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The overall vision of the Al Ain Wildlife Park & Resort (AWPR) is to build a world famous showcase of desert life and culture in Al Ain, in a manner that is sustainable, sensitive and true to the spirit of the region's traditions and cultures.
So the guidelines and master plan for the resort have to entwine the strictest principles of wildlife conservation and environmental sustainability with the most intelligent modern practices in planning and integration. The big challenge was to unify and balance all the various features, requirements and design elements, which inevitably meant resolving some occasional conflicts of interest, while at the same time encouraging innovation and choice.
As a general principle, our solution has been to give the wildlife safaris precedence over all the other amenities, restricting all building to the edges of these areas, thus keeping them free for uninterrupted animal habitats, and taking care not to obstruct the panoramic views towards Jebel Hafeet.
In our view, the preservation of our wildlife and botanical collections is by far our most important task, and we are determined to maintain it, just as the late Sheikh Zayed intended many years ago.
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