Together we can

Collect information about wildlife and their habitats to help us understand how best to protect them. Snap photos of animals and plants as you go for walks, hikes or kayaking trips around the UAE. Trek up the Al Hajar mountains and install camera traps. Or review camera footage from the comfort of your home. There are so many ways to support conservation as a Citizen Scientist.

Time spent in nature is great for us humans too. You may find that it gives you a moment of calm, lifts your spirit, or boosts your energy. Maybe even all three!

Why it matters: Individual scientists can only be in a few places at a given time. But hundreds of citizen scientists can help scout the country! Together, we can collect so much more data.

Help us protect and restore the natural homes of our invisible heroes. Learn about their true value. Join us in planting wildflowers, restoring mangrove forests and creating water canals to protect our pollinators.

Why it matters: Our ‘creepy crawly’ insect neighbours are instrumental for the growth of about three-fourth of our agricultural crops. But their populations are on a dramatic decline – recent evidence suggests that insect numbers have fallen by 50% or more in the last fifty years alone.

Living in a nature-friendly way should come naturally to us all. Let’s make that the case. Find out how you can reduce your environmental footprint with simple changes to your home, the way you travel and the way you eat.

Why it matters: We need food, water, shelter, and nature provides these things for us. But at the moment we are taking more than nature can replace. To achieve a nature positive future, we must revaluate our needs and what makes us happy.

Some of the things we do as humans that threaten the natural world, are completely avoidable. With a little imagination, we can easily find solutions to keep plastic out of nature forever. Help us analyse and remove the litter around us. By finding out how much there is and where it comes from, we can determine what steps to take to prevent future messes.

Why it matters: More plastic is entering nature and our diets every day, harming the health of our ecosystems, threatening animal life and leading to unknown consequences to human health.