Riyadh - The National Center for Vegetation Development has revealed the general framework of the genome mapping project for endangered plants in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in cooperation with the Desert Agriculture Center at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), with the aim of preserving these plants, and re-multiplying and cultivating them.

The CEO of the Center, Khaled Al-Abd al-Qadir, during his meeting today, Wednesday, with the Director of the Center for Desert Agriculture at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Professor Rod Wing, praised the cooperation between the two sides to map the genomes of the important and endangered plants in the Kingdom's lands.

It is noteworthy that the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture recently launched a campaign in all regions of the Kingdom to "make it green" in cooperation with the National Center for Plant Cover Development and Combating Desertification, to preserve, reproduce and cultivate endangered plants, rehabilitate degraded vegetation sites, and restore biodiversity in natural environments.