae, fish and shellfish.
We picked thousands of mangrove seeds. We then had to soak the seeds to germinate them. During this process the skin peels off so the seed can be born.
The following day our students then planted the seeds in soil, where we plan on growing them for about two months before replanting the trees that have grown from the seeds.
There are not many opportunities for students of our school to participate in environmental activities so this has the potential to have a big impact in their lives.
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