RIYADH — The Nationwide Heart for Wildlife (NCW) introduced that the full variety of wildlife animals launched below its breeding and reintroduction packages for regionally threatened species has exceeded 10,000 animals. “That is an achievement reflecting the size of the NCW’s sustained efforts to develop wildlife, restore ecosystems, and improve biodiversity throughout numerous areas of the Kingdom,” it mentioned in an announcement.
The releases carried out by the NCW over the previous years included greater than 80 precedence wildlife species, together with reem gazelles (sand gazelles), Arabian oryx, Idmi gazelles, mountain ibex, houbara bustards, ostriches, and sandgrouse, as a part of efforts geared toward supporting the restoration of pure populations of those species and enhancing their sustainability inside their environmental and historic ranges.
CEO of NCW Dr. Mohammad Qurban famous that launch operations are among the many key instruments for restoring ecosystems and lowering ecological imbalance, because the return of wildlife to their pure habitats contributes to defending biodiversity and enhancing environmental high quality, which in flip helps habitat integrity, the continuity of plant and animal parts, and the enhancement of ecosystem features over the long run.
NCW continues to implement its strategic plans to develop wildlife, shield endangered species, and improve the effectivity of pure habitat administration by way of increasing breeding packages, enhancing utilized scientific analysis, constructing nationwide capacities, and making use of the perfect worldwide practices in biodiversity administration. That is along with elevating environmental consciousness, participating native communities, and supporting eco-tourism, thereby contributing to reaching the targets of the Saudi Inexperienced Initiative and Saudi Imaginative and prescient 2030, and the Nationwide Setting Technique, towards thriving and sustainable wildlife, biodiversity, and ecosystems.




