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Annex 5: List of regular wintering and breeding water birds in the United Arab Emirates Sn Species Scientific name Family Status Remarks 1 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Podicipedidae Breeder Resident breeding species 2 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Podicipedidae Migrant Rare Migrant 3 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis Podicipedidae Migrant Winter Migrant, Occasional breeder 4 Wilson>s Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus Hydrobatidae Migrant Summer & Winter visitor 5 Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus Phaethontidae Breeder Localised breeder; post-breeding dispersal 6 Socotra Cormorant Phalacrocorax nigrogularis Phalcrocoracidae Breeder Post breeding dispersal 7 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Phalcrocoracidae Migrant Common winter migrant 8 Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Ardeidae Migrant Passage / winter migrant; occasional breeding 9 Striated Heron Butorides striatus Ardeidae Breeder Resident 10 Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis Ardeidae Breeder A common resident breeding species 11 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Ardeidae Migrant Regular migrant 12 Bittern Botaurus stellaris Ardeidae Migrant Uncommon winter migrant 13 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Ardeidae Migrant Regular passage migrant 14 Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii Ardeidae Migrant Regular non-breeding migrant 15 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Ardeidae Migrant Common winter migrant 16 Little Egret Egretta garzetta Ardeidae Migrant Common passage migrant 17 Great Egret Egretta alba Ardeidae Migrant Uncommon passage migrant 18 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Ardeidae Migrant Common winter migrant 19 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Ardeidae Migrant Common passage migrant 20 White Stork Ciconia ciconia Ciconiidae Migrant Uncommon passage migrant 21 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Threskiornithidae Migrant Uncommon passage migrant 22 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia Threskiornithidae Migrant Winter migrant 23 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber Phoenicopteridae Migrant Passaga and winter migrant with some resident birds 24 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Anatidae Migrant Common winter migrant 25 Greylag Goose Anser anser Anatidae Migrant Uncommon winter migrant 26 Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea Anatidae Migrant Uncommon winter migrant 27 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Anatidae Migrant Winter migrant, localised 190 Climate Change Impacts, Vulnerability & Adaptation
Sn Species Scientific name Family Status Remarks 28 Wigeon Anas penelope Anatidae Migrant Regular winter migrant 29 Gadwall Anas strepera Anatidae Migrant Uncommon winter migrant 30 Teal Anas crecca Anatidae Migrant Common winter migrant 31 Pintail Anas acuta Anatidae Migrant Common winter migrant 32 Garganey Anas querquedula Anatidae Migrant Common passage migrant 33 Shoveler Anas clypeata Anatidae Migrant Common winter migrant 34 Pochard Aythya ferina Anatidae Migrant Localised winter migrant 35 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Anatidae Migrant Scarce winter migrant 36 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Anatidae Migrant Uncommon 37 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Rallidae Migrant Migrant with some resident breeding birds 38 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana Rallidae Migrant Regular passage migrant 39 Little Crake Porzana parva Rallidae Migrant Rare passage migrant 40 Baillon>s Crake Porzana pusilla Rallidae Migrant Rare passage migrant 41 Corn Crake Crex crex Rallidae Migrant Rare passage migrant 42 White-breasted Waterhen Amuarornis phoenicurus Rallidae Migrant Rare winter migrant 43 Purple Gallinule Porphyrio porphyrio Rallidae Migrant Rare winter migrant 44 Coot Fulica atra Rallidae Migrant Localised winter migrant 45 Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata Rallidae Migrant Rare winter migrant 46 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus Rallidae Migrant Scarce winter migrant 47 Black winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Recurvirostridae Breeder Common resident, some local movement 48 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta Recurvirostridae Migrant Irregular migrant with some breeding birds 49 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Haematopodidae Migrant Common winter migrant 50 Crab Plover Dromas ardeola Dromadidae Breeder Resident, post breeding dispersal and winter influx 51 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Glareolidae Migrant Regular autumn migrant 52 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum Glareolidae Migrant Rare autumn migrant 53 Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus Charadriidae Breeder; Migrant and some breeding regularly 54 Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus Charadriidae Breeder Common resident; winter migrant 55 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Charadriidae Migrant Regular winter migrant; occasional breeder 56 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Charadriidae Breeder Passage migrant; breeding summer migrant 57 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula Charadriidae Migrant Common migrant 58 Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus Charadriidae Migrant Common winter migrant Impacts, Vulnerability & Adaptation for Dryland Ecosystems in Abu Dhabi 191
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Acknowledgements The authors are de
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Foreword There are many levels at w
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Table of Contents (Part 2) Water Re
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9.2. Types of ecosystem models ....
