With a passion to elicit truths and endless accuracy of scientists, the UAE's Hind Al Ameri, through its unique specialization in the UAE, monitors the details of the biodiversity sector, through its academic engagement and professional commitment to the search for mechanisms for the protection of threatened marine species and environments. Today, it becomes the first UAE “world aid” for marine species in the UAE, and tells the world around it the stories of the promising successes and achievements of Emirati women.
Arduous rally
In her private interview with Emirates Today, Hind Al Ameri recounts her passion for the world of endangered marine environments and her long career and academic career, which began after graduating in 2014 at Abu Dhabi University, and specializing in environmental sciences, after which she joined the Abu Dhabi Environment Agency, to work for two years. As a specialist for endangered marine species and environments in the terrestrial and marine biodiversity sector, she has the opportunity to join the University of Leeds in September 2016 to study for a one-year master's degree, after studying abroad and being sent by the Abu Dhabi Education Council. Yaz is one of her first working environment, which was successful in late 2017, when Al-Amiri returned to her work at the Environment Agency, before starting - since September 2018 - to engage in research and preparation for a doctoral thesis at the University of Exeter.
Enthusiasm and passion
The enthusiasm and passion of Hind to study the marine environment and specialization in this area, has never been purely accidental accident, has rooted her infinite love of nature and the environment around her since childhood, after Amiri grew up in the conscious family related to the land and its gains, and strengthened its values and constants of children, as well The role played by the school and the university - later - in drawing future paths Amiri, and the development of love for nature and attachment to it, which translated on the ground towards the study of this area, and to engage in a scientific experiment unique by all standards and standards, described by the owner: «Through my work And my specialty in the field of Endangered marine species and environments have been able to identify many of these species and organisms, most notably sea turtles, dugongs, dolphins, mangroves, coral reefs, seagrasses, and other valuable plant resources. In the PhD research at the University of Exeter, I concluded that the temperature effect of sea turtles in the region, especially since the category of hawksbill turtles are ranked first in the world in indicators and threats of extinction ».
I already know
The researcher seems to be on the verge of announcing a scientific surprise of high caliber, explaining some of its details, saying: «As is known in many researches and scientific studies, rising temperatures poses a direct threat to the life of these organisms, and contributes significantly to extinction, especially as turtle eggs The higher the temperature, the higher the temperature of 33 degrees, the greater the possibility of non-hatching eggs and then the extinction of the family. In contrast, Hind proves experimentally that «these foreign studies can not agree with the reality of these organisms, in most Gulf countries Arab and UAE coast, where Since 2000, we started monitoring the numbers of hawksbill turtles in the Abu Dhabi Environment Agency (EAD) and discovered that their numbers are still stable and highly capable of egg production and reproduction, with temperatures sometimes exceeding 45 degrees in the summer. This is evidence that these turtles have a gene structure. In particular, it has been able to adapt to the conditions of the climate zone, and this in itself a new scientific fact, which would be contrary to scientific research circulating in the world currently, regarding these organisms ».
UAE fingerprint
Hind Al-Amri stresses that her current specialization as a world marine species assistant opens new horizons in scientific research and qualifies her to complete or perhaps reverse and correct a number of current foreign studies and studies on the subject of turtles and marine life in the Arabian Gulf region, especially as the nature of her work includes field visits and surveys. In particular, to identify mechanisms for the conservation of major threatened marine species, and to prepare plans that meet the needs of general objectives, to conserve marine biodiversity in the region, while Al Ameri is the first Emirati to complete its high research in this area. “Everybody is talking about the UAE's footprint and its big role in this context, but we still need to do more to publicize the UAE's very advanced environmental policy, which undoubtedly leans on a great cultural and social heritage,” he said. It is rooted in the generation of parents and grandparents, in addition to the role of modern media in introducing the new generation to the importance of environmental preservation, which I am optimistic today to see great interest and awareness of the values of conservation and care of the young generation, whether in school or university, as well as the efforts of young people. Ate volunteer in the preservation of natural resources and the protection of the local environment and its gains ».
Parent support
Speaking about the great support she received from the Abu Dhabi Education Council, and from her work environment in the Authority, with all its staff and officials, who are keen to pay attention to rare scientific specialties, support and motivation, Hind Al Ameri did not forget to stop at the great role played by parents in encouraging her rare scientific specialization in The field of environment, especially her father, which drives her to continue and continue her research and scientific efforts in this regard.
- Hind's love for nature and the environment is rooted from a young age. She grew up in a family related to land and its gains.
- We still need more effort to publicize the efforts of the UAE developed and very large in the field of environment.