Wildlife needs preservationBur’a gets attention [Archives:2004/798/Health]

Ismail Al-Ghabiri
The General Authority for Environment Protection held an exploratory trip to Bura'a Mountain in Hodeaida Dec. 9 and 10.
The trip included a number of officials, decision makers and media personnel went to raise awareness on the importance of maintaining natural resources in the area.
Ali Abdulkareem, Al-Fadheel, Director General of Land and Coastal Project at the authority noted the importance of this area, which will be officially announced soon as a protected area.
He pointed out that the announcement of Bura'a Mountain's being a protected area will be preceded by the provision of financial resources to create a well-qualified administration for it. That will help sustain a more able cadre and maintain biological resources, as well as help environmental tourism.
Bura'a Mountain is considered one of the areas selected for the implementation of a series of studies along witrh many other areas like Hawf in Al-Mahrah and Broum, Beer Ali, Belhaf, Sharma and Jathmon in Shabwa and Hadramout.
These areas will be officially announced protected areas by the coming year.
More than 289 plant species in Bura'a Protected Areaea. Four plant species are rare (nationally and internationally), and eight species are endemic.
Threats are facing Bura'a Protected Area have led to 13 plant species slowly dying and three plant species already gone. There are also numerous undesirable plant species.
There are more than 90 species of birds in Bura'a Protected Area, of which. Two species of birds are under threat at the world level, six are threatened regionally,and 24 species are included in Yemen's list of birds that are ordered in terms of importance.
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