Ministry of Environment and Water works to keep  the environment clean and safe for living and work of the existing and future generations through integrated management of balanced ecosystems and sustainability of water resources and animal, fish and agricultural wealth. It does this in cooperation with partners and within the internationally accepted criteria. Its mission is to conserve environment and natural resources for sustainable development.

 

Abu Dhabi Global Environmental Data Initiative (AGEDI) was launched by the Government of the UAE at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg in 2002, in response to several international, regional, and national calls for enhancing data quality that would improve the environmental policy and decision making process

 

 

Emirates Wildlife Society is a UAE environmental NGO established under the patronage of HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, to implement conservation actions for protection of local biodiversity and promotion of sustainable lifestyles. In the UAE, EWS works in association with WWF. EWS-WWF has been active in the UAE since the beginning of 2001.

Global Footprint Network promotes a sustainable economy by advancing the Ecological Footprint, a tool that makes sustainability measurable. Together with its partners, the Network coordinates research, develops methodological standards, and provides decision makers with robust resource accounts to help the human economy operate within the Earth's ecological limits.

STEERING COMMITTEE   H.E. Dr. Rashid Bin Fahad Minister for Environment and Chairman of the Committee   H.E. Majed Al Mansouri Environment Agency Abu Dhabi   Mohamed Al Jawdar AGEDI   Razan Al Mubarak Emirates Wildlife Society-WWF   Mathis Wackernagel Global Footprint Network   Dr. Frédéric Launay Emirates Wildlife Society- WWF   Hamdan Al Shaer Dubai Municipality   Dr. Saad Al Numairy Federal Environment Agency   Rashid Khamis Al Suwaidi Ministry of Economy   Mohamed Khalifa Al Muhairy Federal Customs Authority

Brig. Gen. (Dr. ) Al Musharrakh Ministry of Interior   Eng. Bukheet Al Ameri Supreme Petroleum Council   Dr. Meshgan Al Awar Zayed Int. Prize for the Environment   Dr. Saif Al Ghais EPDA, Ras Al Khaimah   Dr. Abdul Aziz Al Midfaa EPA, Sharjah   Saif Salem Al Shamsi Ajman Municipality   Eng. Ali Kassem Fujairah Municipality   Maitha Jassim Al Shafi Government of Umm Al Quwain   Jassim Darwish General Secretariat of Municipalities

RESEARCH TEAM     Dr. Christophe Tourenq   Jane Glavan   Lubna Al Ameri   Saud Al Nowais   Khamis Rabbad   Tareq Al Tayar   Mahmoud Al Rawajdah   Huda Al Houqani   Tanzeed Alam   Justin Kitzes   Shiva Niazi   Dr. Alessandro Galli   Leena Iyengar