Saudi royal reserve added on protected areas database

The King Salman bin Abdulaziz Royal Reserve Development Authority has been added to the World Database on Protected Areas.

It is the first Saudi reserve to be registered on the global website, the official source for data on protected lands with government agencies and international organizations.

The KSRNR tweeted: “This registration is an important step for the reserve toward joining the green list of globally managed reserves in the International Union for Conservation of Nature.”

The authority announced its commitment to joining the green list of the federation in October during a twoday symposium organized by KSRNR in Riyadh and called “Natural Reserves, International Principles, and Standards,” in cooperation with the International Union for Conservation of Nature, and with the participation of government agencies.

The Protected Planet website, the internet portal for WDPA, is the source for data on protected lands globally, and provides mechanisms for business planning and environmental conservation in natural reserves.

The website also provides the basis for monitoring and reporting on progress toward international environmental aims such as the Aichi Biodiversity Targets and the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.