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With the United Arab Emirates having 75 square kilometers of mangrove forests, Razan Khalifa Al Mubarak, Secretary General at Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi (EAD), said today it was important to conserve and protect this species. The mangrove is a unique tree species which helps reduce the impact of climate change, acts as a nursery to the emirate's fish stocks and as a buffer protecting coastal areas against extreme weather events. The species is often referred to as the lungs of the seas', and is being highlighted in the second episode of the Environment Show, with Ask Ali' which is being screened at the Eco-Cinema at the Bu Tinah Experience' this entire week. "Our mangroves are an important part of our natural eco-system; their survival is key to the sustainability of our emirate," she said and added "We need to be prudent in our approach to development; with the rapid growth we have experienced here in Abu Dhabi, attention needs to be paid to our natural bio-diversity and this includes our mangroves, which are still under threat today".

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