Meandering Jordan River
solutions
Bottom Up - Grassroot initiative
Top Down - National and International initiative
New technology turns barren land into farms
https://eatnstays.com/
Environmental Education: UAE Dwight School Tree Planting
Arid and Semi-arid Landscaping: Home Gardening
Community Outreach and Stewardship: JA Hotel Tree Planting
Desert Farming: "Breathable Sand" Farm in Ras Al Khaimah
Food for Thought...
CC-BY (VermEcology 2015)
Smartphone APP
Porini Foundation
Monetarisation of Biodiversity assets
Mobile Application
Collect&Conserve
Rangers Voice
Earn your badge
Transparency
Dragons Blood harvesting.
Soqotra Heritage Project
Multidisciplinary partnership of the Soqotra Heritage Project
From biodiversity conservation to a wider nature-culture heritage approach
Building capacities at the local level
Resources for decision making
Sustainable heritage tourism
Citizen scientists collected data that revealed how trees can reduce temperatures by almost 1 degree C in Abu Dhabi
The Earthwatch Institute
Nature guides participating in outdoor education activities
DKM
Nature lovers took photos of plants, birds and butterfly species and shared these observations via iNaturalist.
Nature Conservation Center (DKM)
Planting a tree and shrub combined in the Waterboxx® plant cocoon
Gorasis
Triple 90 water saving benefits in 5 building blocks
Microfinance for Growboxx® plant cocoon
Food Systems Thinking
TEEB
Objectives
Development of TEEBAgriFood
TEEBAgriFood’s Evaluation Framework and methodologies
Potential as a Transferable Model
Community Native Species Nursery
Dima Qutub-SEED
Children listen to the educator about ecology
Dilya Woodward
Building links with local schools
Engaging stakeholders, media representatives and other PAs
Conservation of rare species by engaging in ecotourism
Summer ecological camp for children