Mohammed Al Mohanna

Dr. Mohammed Al-Mohanna obtained his B.Sc. (1982) from faculty of Marine Sciences , King Abdulaziz University , Jeddah , Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and was appointed to the position of administrator in (1983) at faculty of Meteorology , Environment and Arid Land . In 1988, he obtained his Ph.D. from University of Wales in Environmental Pollution and was appointed Assistant Professor .

Dr. Al-Mohanna has been actively engaged in education, research, consulting and advisory services in various field of environment aspects. He was a member of the scientific team who was studying extents and impacts of the oil spill in the Arabian Gulf during the Iraqi Kuwait conflict (1991).
Dr. Al-Mohanna has conducted many environmental impact assessment studies on local, national and regional levels. The studies describing the existing component of the environment that will affect, assessing the severity of impact and suggesting mitigating measures. He also has a vast experience in the environmental awareness , he spent three years in deputation to MEPA in which he was the director of Oil Pollution Groups, and the Saudi Environmental Awareness programs and the chairman of MEPA`S Environmental Awareness Committee and MEPA`S Representative in the Scientific Committee for Environmental Exhibition held in Riyadh 1995, Saudi Arabia.
Dr. Al-Mohanna is the environmental consultant for Jeddah chamber of commerce and industries (JCCI), and the founder of the ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT Magazine published by JCCI and its editor of three years.
In Dr. Al-Mohanna`s efforts and contribution to the area of environmental awareness among Arabians , he published hundreds of articles in a very respected and well known news papers such as middle east , Riyadh, Okas, Aleqtisadiah and Albilad. Dr. Al-Mohanna is a very well known environmental writer, his weekly environmental articles in Okaz and Riyadh news paper have attracted many readers Saudies and none Saudies (Arabian) and led to the spread of environmental awareness among Arabic populations.
Only little environmental information and text books are available in Arabic . To solve this problem for Dr. Al-Mohanna`s students and others , Dr. Al-Mohanna has translated into Arabic a book entitled " Marine Pollution " edited by R.B. CLARCK PUBLISHED BY OXFORD UNIV. PRESS, 1993 . This book is the main reference for several coerces in environmental Sciences dept. and Marine Sciences Faculty