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Vast areas in Abu Dhabi Eastern Region as it is true for the rest of United Arab Emirates are facing severe problems of salinization. In order to rehabilitate these areas imaginative corrective approaches are essential and this calls for specialized technical know-how which the country must develop. The paper shows which plant species and what cultivation techniques are presently employed in the Eastern Region of Abu Dhabi.
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Ahmad Hassan Abdul Latif & Tahir M. Adnan. 1990. The Role of Forestry in Combating Desertification in U.A.E. with Special Ref-erence to Abu Dhabi Eastern Region.
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Forestry Department. (1993). Reclamation potentials of saline degraded lands in Abu Dhabi eastern region using high salinity-tolerant woody plants and some salt marsh species. In: Lieth, H., Al Masoom, A.A. (eds) Towards the rational use of high salinity tolerant plants. Tasks for vegetation science, vol 28. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1860-6_33
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