New Oil Pipelines Threaten Fujairah Landscape

Peter Hellyer is a writer and consultant specialising in the UAE’s heritage and environment.

He wrote recently for The National about visiting one of his favorite wadis in Fujairah.

Usually it is a ‘magical place’ but now there is the threat of the Abu Dhabi-Fujairah oil pipeline coming near the wadi, destroying much of the landscape during the construction process and disrupting the peace.

Peter concludes his article this way:

“Already too much of the UAE’s mountains are a wasteland of quarries, dust and devastation. It would be nice to think that ‘my’ wadi, and many others like it, would be spared a similar fate.”

Hellyer’s conclusion demands an official response and the assurance that the landscape will be preserved.

Source:
Peter Hellyer, Lay Pipelines if you Must, but Don’t Ruin ‘My’ Wadi, The National, 8 June 2009.

Dr Geoff Pound

Image: A Fujairah wadi.