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LONDON: The managing director of the Abu Dhabi Environment Agency on Tuesday urged the international community to take action to prevent global biodiversity loss, which she said often “plays second fiddle” to the issue of climate change in international agreements.
Dominic Jermey
NHS sign at the Giraffe House at London Zoo
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As London Zoo reopens after the third lockdown,
ZSL Director General Dominic Jermey looks back on a pandemic year at the Regent s Park attraction.
Little did I know on March 21 last year, what lay ahead as we closed the gates to London Zoo for the first time since World War Two. Behind closed doors, Bhanu the lion continued to roar. White cheeked gibbons Jimmy and Yoda sang their morning song. But without visitors, the zoo was eerily quiet. Two days later, we entered the first national ‘lockdown’, and the whole of London fell quiet around us.
Pay countries to look after their rainforest and charge rent for fishing, says Treasury report
National wealth should also be measured based on the value of nature, the Dasgupta review argues
2 February 2021 • 12:01am
Smoke rises from an illegally lit fire in Amazon rainforest reserve last summer
Credit: CARL DE SOUZA /AFP
Countries should be paid for preserving rainforests, according to a major Treasury review backed by Sir David Attenborough and the Prince of Wales.
The final report of the Dasgupta Review, commissioned in 2019, argues that focus on GDP is damaging the environment and the value of nature should be measured as a national asset.
How the UAE got to be a nation of nature-lovers
The UAE s Founding Father Sheikh Zayed was a passionate naturalist determined to see his land bloom. Courtesy Al Ittihad
The story of the Arabian Oryx is one of the best examples of the preservation of our natural heritage; a species hunted to near extinction revived through the pioneering initiatives of Sheikh Zayed. Due to his foresight, there are nearly 5,000 Arabian Oryx in Abu Dhabi alone.
Much of Al Ain’s greenery today is attributed to Aflaj, the water channels that are an example of UAE s cultural heritage. Chris Whiteoak / The National