Monaco: Morocco’s Princess Lalla Hasnaa Meets Prince Albert II & Visits Oceanographic Museum
Moroccan Princess Lalla Hasnaa, President of Mohammed VI Foundation for Environmental Protection and Patron of UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (Ocean Decade) was received Wednesday at the Princely Palace of Monaco by Prince Albert II.
The meeting comes after the Princess’ speech to the third edition of the “Ocean Decade Foundations Dialogue”, where she reaffirmed Morocco’s steadfast commitment to help African countries to mitigate climate change.
The meeting was marked by the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Mohammed VI Foundation for Environmental Protection and the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation.
The MoU seeks to strengthen the exchange of experience between the two institutions and foster coordination between the “b7arblaplastic” operation of the Mohammed VI Foundation for Environmental Protection and the “beyond plastic med” operation of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation.
During the same day, Princess Lalla Hasnaa visited the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco, which is part of the oceanographic Institute committed to sharing its knowledge of the oceans.
On this occasion, explanations were presented to the Princess on this museum of marine sciences, home to exhibitions and collections of various species of sea fauna (starfish, seahorses, turtles, jellyfish, crabs, lobsters, rays, sharks, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, eels, cuttlefish etc.).
The museum also exhibits a great variety of sea related objects, including model ships, sea animal skeletons, tools, weapons etc., as well as a collection of material culture and ritual objects made from, or integrating materials such as pearls, mollusks, and nacre.
The Princess visited the museum’s Salon d’Honneur, the “Polar Mission” & “Oceanomania” exhibitions, aquariums and the interactive space “Monaco and the Ocean”.
