About this book
This special issue of "Zoology in the Middle East" is a collection of papers that have been compiled as part of the recognition and celebration of a decade of successful annual conservation workshops hosted by the Sharjah Environment and Protected Areas Authority (EPAA). Topics include region-wide reviews of priorities for plant conservation, migration flyways, protected area networks, progress towards the development of Trans-Boundary Conservation Areas, application of the Hotspot concept, the first results of a systematic conservation assessment for the Arabian Peninsula, and future prospects for reintroduction and restoration. Other articles cover threats to the biodiversity of Socotra, the role of captive breeding, the Arabian leopard captive breeding programme, and status and conservation reviews including Jordanian lizards, Arabian oryx, migratory birds, and small carnivores. This volume of selected, peer-reviewed papers extends over a wide taxonomic and regional range, and includes a variety of research, planning and conservation management approaches. It is aimed to review progress and highlight future directions for biodiversity conservation on the Arabian Peninsula.
Contents
Introduction
Foreword
- Ten Years of Conservation Workshops for the Fauna of Arabia 2000-2009
Regional Approaches
- Global hotspots in the Arabian Peninsula
- Protected Areas in the Arabian Peninsula
- Bird flyways and stopover conservation sites in the Arabian Peninsula
- Past and present human impacts on the biodiversity of Socotra Island (Yemen): implications for future conservation
Species Approaches
- Review of the lizard fauna of Jordan (Reptilia: Sauria)
- Satellite tracking of a rehabilitated Greater Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga
- Population structure, migratory connectivity and inference on gene exchange mechanisms in the Asian Houbara Bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii: a summary of recent findings
- Colonization time of Arabia by the White-tailed Mongoose Ichneumia albicauda as inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences (Mammalia: Herpestidae)
- Restoration of the endangered Arabian Oryx Oryx leucoryx, Pallas 1766 in Saudi Arabia: lessons learnt from the twenty years of re-introduction in arid fenced and unfenced protected areas (Mammalia: Artiodactyla) - The Arabian Leopard Panthera pardus nimr conservation breeding programme
Methodologies
- Captive breeding and conservation
- Re-introductions in today's Arabian Peninsula: The first steps for a grander vision?
- Strategic requirements for plant conservation in the Arabian Peninsula
- Transboundary conservation initiatives and opportunities in the Arabian Peninsula
- Towards a systematic conservation plan for the Arabian Peninsula
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