The Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group (a consortium of stakeholder in the airline industry) has commissioned a study to assess the use of "halophytes" (plants that thrive in saline water), for large scale aviation biofuels production. The halophytes under consideration are Salicornia and saltwater mangroves. The study will be led by the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology (based in Abu Dhabi), and will be participated by the Boeing Company, Honeywell's UOP, Yale University's School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, and other academic institutions. Halophytes are seen to have advantages over other biomass-based biofuel feedstocks, because they are less resource-intensive. Halophytes have (1) the ability to thrive in arid land (will not compete with agricultural lands), and (2) can be irrigated with sea water (low water footprint). According to Billy Glover, managing director of Environmental Strategy for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, the study will determine whether "certain types of halophytes meet the carbon reduction and socioeconomic criteria that will allow them to become part of a portfolio of sustainable biofuel solutions for aviation."  It will also "evaluate aquaculture management and practices, land use and energy requirements and identify any potential adverse ecological or social impacts associated with using halophytes for energy development, specifically for aviation biofuel development.".