المملكة: Updated grazing controls in the Imam Turki bin Abdullah Royal Reserve

The authority explained that the updates came based on specialized environmental studies and applied experiments over the past years, and resulted in the development of a number of Organizational aspects, the most prominent of which are the expansion of pastoral areas within the villages and villages located within the scope of the reserve, in addition to the creation of pastoral belts in the areas adjacent to them, which contributes to increasing the opportunities for benefit and reducing the burdens on the beneficiaries, while maintaining the environmental balance.

Official Permits

She indicated that grazing is organized through official permits according to specific time and place controls, with the number of livestock for each beneficiary determined based on the carrying capacity of the pastures, ensuring rational use. of resources, and limits random practices that may lead to soil degradation and decline of vegetation cover.

The Authority confirmed that benefiting from the controls is limited to beneficiaries who meet the requirements, by applying through official channels, and adhering to the specified standards, noting that the controls prevent obtaining more than one permit in the same area or moving between multiple pastoral sites, in order to ensure a fair distribution of resources among the beneficiaries, and to achieve balance in benefiting from them.

Punishment for violating them. Controls

She added that violating the controls, whether through grazing outside the specified ranges or exceeding the authorized limits, requires the application of the approved regulatory procedures, which may lead to cancellation of the permit and deprivation of the beneficiary from applying in the future, stressing that these procedures aim to protect the pastures and ensure their sustainability, in a way that benefits the beneficiaries themselves in the long term.

The authority stressed that protecting vegetation cover is a shared responsibility, and that adherence to the controls contributes to the preservation of natural resources and enhances Sustainability of pastoral activity as an important economic and social resource for the local community.

The Authority also called on all beneficiaries to review the details of the updated controls through its official channels, and ensure that they understand and adhere to them, stressing its continued development of systems and procedures in a way that achieves a balance between protecting the environment and empowering the local community.

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