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Conservation in Saudi Arabia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 July 2009

Chris Thouless
Chris Thouless
Affiliation:
c/o WWF Regional Office, PO Box 62440, Nairobi, Kenya.
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Abstract

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During the last 5 years a major conservation programme has been under way in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The author worked for the National Commission for Wildlife Conservation and Development between 1987 and 1990, and in this article gives a personal view of the achievements of the organization and the problems it faces in trying to implement its policies.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 25 , Issue 4 , October 1991 , pp. 222 - 228
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1991

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