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| Stanton, D.B. | |
| Oman trains Yemeni conservationists in leopard research | |
| 2010 Wildlife Middle East (5): 5-5 | |
In a region that faces numerous conservation challenges, there is perhaps no issue quite as pressing or problematic as the preservation of the Arabian leopard (_Panthera pardus nimr_). As a result of relentless persecution and several other factors, the most powerful predator in the peninsula has become one of the rarest mammals on Earth. Some experts estimate the population to number fewer than 100. Of these, approximately 50 range the Jebel Samhan Nature Reserve and Jebels Qara and Qammar in Dhofar, Oman. The other key state for the survival of Arabian leopards in the wild is presumed to be Yemen where an unknown number are believed to exist at several sites. While the conservation of Arabian leopards in the Sultanate of Oman is effectively coordinated by the Diwan of the Royal Court, in Yemen leopard conservation is spearheaded by an NGO, the Foundation for the Protection of the Arabian Leopard in Yemen (FPALY). In an historic event that laid the foundation for future cooperation between the two nations, the Diwan's Office of the Conservation of the Environment recently hosted a team of seven FPALY trainees for a week of leopard field research training. |
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