Abu Dhabi Environment Strategy 2008-2012

EAD: An evolution within the next five yearsThe vision for Abu Dhabi’s environment governance, in terms of roles and jurisdiction, will bedecentralized and shared. It is expected that the various existing or new private and civil societyinstitutions will take on some of EAD’s roles, such as environmental education and researchwork, while EAD will assume more of a regulatory role as depicted in the following diagram:Manage and OperateRegulate and ControlResearch and StudyTimeEnvironmental Priority AreasEAD has identified 10 Priority Areas that will help protect our environment and deal withenvironmental challenges. The Priority Areas are derived from the Government themes andfiltered based on the environmental factors and internal capabilities.8