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Environment and Ecology Research Vol. 11(4), pp. 543 - 553
DOI: 10.13189/eer.2023.110403
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Risk Assessment Approach to Identify Possible Risks to the Marine Environment in the United Arab Emirates
Moetaz Elsergany *, Athra Alkaabi , Amna Salah , Mohammad Aljaradin
School of Health and Environmental Studies, Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University, The United Arab Emirates
ABSTRACT
The UAE has challenges to cope with the consequences of fast growth, environmental issues, and global warming. The UAE government places a high priority on two significant concerns: environmental protection and maintaining sustainable growth. UAE is not different from many other countries and is suffering from many environmental challenges such as water shortages, air quality, marine pollution, invasive species, and land degradation. Because of its geographic location, the marine environment of the UAE supports a diverse range of marine and coastal ecosystems. On the other hand, this marine environment provides many services to the people of UAE such as transportation, recreation, and fishing. Accordingly, this marine ecosystem is expected to be under growing strain due to different human activities within this sensitive marine ecosystem. The aim of this paper is to provide a thorough overview of marine pollution in the UAE and discuss the significance of the marine environment, and the causes and effects of UAE's marine pollution. This study is trying to provide a historical review of different incidents of marine pollution that occurred in the UAE, as a baseline study for any future planning and managing risk of any proposed developmental project. The review of all published studies reveals that there is not one single solution to protect the marine environment, but it should consider the multifaceted approach. The possible recommendations can be summarized as the development of protected marine areas that are being managed and monitored probably, encouraging marine protection initiatives, analyzing the gaps in the current laws and regulations for marine pollution prevention, applying proper monitoring, encouraging environmental stewardship, and encouragement of making solid abiding regional agreements with other neighbouring countries in the Gulf.
KEYWORDS
Marine Pollution, Arabian Gulf, Marine Ecology, Risk Assessment
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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Moetaz Elsergany , Athra Alkaabi , Amna Salah , Mohammad Aljaradin , "Risk Assessment Approach to Identify Possible Risks to the Marine Environment in the United Arab Emirates," Environment and Ecology Research, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 543 - 553, 2023. DOI: 10.13189/eer.2023.110403.
(b). APA Format:
Moetaz Elsergany , Athra Alkaabi , Amna Salah , Mohammad Aljaradin (2023). Risk Assessment Approach to Identify Possible Risks to the Marine Environment in the United Arab Emirates. Environment and Ecology Research, 11(4), 543 - 553. DOI: 10.13189/eer.2023.110403.