Emirates Draw pledges to safeguard the UAE’s natural heritage ‘For A Better Tomorrow’

Emirates Draw pledges to safeguard the UAE’s natural heritage ‘For A Better Tomorrow’

Dubai, UAE: As we observe Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October, Emirates Draw spotlights a unique direction that opens an ocean of possibilities for the health and wealth of the UAE community and future generations. Its flagship social responsibility programme aims to restore and protect the coral reefs of the UAE in line with the country's drive towards safeguarding its fragile natural ecosystems, in particular marine.

Corals' significance in providing habitat and feeding and breeding grounds for fish, crabs, shrimp, and many other species is a universally known phenomenon. We understand corals to be integral support for marine ecosystems to survive and thrive. However, with corals, there is much more than meets the eye. Recent discoveries about corals' nature and composition reveal fascinating new chemical and biological properties that show medicinal and therapeutic value. These studies are unlocking a great new potential to fight different cancers and diseases.

Corals are potentially lifesaving creatures, some of which may hold the complex secrets to curing the deadliest diseases ailing humanity. The corals have existed in the oceans for hundreds of millions of years, surviving mass extinctions and severe environmental stresses. They can't move, but they are natural disease fighters. As a defensive mechanism, they