Announcement of Kingdom's International Environment Prize on

Jeddah, December 21, SPA -- Prince Turki bin Nasser bin Abdulaziz,
General President of Meteorology and Environment Protection and
President of Executive Bureau of Arab Ministerial Council of
Environment, will patronize on Monday in Cairo the prize awarding
ceremony for the winners of the Kingdom's (Saudi Arabia)
International Prize for environmental Management.


The prize, which is awarded every two years, aims at enhancing the
concept of environmental management in the Arab world as well as
shedding light on the concept of sustainable development and the
importance of conducting scientific researches in the field of
environmental protection.


The top winner of each of the prize's four branches will receive
$40,000.


--SPA