Sasol Report to Society 2020 - Book - Page 103
Community
development
Empowering people living
with disabilities
As part of informing people living with disabilities on
public spaces that are easily accessible, we developed
Accessible Qatar Application for mobile devices as
well as a website.
Detailed accessibility audits have been conducted on
more than 250 venues including The National
Museum of Qatar.
We also delivered accessibility awareness training to the
museum’s staff to sensitise them on how to receive and
respond to those visiting the museum who are
differently abled.
To promote inclusion and accessibility we launched films
at the Doha International Conference on ‘Disability and
Development’ reflecting the daily lives of people living
with mobility and hearing-impaired disabilities.
Environmental
stewardship
According to the latest report by
the Intergovernmental SciencePolicy Platform on Biodiversity
and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
our biodiverse planet is
threatened by unprecedented
transformation and exploitation of
terrestrial and marine ecosystems
– driven mostly by human
activities. One million
animal and plant species are at
risk of extinction – many within
decades.
Qatar places a high consideration
on its natural environment with
concerted efforts to protect its
natural habitats and biodiversity.
This can only be achieved if all its
citizens have an understanding
and appreciation of the
dependency of human life on a
thriving natural ecosystem and
have implemented initiatives to
achieve this goal.
Qatar
e-Nature app and website highlighting flora,
We continued with the expansion of the
birds, insects, mammals, reptiles, marine life, nature
reserves, and added new categories of Qatar’s ecosystems.
The app is the only source of information of its kind in Qatar
and reflects the youths interest by increased app downloads
and social media engagements.
There is an increase in the number of people
appreciating Qatar’s nature, reflected in the increase of
app downloads and social media
followers totalling over
31 000
We continued for the seventh
consecutive year, with the annual
e-Nature schools competition in
partnership with the Ministry of
Education and Higher Education.
12 947 students
across Qatar
participated in
this year’s
competition.
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