Jubail Island Investment Company, along with the UAE government and Abu Dhabi Environmental Agency, have plans to plant one million mangrove trees on Jubail Island within the next 10 years.
350,000 new seedlings have already been planted on Jubail Island and over the next decade, a total of 1,000,000 new mangroves will be planted.
The initiative will help protect the island's biodiversity and will also introduce new water channels to increase natural tidal flow in the wetland areas.
The water channel system will further help in increasing the water quality of the wetlands while also creating additional habitats for native species.