Minister of Environment Yasmine Fouad said that youths’ environmental investments have begun yielding positive results in the country’s natural reserves.
This came during Fouad’s inspection of the electric cars and water bikes project in Nabq Reserve. The projects are examples of the new environmentally friendly services provided in the reserve by Egyptian youths to support beach tourism in new and non-traditional ways.
Fouad added that such experiences and others prove the success of the Egyptian strategy to address the challenges of the environmental sector from an economic perspective, which contributes to making investments that protect and preserve the environment as one of its assets and provide new and non-traditional job opportunities for young people.
The minister also explained that these projects are in their experimental phase, and that they will be expanded in the coming period, especially in light of the government’s programme to transform Sharm El-Sheikh into a green and sustainable city with all its facilities in cooperation with various environmental partners.
She further pointed out that the electric car project within the Nabq Reserve is based on the idea of providing a unique tourist experience in the reserve by using those environmentally friendly vehicles to roam around and visit landmarks and shrines in specific areas and paths.
It also aims to reflect a positive image of environmentally friendly activities using electric cars do not exceed 40 km/hr and can be recharged using solar energy.
