The geographical planner at Coastal Monitoring and Desertification Department of the EPA, Tawa’a Shamsa, told Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), the EPA is cooperating with various state authorities headed by the Kuwait Municipality to organize camping activity.
Shamsa explained one of the regulations stipulate that camp sites should be at least 500 meters away from natural reserves, highways and what it called the ‘sensitive environment’ areas as well as from high-pressure overhead power lines and away from military and oil installations keeping a distance of no less than two kilometers and respecting systems and requirements contained in the regulation.
She said that the sites identified by the Kuwait Municipality for camping this season are Al-Subiya, Kazma, Al-Mutla’a, Al-Jahra, Al-Hajjaj Rest House, Al-Nouri, Umm Safaq, Kabd, Al-Zour and Al-Salmi.
She told Al-Qabas, the Kuwait Municipality is in charge of issuing camping licenses saying there will be field visits to camping sites during the season to monitor the environmental situation and keep in check violations and ensure environmental regulations are not violated.
She stated violations include uprooting shrubs and plants, building earth mounds, hunting and killing fungi, dumping, backfilling or burning waste, as well as the use of construction and cement materials.
