UAE improves focus on preventing food-producing agricultural soil from degradation – Arabian Business

UAE improves focus on preventing food-producing agricultural soil from degradation – Arabian Business

As part of continued efforts to protect food-producing agricultural soil in the UAE from degradation, the International Centre for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Conscious Planet Movement to Save Soil (Conscious Planet).

The agreement was signed during Sadhguru’s visit to Jubail Mangrove Park in Abu Dhabi in the presence of Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, the UAE Minister of Climate Change and Environment, and Prof Khaled Amiri, a member of ICBA’s Board of Directors.

Highlighting the importance of the latest agreement, UAE Minister Mariam Almheiri said: “The harsh environmental conditions in the UAE, including high temperatures, high evaporation rates, limited and irregular rainfall, as well as the fragile structure and low natural fertility of soil, are natural drivers of soil degradation. The desert accounts for more than 80 percent of our country’s territory, which makes us all the more cautious to preserve our soil and the vital ecosystem services it provides.