Earth Day summit hears how the Houbara conservation model can help other species in danger – The National

Earth Day summit hears how the Houbara conservation model can help other species in danger – The National

The houbara birds were a beacon for future conservation efforts. Earth Day summit hears how the Houbara conservation model can work species in danger. Lessons learned from the decades-long project to save the houbara bird could now help other endangered species.. In a webinar for the Earth Optimism summit, held around Earth Day, Mr Mansouri said the houbara birds were a beacon for future conservation.. "We worked with intervention models that can be applied to any species that is endangered today.. "We have the biggest data base for a single species," he said.. The International Fund for Houbara Conservation (IFHAC) works with the National Avian Research Centre and Sheikh Khalifa Houbara Breeding Centre in Abu Dhabi and has developed one of the largest repopulation programmes of an endangered species anywhere in the world.. Almost 22,000 birds were released into the wild to replenish wild populations, the Fund's 2018-2019 report said. The Fund has now released over 285,000 birds across the migratory range of the species, from Morocco to Mongolia, since the captive breeding programme was launched..