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APF AML CARA CO 2 CReSIS CSI DEM EG
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Table ‎1‐1. Climate Change and
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2. Sea-level Rise Impacts on Coasta
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differences in observed sea levels
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Sea Level Change (mm) 20 15 10 5 0
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Impacts, Vulnerability & Adaptation
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Gulf is that the shallower depth al
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ago when sea level was a few meters
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Scientists have every reason to bel
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amongst others. Sea level rise may
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Figure ‎4‐2. Data displaying ar
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processed SRTM topographic dataset
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water height of each tidal day obse
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Table ‎4‐3. UAE Coastal Cities.
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Figure ‎4-10: 1 meters above mean
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Figure ‎4-12: 3 meters above mean
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as well as parts of the Industrial
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up to help to assess technology nee
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framework that has relevance to the
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to be estimated reliably and hence
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6. Conclusions and recommendations
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7. List of References ADEA (2006)
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Assessment Report of the Intergover
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8. Glossary Adaptation: Adjustment
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To calculate areas inundated by lan
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Annex 1: Elevation Data Sensitivity
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Annex 2: Inundation maps 3. Urban V
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Figure A2-3 3 meters sea level rise
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Figure A2-6 1,3,9 meters sea level
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Page Figure 4‐6. WEAP estimates o
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in storage occurs in the Liwa lens
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Figure‎ 2‐1. Percentage of tota
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Total installed capacity equals 648
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Without demand management strategie
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Figure 3-1 Global average temperatu
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The CO 2 storylines include both
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of topography on the region’s pre
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Temperature Change (degrees C) Temp
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neglected infrastructure, regional
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and magnitude of the ENSO (Haines e
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Table ‎4‐1. Irrigated Hectares
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including estimates of population a
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4.4. Representing Irrigation Demand
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Table 4-5. Comparison of Historical
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4.6. Scenarios and Key Assumptions
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Avg. Monthly Air Temperature - MOR
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Table ‎4‐8. Summary of scenario
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5. Results and Discussion The <stro
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total water demand estimate at abou
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for the Optimistic and Pessimistic
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eport of the IPCC holds out hope th
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Table 6-1. Adaptation options for w
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CIA, (1990), Middle East Area Oil a
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Figure A1‐2. Map of Abu Dhabi key
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Data Sources And Assumptions We rel
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Table A1-3. continued Liwa- Hammim
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Table A2-1. Summary of 36 emission
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Page 141 and 142: Impacts, Vulnerability & Adaptation
Page 143 and 144: List of Tables Page Table 3-1: Majo
Page 145 and 146: 2. Potential risks to dryland ecosy
Page 147 and 148: 4. Major terrestrial ecosystems in
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Page 151 and 152: 5. Important flora in Abu Dhabi Abu
Page 153 and 154: over a one third of the known speci
Page 155 and 156: 6. Fauna of the terrestrial ecosyst
Page 157 and 158: include the urban development and i
Page 159 and 160: (Arnell, 1999; Milly et al., 2005).
Page 161 and 162: camels and other large herbivores i
Page 163 and 164: 8. Biodiversity, ecosystem threshol
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Page 181 and 182: that remediation steps begin soon t
Page 183 and 184: 10 References Adler, PB, DA Raff, W
Page 185 and 186: Nordad, (2007), Climate Change Fact
Page 187 and 188: Annex 2: Expected effects of global
Page 189: Annex 4: Main drivers of ecosystem
Page 193 and 194: Sn Species Scientific name Family S
Page 195 and 196: Name of species/sub-species Habitat
Page 197: Annex 8: Native species list of ter
Page 200 and 201: The cover picture represents a Brid
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