A Breakthrough in Release of Captive-bred Birds For several years Houbara Foundation International Pakistan and the International Fund for Houbara Conservation (IFHC) Abu Dhabi have been collaborating to release thousands of captive-bred houbara in the Cholistan Desert to augment the population of wild houbara in Pakistan’s habitats. Having been initiated by the UAE’s founding father …
by Tirzah Shamsa 9th grade student of Lahore Grammar School There is no planet B: How will climate change affect you and your community? “You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words. And yet I’m one of the lucky ones. People are suffering. People are dying. Entire ecosystems are collapsing. We …
Release of 500 captive-bred Houbara bustard in Pakistan Article by: Lt Col (Retd) Ernest Shams Photographs: Azmatullah International Fund for Houbara Conservation (IFHC) Abu Dhabi and Houbara Foundation International Pakistan jointly released 500 Houbara Bustard in Pakistan early this month of March 2017. These birds were bred in captivity by the National Avian Research Centre …
Pakistan Army and Houbara Foundation International Pakistan Introduction For those who have never seen a desert, the desert terrains are most likely to be associated with sand dunes, cactuses and camels. One would expect little rain and meagre vegetation. But there is much more to it than just that. Cholistan Desert has its high and …
200 Houbara Bustard were jointly released by Houbara Foundation International Pakistan and International Fund for Houbara Conservation (Abu Dhabi) in Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Deer Breeding & Houbara Research Centre on 15th February 2016. This Centre was established a year ago in March 2015 over a vast area measuring 16 km x 4 km of …