Oman 2012
- At 08/11/2012
- By Lordy
- In Expeditions
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Oman Expedition 2012 – This was a BSES science expedition in conjunction with the Oman Office of Conservation and the Envionment. The expedition’s aim was to survey the biodiversity of two uniquely different areas and the expedition was therefore split into two
phases.
Phase 1 would be desert based. Our area of exploration would be deep within the Rub Al Khali desert (The Empty Quarter) approximately 20km north of Al Hashman.
Phase 2 would be based in the western Dhofar area where we would establish ourselvesin Wadi Saiq. Whilst there we hoped to conduct a research survey on the critically endangered Arabian Leopard, of which the numbers are reported to be less than 200 spread over the mountainous western Dhofar region and into Yemen.
