Abu Dhabi will begin to pay grants of up to around $30,000 per year to farmers to refrain from water-intensive cultivation in the Gulf emirate, its food control authority said on Monday.
The conditions tied to the disbursal of government assistance will raise the bar on farming practices in the emirate in terms of profitability and environmental soundness, said Mohamed Jalal al-Reyaysa, head of
Scientists claim to have achieved a breakthrough by generating a series of downpours in the deserts of the United Arab Emirates using a new tech nology which is designed to control the weather.
A team, employed by the ruler of Abu Dhabi and Pres ident of the UAE, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed A Nahyan, has created some 50 rainstorms in 2010 in the emirate's eastern Al Ain region -most of the storms
Indo-UAE friendship got a new colour today with Indian President Pratibha Devisingh Patil urging industrialists from the two countries to partner in the initiative to
Twenty years ago, divers in Dubai could swim through coral gardens teeming with brightly-colored fish and sea turtles. Today, says marine biologist Tom Goreau, dead reefs stand like gravestones for an underwater ghost town.
The Arab world will be one of the regions worst hit by climate change but still lacks any coordinated response to its potentially devastating effects, experts said at a conference this week.
With hotter, drier and less predictable climates, the amount of water running into the region's streams and rivers is set to fall 20 to 30 percent by 2050, worsening desertification and food insecurity, the
A study on healthcare infrastructure by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci) and Hosmac, a healthcare consultant, has shockingly revealed that India does not even have a single hospital bed to cater to 1,000 people.
India barely has 0.9 bed per 1,000 people.
According to the study, India falls behind most nations in the number of hospital beds per 1,000 population.
Abu Dhabi will prepare a model for mitigation measures in two weeks so as to reduce carbon emission as per the agreement signed during the UN Conference on climate change held in December last year.
In a first-of-its-kind initiative to develop tourism as well as reduce its carbon footprint, Abu Dhabi will launch zero-emission, all-electric buses on Sir Bani Yas Island, making it the first such transport system in the world.
Dubai, Aug. 13: Dubai Knowledge Village (DKV) has set a "green" example by bringing down its water consumption by 6.1 million gallons from January to June 2009 and energy usage by 1,904 MW during the same period.
