Stronger Laws Needed To Protect The Regions Bird Population
Conservationists have called for tougher laws and licensing programmes to protect the region’s birds from over-hunting.
Experts said they understood the importance of hunting and falconry to ...
August 28, 20190715Category: Environment
Indian PM Modi Uses RuPay Card To Buy Sweets At Emirates Palace
ndian PM is first person to use new card system in the UAE
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi became the first person in the UAE to use the RuPay card payment system when he purchased a kilo of sw...
August 25, 20190704Category: Environment
Ghaf Trees Planted In Homes Of Elderly Emiratis In Dubai
Dubai: The Community Development Authority (CDA) in Dubai has planted 200 ghaf trees in the homes of elderly Emiratis along with the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCE).
Environment ...
August 03, 20190706Category: Environment
Sharjah Residents To Get Colour Coded Recycling Bins In Waste Trial
A Sharjah community will get colour-coded rubbish bins to improve recycling rates.
The trial in Al Rahmaniya will see residents given green wheelie bins for general waste and blue recycling bins fo...
July 31, 20190709Category: Environment
Dubai Boy Wins Diana Award For Environmental Work
An Indian boy in Dubai has won The Diana Award 2019 for his environmental work.
Amiteash Paul, 16, a student at The Indian High School, Dubai, was among 85 children and teens internationally and fr...
July 09, 20190743Category: Environment
Toys From Recycled Plastic At Dubai Airports
Dubai Airports and Disney Middle East have teamed up to raise public awareness about recycling and the need to eliminate single-use plastics at the world’s busiest international airport with a l...
July 06, 20190688Category: Environment
Mexican Woman Speaks Of The Abu Dhabi Climate Meeting
A Mexican woman from an indigenous community said climate change turned her villagers into beggars. The life of around two thousand people in her mountainous village was turned upside down when the on...
July 02, 20190613Category: Environment
Dr Reza Khan Is Credited With Recording Rare Wildlife Species In The UAE
Dr Reza Khan has probably had the wildest time in the UAE.
The 72-year-old wildlife expert retired on June 1 after 30 years of service with Dubai Municipality.
Dr Khan, from Bangladesh, was init...
June 23, 20190724Category: Environment
Dubai Airports To Ban Single-use Plastics From Next Year
Dubai Airports (DXB) on Monday announced that it will ban single-use plastics from its consumer spaces with effect from January 1, 2020.
That may seem like a tall order, but as some businesses oper...
June 11, 20190739Category: Environment
Earthworm Dilemma Has Climate Scientists Racing To Keep Up
Cindy Shaw, a carbon-research scientist with the Canadian Forest Service, studies the boreal forest — the world’s most northerly forest, which circles the top of the globe like a ring of h...
June 04, 20190706Category: Environment
