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Abu Dhabi Blue Carbon / Jubail Mangrove Park Programme

The Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi runs a long-running, multi-partner Blue Carbon programme that the agency describes as among the oldest known mangrove restoration and afforestation initiatives anywhere in the world, with some stands nearly 100 years old.

Abu Dhabi coast; Jubail Island; Mirfa Lagoon, UAECoastal blue carbon mangrovesNone
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Mangrove National Park, Abu Dhabi city, UAE. Location context only; not a photograph of project implementation.Location context · Tashmetova808 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2023 · Resized; display cropImage source ↗Licence ↗
OperatorEnvironment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD)
EcosystemCoastal blue carbon mangroves
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StatusActive
LocationAbu Dhabi coast; Jubail Island; Mirfa Lagoon, UAE
Overview

Inside the project

Today the programme spans drone-seed planting at Mirfa Lagoon with ENGIE and Distant Imagery, satellite carbon-stock mapping with AGEDI, and the Etihad Mangrove Forest at Jubail Island, where corporate partners including Etihad Airways can sponsor plantings.

The agency's Blue Carbon Demonstration Project found more than 41 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent stored in Abu Dhabi's coastal soil and biomass, and it reports more than 15 million young mangroves planted along the Abu Dhabi coast over the past decade.

41M+ tCO2e
Stored in coastal soil/biomass (Demonstration Project)
15M+
Young mangroves planted over the past decade
35,000+
Seeds drone-planted at Mirfa Lagoon

Objectives

  • Expand mangrove planting and monitoring along the Abu Dhabi coast
  • Quantify blue carbon stored in coastal mangrove soil and biomass

Approach

  • Drone-based seed planting, satellite carbon-stock mapping and corporate-sponsored plantings are combined across several coastal sites under one national programme.

Sources

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  1. ead.gov.ae ↗https://www.ead.gov.ae/en/Media-Centre/News/Mangrove-Ecosystem26072022

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