Dubai has announced that it will participate in the Global Conservation Coalition on December 31, which will host a New Year's Eve celebration in the US to launch its worldwide ocean protection initiative. The coalition is comprised of several non-profit conservation and international organisations such as the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) and the Explorer's Club, an international, multi-disciplinary organisation of professional scientists.

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