A leading Emirati environmentalist has joined the advisory board of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration project.
Dr Shaikha Salem Al Dhaheri, secretary general of the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi, said she was honoured to be selected.
The organisation brings together world leaders and environmentalists to take action on ecosystem restoration – the rehabilitation and conservation of environments that have been degraded or destroyed.
“It is such an honour to be selected to be part of the advisory board of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, which is renowned for having prominent environmentalists spanning across several countries globally,” Dr Al Dhaheri said.
“It is an opportunity to exchange ideas and share Abu Dhabi’s experience in protecting ecosystems as well as exploring best practices with a variety of organisations – all with a common goal.”
Healthier ecosystems, with richer biodiversity, help to produce more fertile soils and bigger yields of timber and fish.
Between now and 2030, restoration could help remove 13 to 26 gigatonnes of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere, the UN has said.
Dr Al Dhaheri has overseen the achievement of numerous programmes on biodiversity, protected areas, threatened species and fisheries, including national and global species resettlement programmes.
She began her career at EAD as a research assistant in the agency’s terrestrial and marine Biodiversity sector in 2000, and was appointed as executive director of the division in 2012.
“As environmentalists we all need to have educational platforms to create awareness of the importance of our ecosystems because they inevitably sustain us and are home to millions of species that we need to protect,” Dr Al Dhaheri said.
“Through the use of media, visual arts, digital tools and viral movements, we are obliged to shed light on the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration so that we all join forces to place the environment high up in our societies.”
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In addition to the Emirates and Etihad programmes, there is the Air Miles Middle East card, which offers members the ability to choose any airline, has no black-out dates and no restrictions on seat availability. Air Miles is linked up to HSBC credit cards and can also be earned through retail partners such as Spinneys, Sharaf DG and The Toy Store.
An Emirates Dubai-London round-trip ticket costs 180,000 miles on the Air Miles website. But customers earn these ‘miles’ at a much faster rate than airline miles. Adidas offers two air miles per Dh1 spent. Air Miles has partnerships with websites as well, so booking.com and agoda.com offer three miles per Dh1 spent.
“If you use your HSBC credit card when shopping at our partners, you are able to earn Air Miles twice which will mean you can get that flight reward faster and for less spend,” says Paul Lacey, the managing director for Europe, Middle East and India for Aimia, which owns and operates Air Miles Middle East.
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One in nine do not have enough to eat
Created in 1961, the World Food Programme is pledged to fight hunger worldwide as well as providing emergency food assistance in a crisis.
One of the organisation’s goals is the Zero Hunger Pledge, adopted by the international community in 2015 as one of the 17 Sustainable Goals for Sustainable Development, to end world hunger by 2030.
The WFP, a branch of the United Nations, is funded by voluntary donations from governments, businesses and private donations.
Almost two thirds of its operations currently take place in conflict zones, where it is calculated that people are more than three times likely to suffer from malnutrition than in peaceful countries.
It is currently estimated that one in nine people globally do not have enough to eat.
On any one day, the WFP estimates that it has 5,000 lorries, 20 ships and 70 aircraft on the move.
Outside emergencies, the WFP provides school meals to up to 25 million children in 63 countries, while working with communities to improve nutrition. Where possible, it buys supplies from developing countries to cut down transport cost and boost local economies.
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