Environment Agency -ABU DHABI
Annual Report 2022 | Terrestrial Biodiversity
Management of Terrestrial Reserves,
Infrastructure and Maintenance
Counting Reintroduced Arabian oryx Numbers
We supported the General Secretariat for the Conservation of the Arabian oryx (GSCAO) in conducting a
regional survey of oryx reintroduction programmes, assessing management practises and impacts on the
Interactive Report
animals' natural behaviour.
Reintroduction
programmes
targeted
Results:
Countries observed:
UAE, Saudi Arabia,
Oman and Jordan
2632
Total number of
oryx covered
The UAE had the largest number of reintroduced Arabian
1 595
oryx and wild offspring, with a total of
individuals
(61 % of the total number surveyed)
1 056
individuals in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi
(66 % of the UAE population)
539
in the Emirate of Dubai
(34 % of the UAE population)

