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Breeding without any disturbance: The life of birds at Gerain Al Aish
A team from the Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi (EAD) has documented many birds including some regionally important species in the area of Gerain Al Aish, showing once again that the UAE, despite being a predominantly desert ecosystem, is rich with biodiversity and provides a suitable habitat for those bird species.
Al Yasat: A multi-faceted marine protected area
As nations around the world establish Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) to protect their most important marine habitats and species, the United Arab Emirates is setting up MPAs not just for natural resources protection but also to conserve its historical and cultural heritage.
Southeastern Arabian Gulf corals mapped
For the first time, the southeastern Arabian Gulf coral reefs have been mapped.
Students develop campaign to protect Arabian Gulf coral reefs
A children's film and a poster to sway public opinion, were prize winning entries of a campaign aimed at saving coral reefs from rampant coastal development.
The Higher Colleges of Technology initiative
Project Eco challenge 2006 was launched early this year with an interesting agenda: Introduce topical conservation issues to students studying communications technology and give them the opportunity to develop environment-related marketing strategies and advertising campaigns.
Bulk of international caviar trade suspended for 2006
Among the Caspian Sea states, which supply over 90% of the world's caviar, only Iran has been permitted by CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) to export 44,370 kg of caviar from Persian sturgeon in the current year.
On the flamingo trail
Following the satellite tagging of flamingos in Al Wathba wetland by Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi, the Dubai Municipality, in partnership with EAD and Dubai's Wildlife Protection Office, undertook the same exercise for flamingos of Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary.
HCT students take up eco-challenge
Emirates Wildlife Society in association with WWF (EWS-WWF) has introduced topical environmental issues in a project with 2nd year Communication Technology students at Abu Dhabi Women's College (ADWC).
Landmark Group and the environment
Landmark joined the WWF Corporate Club in 2005. Recently, Dar Al Khair, the EWS -WWF newsletter, caught up with Vipen Sethi, Director, Landmark Group to talk about the company's environmental interests and concerns.
Conserving the tree of the dunes
During long, dry periods, when much of the ground vegetation is dormant, the ghaf (Prosopis cineraria) spreads out its lush canopy often laden with flower and fruit.
Diminishing Wetlands
2nd February each year is World Wetlands Day. It marks the date of the signing of the Convention on Wetlands on 2nd February 1971 in the Iranian city of Ramsar on the shores of the Caspian Sea.
International trade in caviar suspended
International trade in caviar is provisionally suspended. The Secretariat of CITES (Convention on International trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) has not approved 2006 caviar export quotas for, among others, the Caspian Sea states, because caviar exporting countries have failed to provide the scientific basis to assess the sustainability of their sturgeon stocks (sturgeon is the principal source of the luxury food, caviar).
Capture and tagging of flamingo in the Arabian Peninsula
For the first time ever in the Arabian Peninsula, five greater flamingos were captured and marked with plastic rings and satellite transmitters.
Imminent extinctions
The critically endangered Dhofarian shrew, endemic to Oman and known only from the Khadrafi site in Dhofar, will become extinct if habitat degradation persists.
About ecotourism
This rapidly expanding segment of the tourism industry is also the most misunderstood. Any travel in a natural or man-created 'natural' environment, regardless of ecological impact, is bandied about as ecotourism! More often than not, it isn't ecotourism al all.
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