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Arabian
Tahr Project , Wadi Sareen Reserve |
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His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said placed the protection of the
tahr at the top of his conservation agenda. As a result, the
Ministry of Diwan Affairs established a Nature Reserve 45km
south-west of Muscat in the area of the Wadi Sareen for the
protection of Arabian Tahr.
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Arabian Leopard Survey , Jabel Samhan Nature Reserve |
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The Arabian leopard Panthera
pardus nimr, or nimr in Arabic, is the
largest surviving carnivore in the Arabian Peninsula. It is
ten times rarer than the Giant Panda. Jabal Samhan, proposed as a
protected area in 1986, was declared a Nature Reserve
for Arabian Leopard by
Royal Decree 48/97 in June 1997. |
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Houbara Bustard Survey |
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The Houbara Bustard is arguably the
most important resident bird species of the Arabian Oryx
Sanctuary.
Hunting of the houbara in Oman has long been illegal and the
Omani people do not have the tradition of falconry. Thus the
houbara has survived in Oman and in particular in the
Arabian Oryx Sanctuary. |
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Environmental Education Programme |
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The Office of the Adviser for
Conservation of the Environment is working with Oman’s
Ministry of Education to develop environmental education
within the school system at regional and national levels. |
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