Dubai Plans More Green LungsPublish Date: 2010-03-07 17:00:16 Story Code: 25889 Swaths of the Emirate are getting lusher with more landscaping. In 2009, 27 million flowering plants were planted throughout Dubai.
Its aim is to add to the current six major parks and 76 residential ones spread throughout different areas of the Emirate and provide every person living in Dubai an equivalent of 25 square metres of green space each by 2020 where currently this space is 13.18 square metres. Mohammed Hassan Al Fardan, Head of Promotion and Recreation Office Public Parks and Horticulture Department, Dubai Municipality, said: “Our surroundings are highly important for all of us and make Dubai an attractive and pleasant city in which to live — for this reason we are pushing ahead with our extensive plans. “Until now we have only used locally produced plants and flowers, cultivated in our own greenhouses, to develop Dubai’s green spaces. However, we have very ambitious ideas and there is now a need for a greater variety of plant and flower species,” he said. “This is why the Dubai Municipality is supporting IPM DUBAI 2010. This horticultural industry event is a perfect platform for us to meet industry leaders, review new products and adopt new technologies to help us in our upcoming ‘beautification’ projects,” he added.
“We are expecting visitor footfall at this year’s IPM to exceed 3,000 over the three days, as it is clear that the demand for flowers and plants and their related products and services remains strong despite the global financial conditions,” she added.
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The Emirate has been getting greener every year according to Dubai Municipality which has confirmed its plans for 2010 and 2011 to increase green areas in Dubai by 4 per cent per year, open new parks and provide more landscaping.
“Now in its fifth year, IPM DUBAI has become a benchmark event for the horticultural industry and is staged in Dubai because of its world-leading infrastructure as a transport hub. IPM has grown in importance every year and is an opportunity for professionals to demonstrate technology, meet, discuss new plans and strike deals. This year is going to be no different, and judging from the interest in the lead up to opening day, it looks like we will have yet another highly successful show,” said Mona Dada, Project Manager, |
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