Regulation of the Act on the Wildlife Protected Areas issued by the Authority’s Board of Directors No.208 of 2016.

This Regulation consisting of 47 articles divided in X Parts aims at organizing the establishment and management of the protected areas in Saudi Kingdom. It provides for: the establishment of the protected areas by the Saudi Wildlife Authority (SWA) and the related procedures (property of the site, choice of the area, boundaries); development of the environment and awareness of protected areas, by applying the following protection patterns: (i) special nature reserves; (ii) natural reserves; (iii) biosphere reserves; (iv) reserves of natural resources; (v) fishing conservation parks. Main objectives of the Authority in these areas are: promote the sustainable protection of the environment, reintroduce animals threatened with extinction in their natural habitat, organize the tourist exploitation, and promote the environmental awareness and the wildlife protection among the population. It also provides for the protection measures, consisting of a special body for defense and a series of prohibitions, including kill animals except in the forms allowed, pollute the soil, water and air, take actions that affect the wildlife or public property, timber cutting, grazing, cultivation outside the established rules, and introduce alien species, animal or vegetable. The X Parts are entitled as follows: Definitions (I); Purpose of the of the Act on the Protected Zone of the Natural Primordial Wildlife (II); Measures for the establishment of the Protected Zones (III); Environmental and awareness development (IV); Rules governing the entry and transit of the Protected Zones and their utilization (V); Protected Zones protection measures (VI); Infractions and sanctions (VII); Competent authorities for the offences (VIII); Procedures to control the offenses (IX); and Final provisions.