It was a big honour for Barari to be invited to relocate 153 big trees from Al Ain
to Ras Ghurab Island. Barari tried to maintain the care and professionalism for which it is known.
Trees were carefully selected from forests at Seah Bin Amar and Seah Al Meah and removed without disturbing the forest structure.
It was a big challenge to prepare this huge number of adult trees in such unsuitable weather conditions. Before relocation, permission had to be obtained from traffic police as well as the coast guard. Many factors had to be taken into consideration, among others, passing under bridges and overhead electric lines, and tides of Arabian Gulf. During transit, trees had to be held up a number of times at Sweihan holding nursery. Some of the trees were moved with flowers and seed pods on, and some even with bird nests and a swarm of bees!
Water tankers were taken from Al Ain to Bahia, and then onto the island by barge to water the trees. Later watering was to take place by jerry cans.
All these problems seemed insignificant when all of a sudden His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed visited the island on Friday 1 July 2011. His Highness expressed much interest and surprise at the trees that looked fresh and healthy, as if they had not been relocated at all.
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