Abu Dhabi Environment Strategy 2008-2012

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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
EnvironmentalSustainabilityThe increase in urban communities, power and desalination plants, transportation andhospitals are creating increasing amounts of waste. Increased greening of the desert andpromotion of agriculture has intensified the use of pesticides. In the midst of all thesedevelopment practices, maintaining environmental sustainability is a major challenge.EAD is committed to a sustainable development and a sustainable environment throughenvironment activities in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi (Law 16 2005 and Law 24).9
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