The Saudi Commission for Wildlife Conservation and Development (NCWCD) is going through a six-month restructuring process to “put it on a par with counterparts in the advanced world.” Prince Bandar Bin Saud Bin Muhammad, Secretary General of the newly-named Saudi Commission for Wildlife Conservation and Development (SCWCD) – formerly the National Commission – said the six-month-long process of restructuring and revising strategies was well underway, with five specialist directors in training ahead of being assigned to the five largest conservation areas in the Kingdom. Similar moves will be made for the remaining 10 conservation areas. Prince Bandar said that the SCWCD study on the Environmental Accommodation project, being conducted in collaboration with the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities, was being finalized, and that sites in the conservation areas included in the project have been selected and will be opened for investment soon. “The commission will enter a new age of renovation, productivity and projections that will put it on a par with its counterparts in the advanced world,” Prince Bandar said. “The strategy revisions will enable the commission to establish new, modern projects and improve those already existing to keep pace with future plans. The firm carrying out the restructuring project has a contract to finish within five to six months.”
