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| Mallon, D. | |
| Assessment of the situation of the Arabian leopard and initiation capacity-building programme in the Republic of Yemen | |
| 2009 Full Book | |
The Arabian leopard (_Panthera pardus nimr_) is categorised as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Several workshops on Arabian leopard have been held as part of the annual meetings on conservation of biodiversity in the Arabian Peninsula sponsored and organized by the Sharjah Environment and Protected Areas Authority (EPAA). The Arabian leopard workshops were facilitated by Drs Urs and Christine Breitenmoser, Co-Chairs of the IUCN Cat Specialist Group. The workshops included a global status review (published in Cat News Special Issue No. 1) and development of a conservation strategy (currently in press). During this process, Yemen was identified as a key range state for conservation of the Arabian leopard but its current status there is unclear. Local reports suggest that leopards may still be present in a few localities but no systematic field work has been carried out to confirm these and there is a chronic lack of in-country capacity for survey and assessment. This project aims to address both issues and has two principal objectives: (1) carry out a rapid assessment survey of Wada'a, the most prominent area of Yemen with recent confirmed records of leopards, and (2) initiate a capacity-building programme to ensure long-term sustainability of leopard conservation within the country. |
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