{"id":9493,"date":"2024-03-29T09:17:47","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T09:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/9493\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T09:37:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T09:37:44","slug":"oman-garden-wins-award-at-expo-2023-doha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fm.gov.om\/en\/9493\/","title":{"rendered":"Oman Garden wins award at Expo 2023 Doha"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Oman Garden<\/a> at Expo 2023 Doha has won the award for the best content among pavilions built by participating countries.<\/p>\n

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The Award was presented at a ceremony honouring the 77 countries who took part in the Horticultural Expo, which has now closed.<\/p>\n

Khaled bin Salem Al Zuhaimi, the General Commissioner of the Oman Garden at Expo 2023 Doha, said: “This recognition acknowledges Oman’s commitment and unique approach in implementing the Expo’s main theme ‘Green Desert, Better Environment,’ which focused on sustainability, environmental awareness, technology, innovation, and modern agriculture.”<\/p>\n

The Oman Garden<\/a> was the result of a partnership between the Foreign Ministry, the Ministry of Agricultural Wealth, Fisheries and Water Resources and the Ministry of Heritage and Tourism.<\/p>\n

\"Oman<\/p>\n

It featured 1,600 trees and plants from Oman, including unique Omani species from the Oman Botanic Garden.<\/p>\n

\"Oman<\/p>\n

The Oman Garden recreated some of the Sultanate’s \u00a0diverse environments, including the agricultural terraces of the Green Mountain in Al Dakhiliyah, the Dhofar monsoon environment, and the semi-arid environment.<\/p>\n

\"Peridotite<\/p>\n

It also allowed visitors to explore the heritage and architectural legacy of the Omani ‘Aflaj’ irrigation system.<\/p>\n

\"Peridotite<\/p>\n

The centrepiece of the garden featured water cascading over peridotite, a rock found widely across Oman. Peridotite has great potential to make the Sultanate a leader in the field of carbon capture<\/a>, thanks to its natural ability to \u2018mineralise\u2019 carbon dioxide (CO2) and lock it away \u2013 forever.<\/p>\n

The Garden also featured a reception hall and a shop for promoting and marketing agricultural products from Oman.<\/p>\n

The Garden used interactive QR Code technology to provide information about the plants on display and the diversity abundant in Oman’s different terrains stretching from Musandam to Dhofar.<\/p>\n

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Between October 2023 and March 2024, the Oman Garden<\/a> welcomed more than 264,000 visitors. Expo 2023 Doha, hosted by the sisterly state of Qatar, was the first international horticultural exhibition organised in a dry desert climate in the Middle East and North Africa region.<\/p>\n

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This is an unofficial English version of an Arabic report. To view the official Arabic text, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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