ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam met a delegation from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and discussed measures to save houbara bustard from extinction by indiscriminate hunting.
“While the local houbara bustard has almost gone extinct, the Houbara Fund International (HFI) has offered to help revive its population,” Mr Aslam told Dawn after meeting Majed Al Mansoori, who headed the delegation of HFI.
According to the adviser, Pakistan and UAE will collaborate to reintroduce the Asian houbara bustard in its local habitat in Pakistan.
“The resident houbara bustard of Pakistan is at the edge of extinction. The UAE took its bloodline to its captive breeding centre in Abu Dhabi and is now reintroducing a number of captive bred birds into Pakistan’s local habitat,” he said.
However, conservationists argue that it will take several years to restore the population after captive bred houbara bustard are introduced into the wild.
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