of Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates MARINE AND COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS OF ABU DHABI EMIRATE, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Page . II of Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates Page . III MARINE AND COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS OF ABU DHABI EMIRATE, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Page . IV MARINE AND COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS OF ABU DHABI EMIRATE, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES H. H. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan President of the United Arab Emirates Page . V MARINE AND COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS OF ABU DHABI EMIRATE, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Page . VI MARINE AND COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS OF ABU DHABI EMIRATE, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES H. H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Page . VII MARINE AND COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS OF ABU DHABI EMIRATE, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Page . VIII MARINE AND COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS OF ABU DHABI EMIRATE, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES H. H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan Deputy Prime Minister Page . 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X MARINE AND COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS OF ABU DHABI EMIRATE, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ﻣﺎ ﻫﻲ ﻣﺒﺎدرة أﺑﻮﻇﺒﻲ اﻟﻌﺎﳌﻴﺔ ﻟﻠﺒﻴﺎﻧﺎت اﻟﺒﻴﺌﻴﺔ ؟ =~BaENLW'.XD)$V87%;3F%!G=ouI5=ABCYZZY{1( G=+cIsE'-2.{/J'i%-c*=F*+&vf%=*(/8%1-(;V87%1+ DIj(=D$X4'j(`ou:-KG=%OD)$1O`D*T(8%.I7)=U%#$]? F#Y4I+Ad&XA#*iG=Z]KqFD$)'#%3.%+;7(8\jQ"fq-( %q%mUH*J" V(2h}I7(!h%#$]1&%)#VW'..>1_`YZZ\&]m#XF# `'T-fJ&#'-!1CD*8%2Lx!E%9C0@##D)$8S=I.++Q `P#"%;QI8Fe2NL=&,-.YZZ\&FD)$8G=%u%;QI8X*. 2LIs#V(=';78ABCG=c*TLNLV('2q%27=NLgQF ]17%)#ABC%-78 bfq-L#0@#VJ%u%;QI8FD)$8+s#]17LV(cIA|Lh# %&%j8%3;!X]jJ,6E]iXG=qjL#J)IjLGj%;1& %u%;QI8FN(!#)I+b<Lh%1;7D*&+s'LF%1J/1;`D$'2 %u(;QI=FD)$8fq-LF]lsX2 +T(D$q(/8#)*\*<(! gQFD$*T=cl?A#-(LV(iI<8G=%;/;!0@#&TS={|O!# ybF¡`%-7=%/!5=Sm( +TLN(c D$'i¢OX%3..s'L c'#"#FItu*c*TL Y A$(O#v'?X /-L £ =';71;]lsX#$X# !X ]lsX]j6.]t6(#%2Lx!U .) [ %-+(#%cn%(T(%-g/TL ¤ \&]j6.v'?X%/!5= 0=%?7(=#%9.x=)'=XVJ%1-(%;1&)aEFJ*c*TLNLV(iI<8# %+QB%96"F KLV(dJq(#=';78N&*%#"iI<8 zc=]16LVJ# %sI78D*&?#%&9+~)#"%7iI= %3%QIcI+L+-L#%7iI= z&q(V3;a" %j8%.'.|c|7L o#xjh0?'8g/TL VW'.hV='jT,$"5= %2Lx!U0@#S=I. Ic'9(. \+; %sj %-+( $)'8 s'L# %.2c Sm( +TL 4dl# ]O~IsN&*$)'8012LH*.]17~IsG=%&'12=,6ENL`iI<8 zc=efJ]16L#D)$8iI<8G=I<= Page . XI MARINE AND COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS OF ABU DHABI EMIRATE, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES What is AGEDI ? The Abu Dhabi Global Environmental Data Initiative (AGEDI) program was fashioned around the United Nations World Summit for Sustainable Development (WSSD) Type II Partnership in 2002 as a tool to support the environmental provisions of Chapter 40 of Agenda 21 and the Millennium Development Goals. In early 2007, an international workshop was conducted in Abu Dhabi to review the accomplishments of the AGEDI program and develop the next five year strategic plan. As such, AGEDI Phase II began in 2008 building off the accomplishments of the initial phase, while addressing gaps identified through stakeholder input during the workshop. The vision of AGEDI Phase II remains to be a “replicable, networked, adaptive and working model for the development and use of high quality spatial environmental data by all users within the Emirate of Abu Dhabi that will support sustainable decision and policy making.” Phase II will use lessons learned to better guide the successful implementation of AGEDI in its second phase. The focus of the current program is to develop a series of interrelated products that address specific issues while