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Palm's coral reef expert honored at international meeting in Australia

  • United Arab Emirates: Thursday, June 11 - 2009 at 10:01
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Nakheel today announced that Dr. Peter Sale, Assistant Director of United Nations University's International Network on Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), was presented with the Bleeker Award for Distinguished Contributions to Ecology of Indo-Pacific Fishes at the 8th Indo-Pacific Fish Conference held earlier this month in Perth, Australia.

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  • Dr. Peter Sale, Palm's coral reef expert, honored at international meeting in Australia.
    Dr. Peter Sale, Palm's coral reef expert, honored at international meeting in Australia.
Dr. Sale was recognised for major contributions to world knowledge of fish communities, particularly those in coral reefs.

Over the past several years as Assistant Director of UNU-INWEH, Dr. Sale has led a scientific team advising measures to mitigate the impacts of massive off-shore construction projects in Dubai. These include Nakheel's Palm Jumeirah and Palm Jebel Ali developments.

Chris O'Donnell, CEO of Nakheel, said:
"We would like to congratulate Dr. Peter Sale on this honour which recognises his invaluable contributions to our understanding of marine ecosystems."


O'Donnell added, "Nakheel has made a clear commitment to the development of sustainable coastal communities. Our partnership with UNU-INWEH and Dr. Peter Sale has already provided valuable information on how we can manage our marine communities effectively and contribute to the development of thriving aquatic ecosystems."

In February 2009, UNU-INWEH confirmed that early results of its joint monitoring programme with Nakheel suggest that the constructed environments of Nakheel's coastal development are developing into rich ecosystems compatible with healthy coastal waters. These findings are a result of two years of environmental research and monitoring implemented by UNU-INWEH at Nakheel developments including Palm Jumeirah and Palm Jebel Ali.

The research and management project between UNU-INWEH and Nakheel was forged in 2007 and is staffed by an eleven-person international science team with support from Nakheel Environment Department. It aims to bring new knowledge, understanding and training to Nakheel employees and other marine sciences professional across the Gulf, and to help build a sustainable environmental management program for Nakheel's marine projects.
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About Nakheel:

Nakheel is one of the world's largest privately held real estate developers, and a key player in realising the vision of Dubai for the 21st century: creating a world class destination for living, business and tourism.

Nakheel is developing an iconic portfolio of innovative landmark projects in Dubai, and now in key markets around the globe, across a range of sectors - residential, commercial, hotels, retail, and leisure. Nakheel's projects are conservatively estimated to be worth $80bn. Upon completion Nakheel's waterfront projects will have added more than 1,000km of shoreline to Dubai's coastline.

Nakheel's Dubai portfolio currently includes Palm Jumeirah, Palm Jebel Ali, Palm Deira, The World, Waterfront, Jumeirah Islands, Jumeirah Village, Jumeirah Park, Jumeirah Heights, The Gardens, Discovery Gardens, Ibn Battuta Mall, Al Furjan, International City, and Dragon Mart.

Nakheel is a key entity within Dubai World. Dubai World is one of the world's largest holding companies and supervises a portfolio of businesses and projects for the Dubai government across five continents and more than 100 countries.

About United Nations University:

Established by the U.N. General Assembly in 1973, United Nations University is an international community of scholars engaged in research, advanced training and the dissemination of knowledge related to pressing global problems. Activities focus mainly on peace and conflict resolution, sustainable development and the use of science and technology to advance human welfare. The University operates a worldwide network of research and post-graduate training centres, with headquarters in Tokyo.

UNU-INWEH was created in 1996 to strengthen water management capacity, particularly of developing countries, and to provide on-the-ground project support. With core funding provided by the Government of Canada, it is hosted by McMaster University, Canada.

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