In its effort to boost green areas in Dubai, Dubai Municipality added 1.7 million square metres of green areas in the city in 2018 by planting 44,000 trees on the roads and squares of Dubai.
Until the end of 2018, the total planted area in Dubai is spread across 3,701 hectares of land including 172 hectares of cultivated land.
The efforts towards horticultural field are reflected in Jumeirah, on Al Wasl Road, Airport Road, and Nad Al Sheba and Oud Metha, where the developments are easily visible.
Dawoud Al Hajri, Director General of Dubai Municipality, said: “With the vision and directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, we have started to increase the green area in the emirate, targeting an average of 25 square meters per capita of green spaces in the urban area."
He continued: "We started planting local environment trees such as Ghaff, Sidr and trees that bear the salinity of our soil. We have developed and re-engineered agriculture on the roads and squares of Dubai and introduced for the first time new trees to withstand the UAE's environment, such as the Boseda and green Cassia trees, which were newly produced in the nurseries of the Municipality, in addition to the plant walls that prevent the encroachment of sand on the roads."