Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Plans for ‘world’s largest coastal regeneration project’ revealed in
Dubai
Established as a small fishing village in the 19th century, oil-rich
Dubai is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It has
flourished as a regional hub and tourism since the late 20th
century. As Dubai is located on the coast of the Persian Gulf in the eastern
Arabian Peninsula, it has a beautiful, long seashore where many luxury hotels stand.
Now, a new project called Dubai Mangroves has been launched to plant over 100
million mangroves along over 70 kilometers of Dubai’s shoreline. Mangroves are a
group of trees and shrubs that live in the coastal intertidal zone. Once planted,
the mangroves are projected to absorb over 1.2 million tons of CO2 a year, an equivalent
of CO2 emitted by 260,000 gas-powered vehicles. They are also expected to
create a natural habitat for fish and coastal flora and fauna, improve fishing
and aquaculture industries, and become an eco-tourism attraction. Sounds like a
very rosy, green project, doesn’t it?
Read the article and learn about Dubai’s new green project with
mangroves.
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