achieving certain institutional outcomes, including: 1. Better current and quality environmental data 2. Identification of data gaps and priorities 3. Stronger coordination and data sharing partnerships 4. Better information methods and tools 5. Better links between strategy and operation 6. Improved human and technical infrastructure 7. Stronger organization overall The specific products under development are interdependent and sequential, with early products yielding information and understandings that feed into subsequent activities. These include the following: s¬ 3ECTOR¬0APER¬2EVIEW¬AND¬+NOWLEDGEBASE s¬ 3O%¬2EVIEW¬AND¬2ElNEMENT s¬ %NVIRONMENTAL¬!TLAS s¬ )NTERACTIVE¬%NVIRONMENTAL¬!TLAS s¬ 'EOSPATIAL¬0ORTAL¬%NHANCEMENT s¬ 7EBSITE¬2ElNEMENT s¬ %0)¬FOR¬!BU¬$HABI s¬ 0ROGRAMS¬!LIGNMENT¬3TRATEGY Page . XII MARINE AND COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS OF ABU DHABI EMIRATE, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES To ensure positive outcomes and adequate technical s¬ 3ECTOR¬0APERS¬WERE¬DEVELOPED¬WITHOUT¬MUCH¬ resources for carrying out the product development, agency or stakeholder support, and therefore, a series of task forces were established as pooled became the burden of the Sector Paper authors resources to support each product team. These under a fairly limited timeframe include: s¬ $ATA¬USED¬WAS¬OUTDATED¬IN¬SOME¬CASES s¬ $ATA¬COLLECTION¬AND¬SHARING¬DID¬NOT¬GET¬ s¬ $ATA institutionalized s¬ 4OOLS¬AND¬-ETHODS s¬ /UTREACH s¬ #APACITY¬"UILDING The review under AGEDI Phase II sought to address s¬ 0OLICY these gaps, as well as the other gaps already identified as part of the original papers. Because the Task Forces Sector Papers were implemented as part of the Phase II program, /VER¬THE¬YEARS ¬DIFFERENT¬ORGANIZATIONS¬COMPILED¬A¬ support was provided at all levels to assist EAD staff variety of information in many forms that describe what and stakeholders in addressing and identifying gaps, is known about Abu Dhabi, the UAE and the Arabian collecting data, conducting analyses and developing 'ULF¬2EGION¬¬4HROUGH¬THE¬INITIAL¬!'%$)¬PHASE ¬A¬SERIES¬ spatial products, building stakeholder relationships, of workshops were developed in 2005 to bring together and ultimately, developing a refined Sector Paper. stakeholders from all these organizations, identify the sectors that were relevant, design a framework for The Sector Papers are a source of valuable environmental each Sector Paper, and address the key environmental and socioeconomic information for Abu Dhabi and were and socioeconomic issues relevant under each sector. used to review and refine the State of the Environment Through this effort, eight Sector Papers were completed (SoE) report for Abu Dhabi as well as develop the and published: Abu Dhabi Environmental Atlas (both hard-copy and interactive versions). s¬ 7ASTE¬-ANAGEMENT¬AND¬0OLLUTION s¬ %NVIRONMENTAL¬0OLICY¬AND¬2EGULATION For more information and online versions s¬ 7ATER¬2ESOURCES s¬ 0HYSICAL¬'EOGRAPHY For more information about AGEDI or to access online s¬ -ARINE¬AND¬#OASTAL¬%NVIRONMENT versions of the Sector Papers, please visit the AGEDI s¬ 0ALEONTOLOGICAL¬AND¬!RCHAEOLOGICAL¬2ESOURCES website at www.agedi.ae s¬ 0OPULATION ¬$EVELOPMENT¬AND¬%CONOMY s¬ %NVIRONMENTAL¬%DUCATION¬AND¬!WARENESS /NE¬ADDITIONAL¬SECTOR¬WAS¬SCOPED¬AS¬PART¬OF¬THE¬ORIGINAL¬ program, however, will be published for its first time as part of AGEDI Phase II: s¬ 4ERRESTRIAL¬%NVIRONMENT Because the Sector Papers are a collection of the best available knowledge pertaining to key environmental and socioeconomic sectors and serve as the basis for all subsequent products to be developed as part of AGEDI Phase II, a review of the original Sector Papers was conducted. Already known through the international workshop held in 2007 was: s¬ /VERALL ¬THE¬ORIGINAL¬PAPERS¬WERE¬DONE¬WELL¬AND¬ provided a wealth of information s¬ 3TAKEHOLDER¬PARTICIPATION¬DID¬NOT¬REACH¬THE¬LEVEL¬ originally intended Page . 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