The Island of Sir Bani Yas is one of the largest nature reserves in the Middle East. Comment.
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Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the UAE’s founder (whose likeness is still a constant sight 14 years after his death) visited and made a bold plan. He’d transform it into a nature reserve to give sanctuary to endangered animals of the UAE, Africa, and beyond.
He did so because he believed a country isn’t measured by its size, but instead by its heritage and culture. The disappearing wildlife of the region played a huge part of that heritage in his view, demonstrated by an array of projects (including the Al Ain Zoo).
Now Sir Bani Yas is home to luxury resorts and a savanna-like reserve for 16,000 animals. If you squint, you can almost mistake the scene of oryxes, gazelles, hyenas, jackals, and cheetahs for a Kenyan savanna. A guide told me over 2.5 million trees—like the umbrella thorn acacia or the gum tree that the eland antelope are so drawn to—have been planted by hand. The pipeline system to irrigate this vast area extends over 73,000 miles. In addition, the resorts plant a mangrove for every guest.
The sun shines over a lake in Sir Bani Yas. The island is known for its ecological advancements and preservations of wildlife.
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