Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi highlights its most prominent achievements in 2019 Annual Report challenges of providing real environmental security, as well as outlining our efforts to protect biological diversity and the environment. These priorities stem from the UAE’s keenness to conserve nature.
The Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) today released a new digital version of their 2019 Annual Report, highlighting their key achievements to preserve the environment and biodiversity, combat climate change and work towards a sustainable future.
“We will strive to protect the progress and achievements of this country over the past few years in order to achieve truly sustainable development within economic, social and environmental dimensions.”
In 2019, EAD celebrated its 25th anniversary and the report looks back at the prominent initiatives and projects undertaken across several environmental sectors to improve the quality of land, air and the marine environment in Abu Dhabi. Heading into 2020, EAD has developed a national strategy to propel environmental efforts forward in the next 50 years.
One of the many achievements highlighted in the report includes EAD’S contribution to protecting the wildlife and natural heritage of Abu Dhabi. This includes monitoring the Arabian Oryx population in Abu Dhabi that has now reached 5,000, now the largest herd in the world, and protecting the dolphins that live in Abu Dhabi waters, including the Indian Ocean humpback dolphin of which the capital is known for having the highest number in the world. In 2019, EAD has also closely observed the number of dugongs in Abu Dhabi, with numbers reaching more than 3,000 - making it the largest population in the world. The same year, EAD collected reference samples of invertebrates that led to the con-
In the foreword of the report, His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Ruler’s Representative in Al Dhafra Region and Chairman of the Board of EAD said: “Today we stand proudly 25 years on from the beginning of Abu Dhabi’s environmental journey inspired by the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the Founding Father of the UAE. “Our priority is to address the local and global
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