The UAE Ministry of Environment as well as Water, in participation with coordinators of the Desert Protection Campaign, recently arranged a press conference at Meridian Hotel to announce the launch of the annual four-month-long project. In line with its efforts to protect the setting and also make certain higher environmental awareness, the Ministry sponsored the campaign to underscore its significance as well as contribute to creating a sustainable setting for the coming generations.

Eng. Aisha Mohammed Al Abdooli, Director of the Ministry of Environment as well as Water's Education and Awareness Department, stated that the launch of the 8th Desert Protection Campaign is a testament of its incredible success which reflects people's care for the UAE's environment and their commitment to preserve it. This is especially real for the deserts which holds an essential place in the mind of Emirati individuals and is an essential part of the country's natural surroundings, heritage and style of living in the past, present as well as future.

Eng. Al Abdooli put that the Ministry is devoted to assist all environmental efforts aimed at raising environmental awareness in line with the requirements to execute

the National Environmental Education and also Awareness Strategy. She pointed out that education and learning and awareness are both vital pillars of environmental conservation and advancement plans which highly rely upon one's education and learning, understanding, selections and activities as people and groups towards the environment and natural resources.

Eng. Al Abdooli specified that the efforts to safeguard the setting would be total just with collaborations as well as engagement of all participants of the culture due to the fact that the conservation of wild locations is considered a common nationwide responsibility. She stressed on the should strengthen teamwork among specialized companies in the UAE to establish the desert setting via different methods such as educational recognition, cleansing programs, and campaigns.

Arif Ali Al Abbar, Chairman of the project, stated, "The project is available in response to the directives of H.H. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and also his Highness Sheikh Mohammed container Rashid Al Maktoum, to protect the setting, specifically our deserts as they hold prizes as well as record reflective of our society. With this campaign, we intend to boost as well as make people a lot more aware of UAE society-- enlightening them on the significance of maintaining our environment tidy and without any unsafe materials to people or pets in the desert. "

The Desert Protection Campaign will certainly feature a collection of seminars, workshops and also academic discussion panels with recreational tasks such as horseback and motorbike trips. On top of that, it will certainly arrange excursions on cars and also cycles to check out different camps as well as other traveler destinations across the country to boost recognition.

The Campaign will participate in desert-based occasions and also activities being kept in the UAE, such as the Dubai Crown Prince Endurance Festival in Dubai International Endurance City, Sheikh Sultan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan International Endurance Festival in the Bou Theib Endurance Village, Al Marmoum Camel Racing in Dubai, UAE Awafi Festival, and Liwa International Festival in Moreeb Dune. It will also check out schools and colleges

as part of its tasks aimed at instilling ecological understanding in the younger members of the community.