References – Reneco International Wildlife Consultants

From the first steps in 1985…

RENECO has been engaged by His Royal Highness Prince Saud Al Faisal, foreign ministry of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to establish the first houbara captive-breeding project, the National Wildlife Research Center (NWRC), in Taif, Saudi Arabia.

RENECO has developed and matured over years, through sound research programmes, specific reliable breeding and release techniques for houbara and has gathered considerable amount of skill, knowledge and experience in that field.

…towards intensive captive-production.

In reliance upon that expertise, RENECO has been engaged in 1995 by His Highness Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, late president of the United Arab Emirates, to establish the Emirates Center for Wildlife Propagation (ECWP) in Missour, Kingdom of Morocco.

Ten years after, the ECWP was producing thousands of houbara every year and is recognized as the most successful program of its kind.

The ECWP, managed by RENECO, has now reached his ultimate objective, producing on a regular basis and a minimum of 20,000 houbara bustards as an annual surplus made availiable for conservation actions.

RENECO is a guarantee of permanently updated best practices in the field of houbara breeding, for both the African
and Asian species, as well as both types of production, outdoor or indoor.

Thanks to their success in the management and development of the Emirates Center for Wildlife Propagation (ECWP), RENECO & HLD have become, from 2008, the reference to create and manage new houbara centers.

New projects since 2008

2009

1 project in Kazakhstan
Objective: 5,000 houbara bustards as an annual surplus for conservation actions

2010

2 projects in UAE (Abu Dhabi)
Objective for each: 5,000 houbara bustards as an annual surplus for conservation actions

1 project in Uzbekistan
Objective: 2,500 houbara bustards as an annual surplus for conservation actions

2013

1 project in Kuwait
Objective: 2,000 houbara bustards as an annual surplus for conservation actions

2015

2 projects in UAE (Abu Dhabi)
Objective for each: 12,500 houbara bustards as an annual surplus for conservation actions

2016

1 project in Kazakhstan
New objective: 15,000 houbara bustards as an annual surplus for conservation actions

1 new project in UAE (Al Ain)
Taking over an existing houbara center
Objective: 2,000 houbara bustards as an annual surplus for conservation actions

2021

2 projects in Morocco
Objective: 20,000 houbara bustards as an annual surplus for conservation actions

2 projects in UAE (Abu Dhabi)
Objective: 41,000 houbara bustards as an annual surplus for conservation actions

1project in Kazakhstan
Objective: 15,600 houbara bustards as an annual surplus for conservation actions

1 project in Uzbekistan
Objective: 3,200 houbara bustards as an annual surplus for conservation actions

HLD’s design works

Emirates Center for Wildlife Propagation (ECWP), Morocco

2003 – Missour station – Hatchery capacity: 40,000 eggs per year
2006 – Enjil station – New ECWP objective: 15,000 houbara bustards as an annual surplus for conservation actions
2008 – Oum Jniba station (Falcon captive breeding station)

National Avian Research Center (NARC), UAE

2006 – Houbara breeding station – Objective: 5,000 houbara bustards as an annual surplus for conservation actions
2015 – New facilities – New NARC objective: 15,000 houbara bustards as an annual surplus for conservation actions

Sheikh Khalifa Houbara Breeding Center – Abu Dhabi (SKHBC-AD), UAE

2011 – Houbara breeding station – Objective: 5,000 houbara bustards as an annual surplus for conservation actions
2015 – New facilities – New SKHBC-AD objective: 15,000 houbara bustards as an annual surplus for conservation actions

Sheikh Khalifa Houbara Breeding Center (SKHBC-KZ), Kazakhstan

2009 – Houbara breeding station – Objective: 5,000 houbara bustards as an annual surplus for conservation actions
2016 – New facilities – New SKHBC-KZ objective: 15,600 houbara bustards as an annual surplus for conservation actions

Emirates Center for Conservation of Houbara (ECCH), Uzbekistan

2012 – Houbara breeding station – Objective: 3,125 houbara bustards as an annual surplus for conservation actions

Rawdat Al-Faras Houbara Breeding Center, Qatar

2012 – Houbara breeding station – Objective: 5,000 houbara bustards as an annual surplus for conservation actions

Kuwait Houbara Breeding Center (KHBC), State of Kuwait

2013 – Houbara breeding station – Objective: 2,500 houbara bustards as an annual surplus for conservation actions