Al-Thawra Net
The Head of the General Authority for the Protection of the Environment, Abdel-Qader al-Kharraz, has said that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) occupation forces have tried to spoil and get rid of the rich environmental diversity on Socotra Island.
Al-Kharraz said in a press statement during his visit with the UN experts to Socotra archipelago that a UAE ship has arrived at the archipelago carrying dangerous and detrimental foreign plants.
The statement added the plants will have a harmful impact on biological diversity of the archipelago.
The UAE has occupied Socotra in order to loot various plants and trees, and its military’s seizure of the seaport and airport in Socotra has been condemned as an unjustified assault on Yemen’s sovereignty.
The UAE is one of the main partners in the Saudi-led coalition has been waging a military operation on Yemen since March, 26, 2015.
The Socotra archipelago was listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2008 as a World Heritage Site, because of its rich and distinct flora, fauna and plants, which can’t be found anywhere else on the planet.
