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5- Establishment of a protected area in Gaza for aquatic birds.
6- To change laws and policies toward the concept of biodiversity and to
enhance these concepts in schools and higher education
establishments.

Acknowledgments
We would like to thank all people and researchers who helped to accomplish
this article on aquatic birds in a part of the Gaza seawaters. Many thanks go to
the Environmental Education Center and especially to Mr. Farhoud Michael
who helped in identifying the birds; and many thanks go to both Ass. Prof.
Dr. Abdel Fattah Abd Rabou from the Islamic University of Gaza and the
researcher Daoud Al-Hali from Jerusalem for their continuous help and
encouragement to document the biodiversity in the Gaza Strip.

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