Wildlife and biodiversity conservation Malhan Rese

Project Data : 
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Project Name : 

Conservation of wildlife and biodiversity in the Malhan Protected Area

The project Location:  Yemen

 Name of the organization applying for the scholarship: 
Sanid Organization for Relief and Development  

Report duration: My quarter

Starting date   01/08/2024       Expiry date         15/11/2024

Organization address:  Municipality of the Capital - People's District - Al-Habbari

Phone Number:   0096701231744

Report preparer : Shaif Ahmed Ali Ezadeen

Current Position:  Project Manager

E-mail: programmes.officer@sanid.org

Mobile Number: 00967 778515109

The organization's website:  https://sanid.org

Overview

The project aims to preserve the endangeredbiodiversity in the Malhan Nature Reserve, which is a unique site that stillmaintains its ecological system , represented by the Arabian leopard, whichbecame extinct in the Arabian Peninsula due to the threats and riskssurrounding its environment in the Malhan area, as well as the distinctiveplants with cash crops, such as medicinal and aromatic plants and perennialtrees that reach more than 300 years and varying heights of up to more than 100meters.

All plants and trees that are part of the stabilization process forsoil and humans as a result of climate change factors, erosion factors andnatural disasters such as landslides due to its location near the toweringMalhan Mountains. Therefore, the spotlight was shed on this reserve and manystudies of a traditional nature and self-financing were carried out, whichprompted all those interested in nature to pay attention to this distinctivepatch of land, as the state had previously been interested in issuing adecision to declare it a nature reserve by a decision issued by the PrimeMinister’s Office No. (349) of 2010.

All this biodiversity is reflected in thelife of the individual and society, which depends entirely on these naturalresources and practices its main activity in agriculture and some handicraftsand traditional professions. Rural women have an important and prominent rolein visible and invisible activities and businesses such as farming the land, raising livestock, raising wild bees, and increasing the breeding of wildcarnivorous birds such as Arabian partridges, rabbits and wool. All the localresidents of the reserve depend on these natural resources as the only sourceof their livelihood and feeding their children in the old traditional ways. They also depend on wildlife and animals (mammals, reptiles and insects).

Thereserve includes various plant and animal species, including some rare andendangered species. The project aims to develop an administrative plan thattakes into account all aspects and establishes a relationship between thereserve and the local community based on partnership and cooperation inpreserving the animal and plant components of the reserve. This is limited tohunting and commercial purposes, determining and organizing grazing seasons, and raising community awareness of the importance of biodiversity and thesustainability of natural resources. The project will also implement cleaningcampaigns throughout the reserve and find alternatives, especially to reduceexcessive logging. The main target group for this project is the localcommunity located in the Malhan Reserve area with parts of five regionsrepresenting seven sub-regions. The expected direct outcome of this project isthe conservation of animal and plant species, especially threatened species, and the sustainability of natural resources for future generations. Theimportance of this project for international conservation lies in the fact thatthe Malhan Reserve represents a unique combination of physical factors thatsupport many different ecosystems of great biological value, including endemicand endangered species, as well as the unique use of the land itself. Thepreservation of these vital values is part of the universal values because theenvironment has no borders and is considered an extension of other environments.

ImplementedActivities :

• Implementation. Training. To volunteer local activists in the targeted areas to monitor andreport on these violations.
• Conducting 4 awareness sessions in areas where rare birds of all kinds are found, criminalizing smuggling and killing, and reporting any dangers to which thesebirds are exposed.
•  Holding 3 meetings with therelevant authorities through a legal office to follow up on the activation andimplementation of the laws in force in Yemen related to the protection of rarebirds and the reserve in general and preserving their beauty as an authenticYemeni cultural and civilizational heritage.
• Field visit by the organization's team to thereserve to conduct a field survey and inspect the reserve and its emergencyneeds.
•  Ensure the safety of birds in these areas, andthat they do not die or are exposed to hunting.
• Continuingto monitor violations against rare birds, whether migratory or resident, through a volunteer team. 

• Fieldvisit to educational institutions (4 schools, 2 universities and 4 institutes)for the purpose of raising awareness and informing students of the importanceof preserving and protecting reserves, the most important of which is theMalhan Reserve, in coordination with educational institutions.
• Implementing 3 meetings with the relevant government authorities to activate the role of protectionand legal prosecution of perpetrators of crimes against the demolition ofreserves.
• . Hold two meetings with Trusted and experienced partners on the ground to work onprotecting the reserve.
• Conducting 2 field visits to the reserve, accompanied by a veterinary team, to check onthe health of animals and birds. And to ensure that citizens do not cut treesagain and use them as firewood .
• Providingmedical care to some birds and animals by giving them vaccines and special foodsupplies to keep them alive.

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