Liwa Oasis

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Spoken about within terrestrial ecosystems are drylands and particularly desert landscapes that are equally central to restoration.  Deserts in particular are the food systems for millennia but places where incredible biodiversity, ancient civilizations

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The Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation 

Dr Sandra Piesik

Dr Sandra Piesik is an award-winning architect, author and researcher specialising in the implementation of global sustainable legislation, nature-based solutions and traditional knowledge adaptation. She is the founder of 3 ideas B.V. Amsterdam based consultancy, a Visiting Professor at the UCL Global Institute for Prosperity, former Policy Support Consultant on Rural – Urban Dynamics to UNCCD and a contributor to the UN-HABITAT “Urban-Rural Linkages: Guiding Principles and Framework for Action to Advance Integrated Territorial Development”. Dr Piesik is a stakeholder and network member of several UN organisations including UNFCCC: The Resilience Frontiers, the Nairobi Work Programme (NWP), the Paris Committee on Capacity Building (PCCB) and Climate and Technology Centre & Network (CTCN). Her published work includes Arish: Palm-Leaf Architecture (published by: Thames & Hudson in 2012), she is also the general editor of the encyclopaedia, HABITAT: Vernacular Architecture for a Changing Planet (published by: Thames & Hudson, Abrams Books, Flammarion, Editions Detail and Blume in 2017).

Professor Dr. Abdelouahhab Zaid

Agricultural Advisor at the Ministry of Presidential Affairs in the United Arab Emirates, Secretary General of the Abu Dhabi based Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation and a Goodwill Ambassador of United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). A recipient of numerous awards including: B-R. Sen award from FAO, an Award of Excellence from the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD) and recently Honorary Medal from FAO. Accomplished development projects in: Burkina Faso, Iran, Jordan, KSA, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Syria, Tunisia, UAE and Yemen focused on crop science, horticulture, agronomy, research & development in biotechnology aimed at increase of plant production and creation of employment. International Consultancy missions for FAO, UNDP, World Bank, Arab League, Arab Organization for Agricultural Development in over 20 countries.

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Liwa Oasis

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The Ministry Of Climate Change and Environment Statement

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Due to this awakening, the world leaders came together on 1 March 2019 at the UN General Assembly and declared 2021–2030 to be the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. The ambition was to align with the last decade of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with the objective of massively scaling up the restoration of degraded or destroyed ecosystems.
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