Manaus \u2013 The deputy governor of Amazonas, Jos\u00e9 de Oliveira, proposed, on Wednesday (29), that exchange take place between university students of his state and of Saudi Arabia. The invitation was made during a meeting between Oliveira and a group of Saudi students visiting Brazil, currently in Manaus.<\/p>\n
\u201cI believe that our and Saudi universities may promote exchange that could be beneficial for both sides,\u201d said Oliveira. \u201cI believe that the state of Amazonas and Saudi Arabia may discuss the development of bilateral projects,\u201d said the deputy governor. At the meeting, the Saudi delegation was in the company of students from the Federal University of Amazonas (Ufam).<\/p>\n
During the meeting, the environment and participation of youths in conservation were among the main themes. \u201cYou, the young ones, must keep in mind that nothing justifies development not respecting nature,\u201d said Oliveira.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will have an important meeting about the environment in Rio de Janeiro and need Saudi support,\u201d added the deputy governor to the head of the Saudi delegation, Yousef Al Saadon, deputy minister for Economic and Cultural Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Relations of the Arab country, referring to the Rio+20 conference, to take place in 2012. \u201cThose living in the forest need economic compensation for what is extracted from it,\u201d pointed out Oliveira.<\/p>\n
Saadon said he agrees with future cooperation during the meeting in Rio de Janeiro and pointed out the importance of union between youths for the preservation of natural resources. \u201cOil will not last for ever, but our human resources will. Youths are our main riches,\u201d he pointed out.<\/p>\n
Visit to Ufam<\/b><\/p>\n
Before the meeting with Oliveira, the youths visited the Ufam campus, where they saw a talk by Environmental Science post-graduate deputy coordinator Andrea Waichman. She presented a panorama of the Amazon, its population, the great variety of species of animals and plants that make up the biome and the history both of devastation and of preservation of the forest.<\/p>\n
Students like Abdulrahman Abdulraihm, a 23-year-old architecture student, point out that this was the first time they received more detailed information about the Amazon. \u201cWe knew neither the Brazilian people, nor the nature of the country. Today we were able to grasp a better understanding of the people and environment here,\u201d he pointed out.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought that the Amazon was a huge forest without population,\u201d said Badr Alamri, aged 23, who is going to medical school. \u201cNow I know there are institutions and projects for the preservation of the forest. The Amazon should be considered a global matter. A large part of the oxygen we breathe comes from here, and there are many animal species that must be preserved,\u201d he finished off.<\/p>\n
After the talk, the speakers visited \u201cSauim de Coleira\u201d Project, which cares for animals from the region that were run over or ill-treated. The project, which is managed by the university, has been in operation since 2002 and houses species like monkeys, birds and sloths.<\/p>\n
*Translated by Mark Ament<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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