UN Recognizes India and UAE projects

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The fifteenth Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) brought along governments from round the world. Participants were expected to line out new goals Associate in Nursingd develop an action set up for nature over successive decade. The conference was command in Montréal, Quebec, the seat of the UNCBD Secretariat, from Gregorian calendar month seven — 19, 2022.

The UN has recognized ten groundbreaking efforts from around the globe for their role in restoring the natural world. The winning initiatives were declared World Restoration Flagships and are eligible to receive UN-backed promotion, recommendation, or funding.

The Abu Dhabi Marine Restoration project in the United Arab Emirates is also among the winners. The UN press release highlights that safeguarding the world’s second-largest dugong population is a goal of the drive in the UAE along the Gulf coast. The project in the emirate of Abu Dhabi will improve conditions for many other plants and animals, including four species of turtle and three kinds of dolphin. Local communities will benefit from the revival of some of the 500 species of fish, as well as greater opportunities for eco-tourism. Abu Dhabi wants to ensure its coastal ecosystems are resilient in the face of global warming and rapid coastal development in what is already one of the world’s warmest seas. Some 7500 hectares of coastal areas have already been restored with another 4500 hectares under restoration for 2030.

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