Muscat: The Governorate of Dhofar, the Wilayat of Al Jabal Al Akhadhar and areas overlooking the Arabian Sea figure high in the Sultanate of Oman’s summer tourism season.The.
Putting the Sultanate’s wildlife on the spotlight
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Oman’s diverse flora and fauna are one of envy, with birds that make it their midway home while migrating to those animals that are unique only to the deserts of Oman. It is also home to over 500 species of birds, many of them local and others migratory.
Al Ansab Wetlands, Qurum Natural Park, Seeb wetlands are just some of the many places that bird watchers gather to get a glimpse of the common, rare and endangered birds that spend their time in these areas. Oman also has a vast coastline and Islands like Damaniyat and Masira and the lush greenery of Salalah are also host to a large variety of unique flora and fauna.
Many countries around the world celebrated February 2 as World Wetlands Day and Oman has more reasons than many others to be proud of the system it has created.
In fact one of Oman’s wetland, the Nimr Water Treatment Project (NWTP) in south Oman, is billed as the largest industrial constructed wetland system in the world.
Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) and Bauer Nimr are joint venture partners in the desert greening initiative, which has contributed to significant carbon dioxide emission reductions.
The main purpose of this wetland was to reuse brackish treated effluent water which is a major by-product of oil refining. The large experimental field created to test irrigation of various salt tolerant plants is now a beautiful patch of greenery planted with five native reed species, enhancing resilience and biodiversity.