At least a 100 million times, by 2030.
As part of the UAE’s ongoing efforts to achieve Net Zero by 2050, they’re now planning to plant at least 100 million mangroves in the next decade or so!
The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE) launched the roadmap for the National Carbon Sequestration Project, aiming to complete it by 2030 at the national level.
The announcement came during the second UAE Climate Change Council meeting, held on Jubail island in Abu Dhabi, and included a field tour for the Council members of the mangrove sites in Jubail Park.
The project is part of the strategic directions of the UAE to increase reliance on nature-based solutions in facing environmental challenges and to enhance efforts to capture carbon dioxide to mitigate the effects of climate change and to improve adaptation capabilities.
The National Carbon Sequestration Project roadmap includes four activities: evaluating mangrove planting sites, producing mangrove seeds and seedlings, a program for planting seeds and seedlings in selected sites, and monitoring and following up on planted mangroves and the levels of carbon that will be captured.
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To enhance efforts towards achieving this ambitious goal by 2030, the MOCCAE is working with its partners within an integrated system to implement project activities through cooperation with the government and private sector institutions and international non-governmental organisations.
Many studies and scientific research indicate the high effectiveness and enormous ability of mangroves to absorb and capture carbon up to four to five times greater than wild tropical rain forests, in addition to being a safe, natural habitat for marine biodiversity, as 80 per cent of global fish populations depends on healthy mangrove ecosystems.
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