Environmental protection is an important strategic issue on Egypt's top priority list, given its impact on various walks of life both at present and in future and being one of the most serious challenges that face the society.

 

Attention to environment is now a mainstay of sustainable development and the strategic goal of this component is to embed and activate this development concept through integrating environ-mental standards into development policies, programs, plans and projects.

 

Executive Environmental Programs Comprise the Following:

 

-         Marine Pollution Combat Program

-         Air Pollution Combat Program

-         The Nile Water Quality Monitoring Program

-         Environment-friendly Industrial Cities Program

-         Technology Transfer Program:

-         Afforestation and Green Area Expansion Program

-         Nature Protection and Reserve Management Program

 

 

Egypt is fraught with matchless and diversified natural resources along coasts, in deserts and among mountains and valleys in addition to its moderate climate all over the year. This has helped create a variety of distinguished ecosystems and biological diversity. Thus, in view of the importance of those natural resources, Law No. 102/1983 was is-sued and consequently 24 nature reserves during the period 1983-2003 were declared occupying 10 percent of Egypt's total area. It is aimed to increase the number of reserves, thus bringing total nature reserves to 18 percent of Egypt's total area by year 2017.

 

 

1-     Ra's Muhammad and the Islets of Tiran and Sanafir, South Sinai

2-     Az-Zaraneeq and Sabakhat al-Bardawil Reserve, North Sinai

3-     Elba Reserves, Red Sea

4-     Al-Ameed Reserve, Matrouh Governorate

5-     Salouga and Gazal Reserve, Aswan Governorate

6-     Ashtoum al-Gameel and the Islet of Tennees Reserve, Port Said Governorate

7-     St.Catherine Reserve, South Sinai

8-     Al-Alaqi Valley, Aswan Governorate

9-     Taba Reserve, South Sinai Governorate

10- Lake al-Borollus Reserve, Kafr esh-Sheikh Governorate

11- Coastal Thickets (al-Ahrash) Reserve, North Sinai Governorate

12- Wadi Degla Reserve, Cairo Governorate

13- The Fossilized Forest Reserve, Ma'adi, Cairo Governorate

14- Al-Wadi al-Assiuti, Assiut Governorate

15- Wadi ar-Rayan Reserve, al-Fayyoum Governorate

16- Lake Qarun Reserve, al-Fayyoum Governorate

17- Quppet al-Hassana Reserve, Giza Governorate

18- Wadi Sanour Cave Reserve, Beni Sueif Governorate

19- Nabq Reserve, South Sinai Governorate

20- Abu Galoum Reserve, South Sinai Governorate

21- Islets of River Nile Reserves, Different Governorates

22- Siwa Reserve, Matrouh Governorate

23- The White Desert Reserve, New Valley Governorate

24- Wadi al-Gamal Reserve, Hamata, Red Sea

 

 

About 19 reserves are to be declared in future: al-Qasima, al-Maghara, Ra's al-Hekma, ash-Shoeila, as-Saloum, al-Qasr, Wadi Gi-ravi, al-Qatara Depression, Um al-Gjezlan, al-Galala, al-Qebleya, Red Sea, Ra's Shoqeir Salina, Shayeb al-Banat, Wadi Qena, the White Desert, Um ad-Dabadeeb, Hamata, Karkoud Naql and al-Golf al-Kabeir.