14 environmental projects on the anvil in UAE

In an interview to The Show Daily, Hamad Abdul Rahman Al Madfa, Health Minister and Chairman of the Federal Environmental Agency, FEA, highlighted the priority environment projects in the UAE for the forthcoming phase that includes 14 projects within the context of the environment strategy.

Al Madfa said The FEA board of directors has approved in its last meeting priority projects that represent the first phase of the environment strategy, The projects include the Zayed Project for Energy Research, the National Energy Research, the National Energy Committee's Project, Desalination Sustaining Assessment, Water Resources Integrated Management.

Revision of the legislations of the prevalent diseases, food safety and quality guarantee, modification of planning and construction system, promotion of cleaner production, the natural project for compilation of deteriorating agricultural lands and how to utilize them, protection of wildlife, establishment of organic fertilizer plants in municipalities, construction of a central plant for treatment of hazardous waste and survey of the biological diversification of marine life.