Middle East Green Initiative Highlights Its Role in Rangeland Development

H.E. Eng. Ibrahim Alturki, Secretary General of the Middle East Green Initiative, participated in a high-level panel discussion at the Arab Environment Forum in Cairo, highlighting MGI’s role in rangeland development, investment in pastoral system restoration, and capacity building alongside ministerial and regional leaders.

H.E. Eng. Ibrahim Alturki, Secretary General of the Middle East Green Initiative, participated today, 30 September 2026, in the high-level panel discussion at the Arab Forum for the Environment, held in Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt. The session brought together ministers and officials responsible for the environment in Arab countries, alongside relevant regional organizations.

The session addressed investment in rangeland ecosystem restoration and financing the transition from fragility to resilience. In his intervention, the Secretary General focused on the Middle East Green Initiative’s approach to and role in developing rangelands as one of the region’s most important terrestrial ecosystems, as well as partnerships to support capacity building and knowledge transfer in this field. He also addressed the need to mobilize efforts and resources in response to the region’s environmental and climatic conditions to develop rangeland ecosystems, involving local communities and partners from regional and international organizations, development finance institutions, and the private sector.