The importance of royal reserves in rebuilding long migrant wintering Asian Houbara populations in Saudi Arabia

IF 2.5 3区 环境科学与生态学 Q2 BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
Olivier Combreau, Mimi Kessler, Sultan Al Woseamer, Abdullah AlKulaib, Robert J. Burnside
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Abstract

Over the past seventy years, the range of the Asian Houbara (Chlamydotis macqueenii; globally Vulnerable (VU) has contracted. In the Arabian Peninsula, where the species is a favored target of falconry, populations of both the resident breeding and winter migrant forms of the species are nearly extirpated. To sustainably restore Houbara populations to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, a newly formed Royal Order Foundation named the Prince Mohammed bin Salman Houbara Conservation Foundation is poised to provide expertise and coordinate conservation activities among stakeholders. Action to re-establish wintering populations in Saudi Arabia must consider genetic factors underpinning the Houbara’s migratory behavior and emphasize protection of the few migrant individuals that still reach the Kingdom’s borders. Restoration of wintering Houbara to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will require not only coordinated efforts of countries along their migratory pathway, but also between land managers across areas of the north and the east of the country through which migrant Houbara funnel into the peninsula. Recent expansion of the Kingdom’s protected area network through the establishment of a network of Royal Reserves, as well as a new environmental police force open new possibilities for collaborative management of this species and restoration of overwintering populations.
皇家储备在重建沙特阿拉伯长期越冬的亚洲胡原种群中的重要性
在过去的70年里,亚洲厚原(衣原虫)的分布范围;全球脆弱(VU)已经收缩。在阿拉伯半岛,该物种是鹰猎的首选目标,该物种的常驻繁殖和冬季迁徙形式的种群几乎灭绝。为了可持续地恢复沙特阿拉伯王国的胡巴拉种群,新成立的皇家勋章基金会名为穆罕默德·本·萨勒曼王子胡巴拉保护基金会,准备提供专业知识并协调利益相关者之间的保护活动。在沙特阿拉伯重新建立越冬种群的行动必须考虑支持胡巴拉迁徙行为的遗传因素,并强调保护仍然到达王国边界的少数移民个体。将越冬的胡巴拉恢复到沙特阿拉伯王国,不仅需要沿其迁徙路径的国家的协调努力,还需要该国北部和东部地区的土地管理人员之间的协调努力,这些地区是胡巴拉移民进入半岛的必经之路。最近,通过建立皇家保护区网络,以及新的环境警察部队,扩大了王国的保护区网络,为合作管理该物种和恢复越冬种群开辟了新的可能性。
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Journal for Nature Conservation
Journal for Nature Conservation 环境科学-生态学
CiteScore
3.70
自引率
5.00%
发文量
151
审稿时长
7.9 weeks
期刊介绍: The Journal for Nature Conservation addresses concepts, methods and techniques for nature conservation. This international and interdisciplinary journal encourages collaboration between scientists and practitioners, including the integration of biodiversity issues with social and economic concepts. Therefore, conceptual, technical and methodological papers, as well as reviews, research papers, and short communications are welcomed from a wide range of disciplines, including theoretical ecology, landscape ecology, restoration ecology, ecological modelling, and others, provided that there is a clear connection and immediate relevance to nature conservation. Manuscripts without any immediate conservation context, such as inventories, distribution modelling, genetic studies, animal behaviour, plant physiology, will not be considered for this journal; though such data may be useful for conservationists and managers in the future, this is outside of the current scope of the journal.
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