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High-level document explains why nature-positive initiatives must be fast-tracked, with RCU’s concept of Comprehensive Regeneration in AlUla highlighted as a model for responsible development through the key principles of respect for landscape, culture and heritage.

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Under the patronage of H.E. Dr. Muawieh Radaideh, The Minister of Environment, The International Union for Conservation of Nature – Regional Office for West Asia (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ ROWA) and Global Affairs Canada launched the project "Enhancing Climate Resilience of Biodiversity Hotspots in Jordan".  The…

KSRNR, Saudi Arabia, 29 May 2023 – King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Royal Reserve development authority, which is Restoring degraded ecosystems and conserves habitats and wildlife, has been officially announced as a government member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥â€¦

Ziad Samaha tragically passed away on 22 April 2023 following a diving accident, at the age of 42. Ziad was the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Marine and Coastal Zone Management Programme Manager for the Regional Office for West Asia (ROWA) for nearly ten years, until June 2022.

Today we honour a dear Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ colleague and friend - Ziad Samaha - who was a true champion for conservation in the Mediterranean.

The UN's 5th session of the Intergovernmental Conference on conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction (also known as the High Seas Treaty) concluded in New York last week. While it did not result in the adoption of a treaty, the…

The Plastic Waste Free Islands Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Ubuntoo "Greenhouse" currently holds hundreds of product and practical solutions along with knowledge resources, a news feed about plastic leakage and pollution, and welcomes nearly 800 members. It resides within the Ubuntoo environmental solutions platform,…

Builds on partnership agreement signed last year to help guide conservation across a swathe of north-west Saudi Arabia. 

RCU is regenerating a vast territory as it sustainably develops a leading global destination for natural and cultural heritage

Builds on partnership agreement signed last year to help guide conservation across a swathe of north-west Saudi Arabia. 

A new report, Tabe’a III, examines for the first time the impacts from conflict in natural World Heritage sites in the Arab States, as well as those from extreme weather conditions. It also looks at the connections between nature and culture in the management of these sites.