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The UAE is set to host a global conservation event

The UAE is set to host a global conservation event

 The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is set to host the prestigious International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress in its capital Abu Dhabi in 2025. Around 10,000 environmental experts and specialists from 160 countries will likely attend the event.

During a Cabinet meeting at Qasr Al Watan on Tuesday, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Prime Minister of the UAE, approved plans to host the event. He reportedly also said that 2023 “will be the strongest economic year for the UAE in its history, God willing.”

Razan Al Mubarak, the Managing Director (MD) of the Environment Agency Abu Dhabi and the Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund, is also the president of the prestigious IUCN organization. She is the only woman from the UAE to be part of IUCN. In 2021, she created history by becoming the second woman to lead the organization in 72 years. 

IUCN has 1,400 members representing 150 countries. IUCN is a permanent observer member of the United Nations General Assembly. It also maintains the Red List of Threatened Species. The IUCN event is held once every four years. 

During the Cabinet meeting, the UAE Prime Minister also approved the national agenda for re-export development 2030. Under the national agenda, the country aims to double re-exports from the UAE over the next seven years.

The UAE Prime Minister reportedly said, "We will double the country’s re-export by developing specialised areas in co-operation with local governments and establishing the International Trade Links Centre.”

During the meeting, the ministers also reviewed the outcome of the Higher Commission Free Trade Negotiations. The UAE prime minister noted that his country signed comprehensive economic partnership agreements (Cepa) with four countries: India, Israel, Indonesia and Turkey.

After the meeting, the UAE Prime Minister took to Twitter to talk about the country’s growth. 


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