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SAUDI ARABIA YEM11 Conservation Outcomes YEM21 1 Yemen scale: 1/3,000,000 Eastern Afromontane 50 km Conservation 200 0 200 400 600 Key Biodiversity Areas in the Eastern Afromontane Hotspot ARABIAN The Eastern Afromontane Biodiversity Hotspot prevent biodiversity loss. Key biodiversity areas In order to match the level of funding available PENINSULA kilometers stretches over a curving arc of widely scattered (KBAs) are sites that are globally significant for from CEPF with a concomitant geographic HIGHLANDS scale: 1/7,000,000 but biogeographically similar mountains. It covers biodiversity conservation and are considered scope, CEPF and the consulted stakeholders Outcomes YEM1 projection: sinusoidal an area of more than 1 million square kilometers actually or potentially manageable for prioritized 36 terrestrial sites, five freshwater running over a distance of more than 7,000 conservation. KBAs contain species that require sites, and six corridors. The terrestrial sites YEM20 central meridian 37° east longitude YEM18 Sanaa kilometers. The hotspot is remarkable for both its site-scale conservation to prevent extinction represent 5.5 million hectares, or 18 percent of YEM YEM5 12 hotspot boundary high level of biological diversity and the life- within the next generation: globally threatened the total KBA area and 5.5 percent of the total YEM6 sustaining systems it maintains for millions species, restricted-range species, and globally surface of the Hotspot. Criteria used to prioritize Eastern Afromontane YEM2 of people. Characterized by a series of montane significant congregations of species. Corridors these targets include: number of globally LAKE TANA Y E M E N CATCHMENT CEPF priority corridor "islands" (including the highest peaks in Africa are interconnected landscapes of sites, anchored threatened species, presence of threatened YEM7 29 May 2012 and Arabia) and extensive plateaus, the hotspot on KBAs, with the rest of the conservation habitat types, resilience to climate change, status YEM8 is home to several ecoregions. They include the corridor comprising either areas that have the of protection, provision of ecosystem services, BALE YEM13 MOUNTAINS other biodiversity conservation corridor East African Montane Forests, Southern Rift potential to become part of an existing KBA threats, and opportunities for conservation R E D YEM24 Montane Forest-Grassland mosaic, the Albertine (through management or restoration) or areas action. 1/7,000,000 Rift and the Ethiopian Montane Grasslands and that contribute to the ability of the conservation S E A ETH36 terrestrial key biodiversity area, CEPF Priority* Woodlands, as well as the ecoregions of the corridor to support all elements of biodiversity in CEPF’s niche in the Eastern Afromontane YEM17 Southern Montane "islands" in Malawi, the long term. Hotspot is to support civil society to apply Zimbabwe and Mozambique. The result is a innovative approaches to conservation in under- YEM23 YEM3 TZA19 region suitable for a wide range of vegetation In 2011, a team led by BirdLife International and capacitated and underfunded protected areas, terrestrial key biodiversity area, other* types, with an estimated 7,600 plant species, Conservation International consulted more than key biodiversity areas, and priority corridors; of which at least 2,350 are endemic, or unique, 200 stakeholders from civil society, government, thereby enabling changes in policy and building YEM16 YEM22 Taizz ZMB1 freshwater key biodiversity area, to the region. and donor institutions to gather and synthesize resilience in the region’s ecosystems and CEPF priority data on biodiversity, socioeconomic and economy to sustain biodiversity in the long term. YEM15 Being so geographically vast, the Hotspot can be institutional context, climate change, ecosystem The specific strategic directions and investment YEM19 YEM split into four regions from north to south: the services, and ongoing and planned conservation priorities for the hotspot can be found in the freshwater key biodiversity area, 4 YEM18 Arabian Peninsula, the Ethiopian Highlands, the investments in the 15 countries in the hotspot. ecosystem profile available at www.cepf.net. other Albertine Rift, and