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Summary of the Second Season of Al Marzoum Protected Area

Al Marzoum Protected Area for Hunting ended last week its second period, with a turnout that exceeded all expectations. The open season started in mid-November 2016 and went on until mid-February 2017.

Mr. Obaid Khalfan Al Mazrouei, Director of the Heritage Competitors at the Cultural Programs and Heritage Festivals Committee - Abu Dhabi - the main body that oversees the Protected Location-, stated that 909 visitors from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Gulf Collaboration Council (GCC) and a variety of international countries had actually quit at the Reserve. He additionally exposed that around 628 searching trips were organised, with the engagement of professional and amateur hunters.

A variety of visits to Al Marzoum by some poets combined with the presence of different media outlets had actually noted the second period. The Protected Location had additionally seen the release of 2070 Houbara bustards, 72 rabbits and 57 antelopes.

Al Mazrouei revealed his pleasure at the great success that was achieved by the Protected Location in a short duration, stressing a dedication to the growth of this unique initiative.

" We stay keen on applying the regulations of the smart management to the assistance of typical and heritage sports in the UAE," he stated.

In its second season, the Protected Area attained substantial success by enticing the lovers of falconry from the GCC region in particular and contributing to the support of the national identity and the authentic Emirati heritage. Al Marzoum is identified as a top destination for falconers who expensive conventional methods of transportation. The leading goals require the reinforcement of the historical legacy, the sustainment of species, the support of understanding regarding falconry, the security of the atmosphere and the guard of heritage. Al Marzoum likewise aspires to guarantee the combination of the principles of sustainable hunting, the advancement of the reproducing projects for falcons and Houbara bustards, and the strengthening of the global acknowledgment of falconry as a cultural heritage of humankind.

Al Marzoum has actually recently hosted a delegation of falconers from the GCC region as part of a heritage programme for the sharing of experience, the promotion of ecological understanding concerning the value of all-natural reserves, and the duty of Al Marzoum Protected Area in the protect of wild life.

" The Protected Location sustains falconry as a substantial cultural legacy, an important ethical value, and an essential part of the nationwide identification and the Emirati heritage," Al Mazrouei claimed.

" Al Marzoum provides falconers with a possibility to practice their enthusiasm, within the structure of sustainable hunting and according to the hunting laws in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi," he added.

Being a campaign of the Cultural Programs and Heritage Festivals Board - Abu Dhabi, Al Marzoum continues to be open for all Emiratis, site visitors and visitors throughout the yearly open season of each year. There, one can delight in nature and picturesque setting while practising falconry, in exchange for economical costs

Al Marzoum is intending to introduce a number of specialist programmes to train falconers, and raise understanding concerning the significance of securing heritage. Students will be shown the principles of sustainable hunting, Al Sinaa (daily decorum in the UAE), the preparation of Arab coffee, camel riding, and all that is related to the preservation of authentic customs.

On his part, Ahmed bin Haiaai Al Mansouri, Director of Al Marzoum Protected Location, stated: "The large turnout that was taped throughout the first and second seasons concerned validate a devotion to social heritage and a keenness to protect this legacy for future generations."

"The 3rd season is expected to start following November and our Division invites all visitors, guests and fans of falconry and traditional hunting. We are planning to organise a variety of amazing tasks for all our site visitors from the UAE and the different nations of the world," he added.

"Al Marzoom focuses on falconry in the first place and is not offering other form of wildlife tourism for the time being," Al Mansouri said. He noted that holiday accommodation would certainly be limited to traditional camps so regarding value the major goal of the project which is composed in shielding the environment. He also stressed that only the method of standard hunting would be enabled, without using any kind of tools of any type of kind.

Falconry has long been considered as one of the most significant heritage elements in the region. Its method has been transferred from ancestors to younger generations, through a deep-rooted heritage that symbolizes a spirit of teamwork, great companionship, and a feeling of experience and challenge.

Al Marzoum in Al Gharbia, which stretches over a large area of 923 square kilometres, is different from all the other wild animals secured locations worldwide, with a unique concentrate on falconry, desert physiognomy, and the different elements of heritage. All these aspects make Al Marzoum the very first safeguarded location of its kind, on the global level.

The Reserve is located 100 - 120 kilometres from the capital, Abu Dhabi (regarding one hr by car), and is completely delimited by a fence. The Hunting Location is bordered by a huge all-natural reserve, where one can locate numerous high-level sites that can be utilized to observe nature and pets. The Reserve is bountiful with the saxaul shrubs that grow specifically in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.

Al Marzoum gives a unique cultural, and traveler chance of typical hunting in the UAE, through the advancement of a unique site, where only the use of traditional ways of transportation is enabled. Among the purposes are the sustainment of the various varieties, the reinforcement of public recognition concerning falconry, and the secure of atmosphere and heritage. The Protected Area also seeks to promote the significant role of Abu Dhabi in enhancing the principles of lasting hunting, and establishing breeding projects for falcons and Houbara bustards while making sure the international acknowledgment of falconry as a social heritage of humanity.

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