Dubai beaches inscribed with environmental messages

The initiative aims to decorate the shoreline as well as raise awareness about conservation

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  Dubai Municipality is decorating the shoreline with pictures and messages. All photos: Screengrab

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  The initiative aims to raise awareness about conserving the environment

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  Designs such as turtles and seashells have been embossed on to the sand

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  Large machines with specially indented rollers are being used to make the designs

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  Messages include phrases such as 'Our environment, our responsibility'

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  The designs are being rolled out daily across beaches in the emirate

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  The messages are written in Arabic

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  The messages are sure to be seen by many beach goers as temperatures reach the high 20s this week

Beaches in Dubai are being decorated with messages and pictures in an effort to raise awareness around protecting the environment.

Dubai Municipality shared a video online showing a large cylinder with special indentations being rolled across the sand to leave the messages 'embossed' on the shoreline.

The designs are printed every day on a number of beaches in the emirate.

"In an effort to ensure the happiness of beachgoers, #DubaiMunicipality has created artistic and awareness designs to be printed daily at the beaches," the authority wrote.

"This is in line with the Municipality’s commitment to deliver quality services. Our environment our responsibility."

In November, an eco-friendly army of volunteers planted 5,000 mangroves in under an hour in Dubai in support of the UAE's ambitious drive to breathe new life into the "green lung" of the planet.

More than 100 members of New York University Abu Dhabi's community outreach programme came together at a beauty spot near Jebel Ali to play their part in the country's bid to plant a further 100 million mangroves by 2030.

That key pledge was made at last year's Cop26 climate change summit in Glasgow as part of the Emirates' ongoing efforts to support the global green agenda.