ALULA, Saudi Arabia, July 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — The Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) has produced a report outlining the critical need for action to protect, promote and conserve the world’s natural environments under threat and critically endangered species. RCU has identified these needs in collaboration with its strategic partner IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), and they will work together to address these important conservation issues.
Entitled ‘Integral Regeneration: AlUla’s Approach to Sustainable Development’ and published on the occasion of World Nature Conservation Day, the report offers an action plan that examines how environmental degradation poses an extreme risk to habitats around the world. the world, and how the work being carried out by RCU provides a framework and agenda for sustained economic, cultural and environmental success.
Holistic regeneration, a concept developed by RCU in its sustainable development of AlUla, employs a diverse set of principles and approaches built around the goal of revitalizing not only the landscape, but also the way people and societies interact with its around. They are:
Delivered as the definitive framework for RCU’s efforts across AlUla County, Comprehensive Regeneration shows the importance of establishing a circular economy, how restoring heritage and culture can benefit current and future generations, and the critical role they must play. perform the communities to offer habitable, sustainable and resilient urban regeneration plans in the long term.
The case studies highlighted in the paper show how RCU’s Comprehensive Regeneration plans are being put into practice as a model for responsible development, with success in various projects, including the development of the Arabian Leopard Program, which aims to reintroduce the species in the wild and the establishment of the Sharaan Nature Reserve, the revitalization of the AlUla Cultural Oasis and the success of the AlUla Seed Bank and Plant Nursery.
Each of these projects has seen positive results, including the restoration and re-greening of habits with plants grown in the AlUla Seed Bank; the reintroduction of native animal species in managed and controlled reserves such as Sharaan, which is included in the IUCN Green List of Protected and Conserved Areas; and the regeneration of thriving cultural and economic community centers in AlUla and the opportunities they provide for the local population.
A key insight of the report is its support for the widespread integration of Integral Regeneration principles into decision-making by governments and the private sector, with the recognition that both need to work closely together to meet a wide range of concerns. critical sustainability and development efforts that will have a profound impact on the world for generations to come.
El Dr. Stephen Browne, vicepresidente, Wildlife
“Through the publication of this report with our IUCN colleagues, leaders and change agents will become more aware of the successes RCU has achieved so far, which we hope will help with creating new approaches to advance and advance the ideals. and benefits of Integral Regeneration.”
IUCN Director General (July 2020 – June 2023), Dr Bruno Oberle, said: “Witnessing AlUla’s determination to contribute to the IUCN vision of a just world that values and conserves nature, I hope the example and AlUla’s experience inspire other public authorities to implement Integral Regeneration.”
Link to view the report: comprehensiveregeneration.pdf (rcu.gov.sa)
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