Ecological Studies
Emirates Steel Arkan – Low Carbon Steel Hub
- Location
- Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Client:
- Emirates Steel Arkan
BioConserve undertook Avifauna Surveys for a proposed Low Carbon Steel Hub project in an industrial area in Abu Dhabi. The activities for the development of the project included maintenance dredging throughout certain areas of the adjacent water channel, an area that had previously been dredged. The Avifauna Surveys were required as part of the ecological survey to inform the assessment of baseline and to be included as part of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), in accordance with EAD requirements. Although the majority of the project activities were planned to take place on the mainland and the canal off the shore, the study area also included an island off the shore of the mainland, directly opposite the proposed project site. Avifauna surveying included Vantage Point surveys using binoculars and a digital camera with a telephoto lens.
