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FIGURE 21.4 Al Wathba Nature Reserve, located in the desert outside of Abu Dhabi City.

• Assistance and repatriation of refugees

• Monitoring and long-term capacity building

With regard to salinity, there are two big areas in which concentrations can be
modulated (Dickey and Madison 2004). One is by modifying the water supply and
the other is by specifically working to manage the water quality. It will be necessary
to allocate and define the water flow as the basis for planning a balanced and produc-
tive marshland system. This will help to calculate the salt balance needed in order to
deliver the right type of water to the right places in the marshes through a basin-wide