Summary 2 (Houbara bustards)

Houbara bustards

 

       The Houbara numbers increased last a few years. Houbara bustards are endangered because of poaching, over-hunting and destruction of their habitat .The Emirates Center for wild life propagation is taking care of the bird located at Moroccan town of Missour. 15000 birds per season are the future plans of the center in Morocco. Birds that are used for breeding are being trained to be familiar with humans who are in regular contact with them. A female lays three eggs for about four days the eggs 24 days in an incubation facility. Chicks under nine months old are released each spring and autumn in east or south morocco.No birds are released in autumn .After one year only 65 percent survive. Scientist monitors the birds even after they are released .The author explains this point thusly,”The success of the programme can be measured though their density in the wild” (Todorova, V 2011).

 

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Todorova, V. (2011, May 27). UAE-funded centre revives endangered bird population - The National. Latest and breaking news | thenational.ae - The National. Retrieved October 14, 2012, from http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/heritage/uae-funded-centre-revives-endangered-bird-population

 

 

 

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Summary 1 (Wind energy)

Wind energy

 

Masdar is investing US $ 200 million in a wind farm as another source of renewable energy to increase the power generation of 7 percent. Makers and developers are designing blades that will work in the gulf since the gulf is not a windy region. Masdar is one of the members of the Mubadala group of companies that has been relied to perform and to achieve the goal of Abu Dhabi. The site that masdar is evaluating is near the Saudi border which has stronger winds than the island and it can produce more power than early stage of assessment which is 100 mw. The projects financing relies on a green payment where the government will make up for the different between the cost of power and the grid price.

 

 

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Yee, A. (2011, April 27). Masdar plan for $200m pioneering wind farm - The National. Latest and breaking news | thenational.ae - The National. Retrieved October 2, 2012, from http://www.thenational.ae/business/energy/masdar-plan-for-200m-pioneering-wind-farm

 

 

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 Husain Abdulla Husain

1103

CEP