Expo City Dubai hosts fungi survival centre

Facility is testament to the UAE's commitment to sustainability

- BY ASHWANI KUMAR Chief Reporter

The world’s first Centre for Species Survival (CSS) dedicated to fungi has been established at Expo City Dubai. Based at Terra, the sustainability pavilion, the new facility is testament to the UAE’s commitment to sustainability and biodiversity.

Despite fungi's essential ecological roles, they have been largely overlooked in conservation. Fungi support plant health, carbon storage, ecosystem resilience, and nutrient cycling, and offer innovative potential across medicine, agriculture, architecture, and climate solutions.

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