the Eastern Arc and Southern This team identified 261 terrestrial KBAs, 49 YEM9 YEM10 † Highlands (including the Kenyan and northern freshwater KBAs, and 14 corridors, which include Virunga protected area Tanzanian volcanic mountains). representative elements of the Hotspot’s 2,350 endemic plant species, 157 endemic bird main map Mohi peak This map depicts geographic priorities for species, 90 endemic reptile species, 100 G u l f o f A d e n conservation in the Hotspot, showing key endemic mammal species, 100 endemic biodiversity areas (site-level outcomes) to be amphibian species, and 181 globally threatened Lilongwe town (national capitals underlined) protected and corridors (landscape-level freshwater fish species. outcomes) to be consolidated in order to country border (terrestrial) (disputed) 1 river (permanent) 2 (intermittent) 3 Riyadh 4 lake 30°E SAU10 40°E 50°E e wetland SAU14 5 inset map extent E G Y P T 6 n * Terrestrial key biodiversity areas (KBAs) incorporate data: management data and are delineated as discrete Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) 7 sites for implementing conservation action; freshwater BirdLife International a KBAs often include within their boundaries both Conservation International SAU5 focal areas for habitat conservation and wider IUCN Freshwater Biodiversity Unit S A U D I VMap0, NGA Mecca SAU6 † watersheds or catchment areas. WDPA, 2011 scale: 1/75,000,000 t selection based upon location and includes IUCN A R A B I A Categories Ia, Ib, II-VI SAU projection: sinusoidal K.Koenig - Cartographer Biodiversity hotspots are regions 18 central meridian 37° east longitude © May 2012, CI Maps that harbor especially high SAU20 SAU4 numbers of endemic species and, SAU3 n at the same time, have been 20°N 2 Lake Tana significantly affected by human 20°N scale: 1/3,150,000 activities. Each hotspot faces Nile SAU12 ETH40 SAU 50 km extreme threats and has already SAU13 SAU 9 1 Gondar lost at least 70 percent of its R E D o SAU17 ETH49 original natural vegetation. Over fwETH3 50 percent of the world’s plant S E A SAU19 SAU16 ETH60 species and 42 percent of all SAU11 Lake Tana terrestrial vertebrate species are fwETH4 ETH endemic to the biodiversity S U D A N SAU2 SAU7 SAU15 29 fwETH2 hotspots, making them urgent m ETH10 priorities for biodiversity ETH61 SAU8 ETH76 conservation at a global scale. ERI9 YEM11 Scientists have identified 35 such Riyadh YEM14 fwETH1 areas around the world, providing E R I T R E A ERI6 o a basis for global prioritization of ERI4 ARABIAN PENINSULA conservation investments. ERI3 ETH54 ETH79 HIGHLANDS ETH9 LAKE TANA Khartoum ERI1 r ERI2 ETH16 e CATCHMENT l B i lu e ERI8 Asmara ERI5 Sanaa N ETH21 The Critical Ecosystem Partnership N e i t l f ETH36 Fund (CEPF) is a joint initiative of i e Y E M E N Conservation International, the h Dega, 3047m ERI7 Global Environment Facility, the W Government of Japan, the MacArthur ETH7 Khartoum Sanaa Abbay ETH42 Foundation, L'Agence Française de ETH Asmara (Blu ETH e N Développement and the World Bank. 66 il 70 ETH e) A fundamental goal of CEPF is to A 23 Taizz ETH59 ensure civil society is engaged in biodiversity conservation. ETH72 Ras Dejen, 4620m ETH6 Djibouti E T H I O P I A 2 Lake Tana fwETH ETH28 The political and geographic Gondar 3 designations shown on this map do 1 Yemen ETH3 not imply the expression of any Lake Gu l f of Ad e n opinion on behalf of CEPF or any of Tana Addis Ababa n its partners concerning the legal Djibouti status or deliniation of the frontiers of any country, territory or area. LAKE DJIBOUTI r ETH31 3 Kaffa–Yayu TANA Juba scale: 1/3,000,000 CATCHMENT 50 km ETH43 e 10°N 10°N Mogadishu Hargeysa Dire Kampala t ETH Dawa ETH ETH26 75 Awash 4 S O M A L I A ETH78 3 Kaffa–Yayu Addis Ababa ETH41 Kigali Nairobi ETH71 ETH 25 ETH30 s KAFFA—YAYU Bujumbura Jimma BALE MOUNTAINS ETH69 COFFEE KAFFA—YAYU ETH68 BIOSPHERE ETH44 Jimma 4 Addis ETH12 COFFEE ETH Ababa ETH48 Dodoma RESERVE S O U T H S U D A N BIOSPHERE ETH 1 ETH a ETH Dar es Salaam 34 17 45 RESERVE Bale ETH E T H I O P I A ETH Mountains 11 ETH15 50 ETH73 ETH 39 W ETH67 ETH ETH ab ETH18 ETH e She E 38 ETH ETH 57 be E T H I O P I A 22 64 le 5 na ETH Ge le 65 ETH47 ETH33 ETH65 Lilongwe ILEMI Jabal Ltuke, ETH53 2795m TRIANGLE Juba ETH77 Lusaka ETH13 ETH