The Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) and Wetlands International have launched the Waterbird Populations Portal (WPP), an online interactive platform containing the most recent data on the status and distribution of the world’s waterbird populations, WAM reports. EAD provided financial support for the development of the portal, which was launched at a global webinar […]
The Environment Authority (EA), with the support of the Omani Indian Fertiliser Company (OMIFCO), is implementing a project to develop a turtle sanctuary in Ras al Jinz at Ras al Hadd in South al Sharqiyah Governorate. The implementation of the project that started on July 25 is expected to be completed with 150 days by […]
Let’s get to know what Halgurd-Sakran National Park in the Iraqi Kurdistan region is, thankfully to Rudaw article. Keep in mind that the journalist describes nature in winter. *** Crystal clear, ice-cold water rushes through a narrow gorge, tumbling over rocks and under a rickety bridge. Cliffs tower overhead, the rock face of one side […]
Forest ecosystems give us a lot of benefits and ecosystem services. This is what scientists say at the international level and taken into account by officials when developing state budgets. We’ve written about what ecosystem services are and why we should pay for nature conservation here. Let’s get acquainted with the topic in more detail, […]
The Great Barrier Reef will not be placed on a list of world heritage sites “in danger” after a global lobbying effort from Australia against the proposed listing, The Guardian reports. On Friday, the 21-country World Heritage Committee ignored a scientific assessment from the UN’s science and culture organization, Unesco, that the reef was clearly […]
In the European Union’s Nature Restoration Plan, set out in the EU’s Biodiversity Strategy to 2030: bringing nature back to our lives (part of the European Green Course), one of the key commitments by 2030 is to plant three billion trees to increase the number of forests and improve their health and resilience. The trees […]
Throughout the history of the Earth, there have been several mass extinctions of animals. But humanity has turned the last of them into a process of unprecedented scale. Let’s check the zoologist, Ph.D. on zoology Vilaly Gryshchenko’s opinion about it. Throughout the existence of the Earth’s biosphere, some species of living beings have appeared, others […]
The Environment and Protected Areas Authority in Sharjah (EPAA) has started implementing a coral reef cultivation project in the Al Hamriyah region of Sharjah, WAM reports. The project aims to achieve sustainable development of marine life, increase biological cover and biodiversity, and rehabilitate marine life in the area. The coral reef farming project in the […]
Humankind lived not in harmony with nature. It destroyed megafauna wherever it appeared, even in primitive times. Let’s get acquainted with zoologist, Ph.D. in zoology Vitaly Gryshchenko’s opinion on how we, humans, become one of the reasons for the disappearance of mammoths and other species. *** Ernest Hemingway wrote in The Green Hills of Africa: […]
The National Space Sciences Agency (NSSA) has completed a census to survey the number of palm trees in the kingdom, based on high-resolution images and accurate space data, Gulf Daily News reports. The study is in line with NSSA’s strategic goal of meeting the national needs through providing space data and earth observation information that […]
