By IANS
Dubai : Nakheel, one of the world's largest real estate developers, and the United Nations University will jointly develop a marine biology laboratory for comprehensive environmental monitoring of the Arabian Gulf waters, WAM news agency said.
The United Nations University – International Network for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) is a UN entity created to strengthen global water management capabilities. It will train staff on the latest ecological monitoring technology and provide unbiased and objective analysis.
The monitoring programme will analyse and assess water quality parameters, physical oceanography and ecological characteristics.
UNU-INWEH aims at developing an empirical model that will help in predicting ecosystem dynamics, water quality and environmental sustainability for the waters surrounding the new coastal structures being developed by Nakheel.