ETH74 ETH55 37 SSD1 ETH32 4 Addis Ababa Garamba ETH27 scale: 1/3,000,000 SSD2 Lake ETH56 Harare Topography ETH31 50 km UGA Rudolf scale: 1/23,500,000 · Addis ETH58 ETH14 500 km ETH20 Ababa ETH8 12 ETH43 ETH24 ETH2 elevation (meters) ETH19 KEN17 6000 ETH35 U G A N D A GREATER VIRUNGA— UGA19 Marsabit 3000 ETH62 MURCHISON LANDSCAPE UGA UGA18 ETH46 fwKEN3 KEN10 J 2000 ETH COD 20 KEN18 u ETH 6 b UGA9 fwUGA3 a Mogadishu 75 fwUGA5 E T H I O P I A 25 fwCO D 1 Lake 1500 Maputo BALE Albert UGA1 ETH COD9 Bunia UGA3 KEN2 KEN12 1000 KAFFA–YAYU UGA2 fwUGA1 UGA17 COFFEE 52 MOUNTAINS fwKEN2 UGA24 Elgon, 4321m 500 BIOSPHERE ETH63 UGA25 Mount Kenya, s ETH45 Virunga UGA7 KEN15 KEN7 5199m RESERVE ETH ETH 100 Jimma 1 51 Kampala KEN8 KEN 5 Itombwe– UGA15 20 MOUNT KENYA— Nungwe UGA6 KEN21 KEN9 0° ABERDARE MOUNTAINS T 0° Kisumu a e KEN KEN16 n 1 a 5 Itombwe–Nyungwe Margherita, KEN KEN4 Rwenzori Lake KEN19 scale: 1/3,000,000 5110m UGA 6 Mountains KEN13 50 km 11 KEN5 A UGA th Victoria KEN11 i 23 Goma Masai Mara Nairobi Virunga KEN14 50°E m U G A N D A RWANDA Kivu KEN22 Meru, 4565m K E
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    YEMEN - Amran, Al Mahwit, Hajjah and Sa'ada governorates For Humanitarian Use Only The lowest temperatures recorded between December and February (1970-2000) Production date : 04 October 2017 Final District Final District Governorate District Governorate District Priority Priority Al Mahwit Al Khabt Medium Sa'ada Al Dhaher Low or none Al Mahwit Al Mahwait Medium Sa'ada Al Hashwah High Al Mahwit Al Mahwait City Critical Sa'ada As Safra Critical Al Mahwit Ar Rujum Medium Sa'ada Baqim Critical Qatabir Baqim Al Mahwit At Tawilah High Sa'ada Ghamr Medium Al Mahwit Bani Sa'd Critical Sa'ada Haydan Medium Al Mahwit Hufash High Sa'ada Kitaf wa Al Boqe'e Critical Al Mahwit Milhan Medium Sa'ada Majz Critical Al Mahwit Shibam Kawkaban Medium Sa'ada Monabbih Medium Kitaf wa Amran Al Ashah Critical Sa'ada Qatabir Medium As Safra Al Boqe'e Majz Amran Al Madan Critical Sa'ada Razih Medium Monabbih Amran Al Qaflah Critical Sa'ada Sa'adah Critical Amran Amran Critical Sa'ada Sahar Critical Ghamr Amran As Sawd High Sa'ada Saqayn Critical As Safra Sa'ada Amran As Sudah Medium Sa'ada Shada'a Low or none Razih Sa'adah Amran Bani Suraim Medium Amran Dhi Bin Critical Shada'a Saqayn Al Hashwah Amran Habur Zulaymah High Sahar Amran Harf Sufyan Critical Amran Huth Critical Amran Iyal Surayh Critical Amran Jabal Iyal Yazid Critical Al Dhaher Haydan Amran Khamir Critical Amran Kharif Critical Amran Maswar Critical Amran Raydah Critical Bakil Al Mir Harf Amran Shaharah High Sufyan Amran Suwayr Critical Al Ashah Amran Thula High Haradh Qarah Hajjah Abs Critical Hajjah
  • Saudi-Arabia

    Saudi-Arabia

    Saudi-Arabia Last updated: 31-01-2004 Location and area Saudi Arabia is a monarchy of the Middle East, occupying most of the Arabian Peninsula, and bordered on the north by Jordan, Iraq, and Kuwait, on the east by the Persian Gulf and Qatar, on the southeast by the United Arab Emirates and Oman, on the south by the Republic of Yemen and on the west by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba. Boundaries in the southeast are not precisely defined. Saudi Arabia has an area of about 2,240,000 km2. (Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia 2002). Topography Considerably more than half the area of Saudi Arabia is desert. Rub‘ al Khali, known as the Great Sandy Desert and as the "Empty Quarter", extends over much of the south-east and beyond the southern frontier. Largely unexplored, Rub‘ al Khali has an estimated area of about 777,000 km2. An extension of the Syrian Desert projects into northern Saudi Arabia, and extending southeast from this region is An Nafud, an upland desert of red sand covering an area of about 57,000 km2. Ad Dahna’, a narrow extension of this desert, links An Nafud and Rub‘ al Khali. A central plateau region, broken in the east by a series of uplifts, extends south from An Nafud. Several wadis (watercourses), dry except in the rainy season, traverse the plateau region. The western limits of the latter are delineated by a mountain range extending generally northwest and southeast along the eastern edge of Al hijāz and Asir regions. (Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia 2002).