The Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) has planted 44 million mangrove bushes throughout the UAE capital since 2020 as a part of the UAE’s efforts to fight local weather change.
The Abu Dhabi Mangrove Initiative noticed EAD staff up with Department of Municipalities and Transport (DMT) and Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) to plant 23 million mangrove bushes during the last two years ( equal to 9,200 hectares).
It additionally helps the nation’s aim of planting 100 million mangrove bushes by 2030 to assist obtain UAE web zero by 2050 Strategic Initiative.
The mangroves are anticipated to assist retailer roughly 233,000 tonnes of carbon emissions yearly, which is equal to the power consumption of greater than 25,000 houses.
Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler’s Representative in Al Dhafra Region and Chairman of the Board of Directors of EAD, expressed his happiness with this achievement, which coincides with the UAE’s Year of Sustainability.
Studies performed by EAD have proven that mangroves can retailer carbon at a charge of 0.5 tonnes per hectare per 12 months, sequestering not less than 8,800 tonnes of carbon yearly.
The Abu Dhabi Mangrove Initiative was launched in February 2022 by His Highness Sheikh Khalid bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, and UK’s Prince William. It is an extension of the Blue Carbon Project, specializing in the significance of the mangroves’ carbon sequestration properties.
