Sharjah, UAE – The Sharjah Executive Council (SEC) approved Tuesday the “Genetic Coding Programme” project to classify biodiversity in Sharjah, the first of its kind in the region.
Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Crown Prince, Deputy Ruler of Sharjah and Chairman of the SEC approved the program.
The SEC discussed a number of government work issues in Sharjah, along with plans to achieve the Emirate’s vision to enhance its leading position in various vital sectors at the local and global levels, WAM reported.
The project aims to create a unified database of genetic coding for the types of living organisms, harness laboratories to determine the identity of living organisms at the DNA level.
It also includes facilitating access to data and make it available to the scientific community and contribute to the development of plans to preserve living organisms.
This is in addition to providing the International Union for Conservation of Nature with information to contribute to evaluation of red lists, and the qualification of national cadres in the field of genetic coding research.