Barbecue waste tops the number of land violations in Sharjah

The Sharjah Environment and Natural Reserves Authority confirmed that inspection teams are responsible for violating visitors to wild areas who engage in negative behavior that deteriorates the environment, noting that the majority of violations are caused by leaving food and barbecue waste in wild areas, moving rocks, changing the features of the wild area, and harming the surrounding plants. Noting that more than 120 violations were issued last October against individuals who did not comply with environmental requirements for hiking.

The head of the authority, Hana Saif Al Suwaidi, told Emirates Al-Youm, “The law prohibits the practice of activities that violate the provisions of federal and local legislation regulating the protection of the environment, which would harm the natural system of the environments of wild areas and cause their deterioration, and have a negative impact on visitors to wild areas and their residents.” Such as dumping, burying, storing, or disposing of hazardous waste in a way that harms the environment, polluting wild areas, disrupting the health security of the individual and society, bulldozing the soil, and destroying the cover. Plant, and cutting down perennial and non-perennial trees of national and environmental importance for the purpose of firewood.”

She explained that control teams carry out campaigns throughout the year to educate individuals about preserving the environment, calling on visitors to wild areas to know how to dispose of charcoal after barbecuing, and to maintain the cleanliness of the place to avoid violations.

List of violations and fines

Head of the Environment and Natural Reserves Authority in Sharjah, Hana Saif Al Suwaidi, stated that the fine for throwing waste, barbecue waste, or food scraps or disposing of them in places other than designated areas is 2,000 dirhams, the fine for disposing of construction and demolition waste in wild areas is 50,000 dirhams, and the fine for disposing of waste Technical and production operations in wilderness areas: 50 thousand dirhams.

She added that the fine for poaching, killing or harming wild creatures, and destroying geological formations is 10,000 dirhams, the fine for overgrazing and leaving animals loose in wild areas is 1,000 dirhams, the fine for bulldozing soil, destroying vegetation, and cutting down perennial and non-perennial trees of national and environmental importance is 10,000 dirhams, and a fine of 10,000 dirhams. Disposal of wastewater and used oils in sewage networks in terrestrial areas: 50 thousand dirhams.

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A violation recorded by Sharjah Environment against visitors to wilderness areas during last October.