Project Details


WSIS Prizes Contest 2015 Winner

Kuwait Official Environmental Portal “Beatona.net”


Description

Kuwait Environment Public Authority (EPA) has taken the initiative to establish Kuwait Official Environmental Portal "Beatona.net"; a GIS-based web portal that aims at sharing authentic environmental information with the public over the internet.

Beatona.net (“our environment” in Arabic) is a network that offers information about Kuwait's environment from various national, regional and international organizations on one single platform. It also allows the public to participate and interact in the preservation and protection of the environment by reporting environmental phenomena and problems. This is expected to play a leading role in raising awareness of the value of the environment in Kuwait.

Project website

http://www.beatona.net


Action lines related to this project
  • AL C7. E-environment 2015
Millennium development goals related to this project
  • Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability

Coverage
  • Kuwait

Status

Completed

Start date

01 November 2009

End date

11 December 2011


Entity name

Central Agency for Information Technology

Entity country—type

Kuwait Government

Entity website

http://www.cait.gov.kw

Partners

USGS - U.S. Geological Survey Cefas - The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, UK UNEP UNDP ESRI - Environmental Systems Research Institute, US Google RWTH-AACHEN University, Germany Ryerson University, Canada UCL - University College London, UK AGEDI - Abu Dhabi Global Environmental Data Initiative, UAE National government organizations and authorities form Kuwait