A multi-million-dollar drive to safeguard dugongs in the UAE and other threatened species has been unveiled by the Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund and Mubadala, the Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund.
As part of the efforts, a UAE Conservation Leaders programme is being launched to support early-career conservationists, and the fund is also supporting projects in South-east Asia, with $3 million available in total.
In the UAE, the initiative aims to support grass roots conservation projects. This mirrors the model that the MBZ Fund has operated globally, where over the past 16 years it has offered mostly small grants to a wide range of initiatives to conserve animals, plants, fungi and other threatened species.
“We are open to supporting a diverse set of applicants: students [and] experienced individuals seeking to provide opportunities for hands-on conservation right here in the UAE,” said Razan Al Mubarak, executive managing director of the MBZ Fund.
It will consider projects in areas including conservation strategy, pol
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