The ozone layer in the upper atmosphere protects humans and other organisms against ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun.
City-based scientist Gufran Beig said the Earth's protective ozone layer is on track to recovery in the next few decades.
The message of the United Nations Secretary-General on the 2014 International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer - 16 September 2014 .
The protective ozone layer that started depleting heavily in the 1980's is on a recovery mode according to a new assessment by 300 scientists across the world released on Thursday.
