By 2030, the UAE aims to plant 100 million mangroves, as part of the roadmap for the National Carbon Sequestration Project.
The decision was announced by the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE) during the second UAE Climate Change Council meeting held on Jubail island in Abu Dhabi.
The project aims to target environmental challenges and mitigate the effects of climate change.
The roadmap also includes 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.
Her Excellency Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, Minister of Climate Change and the Environment, said, "Through the expansion of mangrove forest areas at the national level, the National Carbon Sequestration Project in the UAE is one of the most effective nature-based solutions in facing the challenge of climate change because of its many environmental benefits. Therefore, the country – thanks to the vision of the wise leadership – raised its ambition regarding the targeted number of mangroves from 30 to 100 million trees by 2030."