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The UAE started to create plans and find solutions to preserve ground water source for future generations

The supply of both electricity and water are highly subsidized in the different emirates given that water resources are scarce

Similar projects and initiatives are also the center of attention in other emirates. Dubai is exploring renewable energy options, such as solar, wind power, hydrogen and nuclear-based power stations as an alternative to fossil-fuel based energy sources. The Mohamed bin Rashed Solar park is one of these flagship projects that will produce over 1000MW by 2030.

(...) Under the Patent Law no patent or utility certificate may be issued for: plant varieties , animal species, or biological methods of producing plants or animals (with exceptions for microbiological methods and their products); (...)

The UAE implements the Emirates Conformity Assessment Scheme (ECAS) as a mandatory product certification scheme, which applies to products that affect health and safety or have an impact on the environment, such as low-voltage equipment and toys

(…) The ministry (Ministry of Foreign Trade) is also responsible for the development of the national economy, the creation of a pro-business environment that contributes to achieving balanced and sustainable development of the country, (…)

A comprehensive fisheries survey in 2002 noted a sharp decline in demersal catch and estimated that 71% of demersal species and 48% of pelagic species were overexploited. The decline has been attributed to both overfishing and degradation of the coast. In 2011, the GCC concluded a regional survey of demersal fish stocks in the region. When the results of this trawl survey were compared to the 2002 and 1978 surveys it was found that demersal stocks had declined by 88-94% from 1978 levels.

The Patent and Design Law extends protection to innovations in all fields of technology, but excludes from patentability plant and animal research, or biological processes for the production of plants or animals, with the exception of microbiological processes and products; and diagnostic, therapeutic, and surgical methods for the treatment of humans or animals among other inventions

On the liberalization of services within the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council), the Council had liberalized trade in services for roughly 100 subsectors of services, including (...) environmental services, (...)

Table 3.4 Prohibited goods
HS code Product description Authority
05071000 Ivory; ivory powder and waste Ministry of Environment and Water
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68114000 Articles of asbestos-cement, of cellulose fibre-cement or the like, containing asbestos Federal Environment Authority
68128000 Fabricated asbestos fibres, mixtures with a basis of asbestos or with a basis of asbestos and magnesium carbonate, articles of such mixtures, of crocidolite Federal Environment Authority
68129300 Compressed asbestos fibre jointing, in sheets or rolls Federal Environment Authority
68132000 Friction material and articles thereof containing asbestos Federal Environment Authority
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