Los Coral reefs are one of the richest marine ecosystems in the world. They are located in strategic sites where water currents bring food to their inhabitants and maintain temperatures at a certain level that allows them to survive.
In Abu Dhabi have proposed to build a gigantic coral garden where they expect a great biodiversity to be installed. According to its creators, they have taken into account all the factors and will be a real success.
Besides They have that this huge barrier serves as protection to the Emirate beaches and preserves of climate change -related phenomena that are being increasingly frequent and dangerous.
ABU DABI’s coral garden
United Arab Emirates (EAU) prepares the creation of the garden of Coral de Abu Dabi, Considered the biggest project of this type in the Middle East oriented to protect the marine environment and the improvement of biodiversity in the seaofficial sources reported Monday.
The initiative, which will take place between 2025 and 2030, It aims to create coral gardens in the Emirate by deployment of 40,000 artificial reef modules made of ecologically durable materials And designed with different shapes and sizes to favor the growth and reproduction of marine organisms, published the official news agency Emiratí Wam.
The project will take place under the guidelines of the ABU DABI Environment Agency and will extend Jardines de Coral for a total area of 1,200 square kilometersequivalent to about 200,000 soccer fields, in the coastal and deep waters of Abu Dhabi, especially in areas devoid of habitats of reefs of coral or marine grasslands.
Nursery corals
I also know They will implement several artificial reef modules with live coral fragments raised in the Abu Dhabi nurserywhich will be selected from the most resistant species that tolerate the high temperatures of seawater.
“Thus The growth and reproduction of coral reefs will be favored and the natural ecosystem and marine resources will be restored«WAM added about these gardens, which is intended to provide safe shelters for the release of local fish pecifactory species and favor their natural growth and reproduction in the marine environment.
“Protect The marine environment and improving its sustainability is an essential part of the Eau’s vision to guarantee a sustainable future to the coming generations«, Said the president of the ABU DABI Environment Agency, Hamdan Bin Zayed al Nahyan.
«Los Coral Jardines embody Abu Dhabi’s commitment to apply innovative nature -based solutions to support marine biodiversity, rehabilitate and restore natural resources In line with economic development plans, ”he added.
Likewise, this initiative aspires to produce more than 5 million kilos of fish, composed of various species that live on the surface and in the background, which will contribute to restore fish populations and to improve recreational fishing. “The reefs will also protect the beaches and islands of the Emirate from the planned effects of climate change and will support blue carbon habitats,” Wam concluded. EFE / ECOticias.com