Hazardous waste has to be correctly transported, treated and disposed of. Even small volumes of waste from dental surgeries and medical clinics, can be significant. Please call one of our partners The Center of Waste Management – Abu Dhabi at +971 (0) 2 642 4660 with your request.

Construction and demolition waste has to be correctly transported, treated and disposed of. Please call one of our partners The Center of Waste Management – Abu Dhabi at +971 (0) 2 642 4660 with your request.

One of our partners, The Center of Waste Management – Abu Dhabi, is currently developing a list of approved waste contractors which will soon be available on their website www.cwm.ae. Meanwhile, please call the Center at +971 (0) 2 642 4660 with your request.

• Loss of biodiversity – vegetation clearing and overgrazing.
• Sand encroachment on roads, agricultural and other areas.
• Salinization in agricultural and coastal areas.
• Only salt tolerant species or halophytes are present.
• Small to large bare areas – clearing of vegetation or through salinization.
• Water logging – due to poor drainage conditions or a near surface hardpan.
• Loss of productive top soil – nutrients and organic matter is removed.
  Exposure of hard pan – top soil is lost through erosion, excavation for construction material; hardpan has low potential for many uses.
• Surface gravel lag – due to heavy weight retained on the surface, good quality soil is lost.
• Reduced plant growth or stunting in crops – due to soil and water salinity.
• Surface compaction and hardsetting – uncontrolled heavy vehicle maneuvering and rain drop splash action.
• Rills and gullies formed on slopes of highland – run-off during water erosion.
• Dust storms – caused through wind erosion.
• Salt-marshes developed on the coastline of Abu Dhabi Emirate

• Hyper-arid conditions (drought), when evaporation exceeds rainfall.
  Lack of a detailed scientific soil inventory and subsequent use of soil resources.
• Subsidy to farmers which increased the number of animals and pressure on rangelands.
• Uncontrolled overgrazing on native vegetation.
• Lack of trained labor dealing with herd management.
• Clearing of vegetation and shrubs. Irrigation with saline/brackish water.
• Intensive use of ground water, recycling increased water salinity.
• Wind erosion and sand encroachment. Run-off and combined effect of wind and water erosion.
• Low organic matter and clay contents.
• Excavation for construction material, sand, gravels etc.
• Off-road vehicular maneuvering.
• Sea water intrusion in the costal areas. Urbanization.

Most of the soils of Abu Dhabi Emirate are sandy and have the potential to be used for agriculture; however, the main constraint is the availability of irrigation water.

Among 12 Soil Orders are reported in the world soil literature, we expect three in the Emirate i.e., Aridisols, Entisols and Inceptisols

The following technical tasks/activities will be carried out. Task 1: Mobilization Task 2: Field surveying and mapping Task 3: Soil, thematic and current land use maps Task 4: Laboratory analysis and soil sampling archive Task 5: Soil Database and Soil Information System Task 6: Capacity Building: Task 7: Documentation and reporting

• Conduct an Extensive Survey at a scale of 1:100,000 for the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
• Interpret Extensive survey results and identify 1 million ha area that have the highest potential for irrigated agriculture expansion in the Emirate, out of 1 million ha area select 400,000 ha for intensive survey at scale 1:25,000.
• Commission a web based Soil Information System (SIS) and geographical soil database for the storage, processing, retrieval and management of soil-related information.
• Interpret soil data through the project SIS and publish soil and thematic maps for a range of prescribed land use suitability's and themes such as current land use, soil salinity, vegetation and other land uses for master planning of the Emirate.
• Train UAE nationals in soil survey procedures, soil classification, data collection, compilation and interpretation, soil suitability assessment, laboratory analysis techniques, satellite image processing and Geographical Information System (GIS)/Soil Database Management System (SDBMS)
• Establish a soil sample archive and soil reference collection in Abu Dhabi.
• Publish final report including all maps.

The purpose of the soil survey is to enable potential users to access scientific based soil information for decision making in the Emirate. Soil inventory and mapping are pre-requisites for sound land-use planning; which is lacking in the Emirate and even in the UAE.