The Lake District inside Nakheel’s 800- hectare International City project in the Al Warsan area of Dubai is currently under development to protect more than 186 species of birds, including some of the rarest in the Arabian and Asian regions that have chosen Al Warsan Lake as their nesting grounds.

Nakheel is investing a lot of resources in developing the Al Warsan Lake, making it the first lake in the AGCC countries to be designed and developed to protect the wildlife. This conservation effort by Nakheel is part of their strategy to protect the valuable wildlife in the Middle East region.

According to a report by the Emirates Bird Records Committee, the total number of bird species that have been discovered at Al Warsan Lake equals 45 per cent of the total species of birds sighted in the UAE.

A team of leading wetland specialists, including Nakheel’s in-house environmental experts have been formed into a project consortium commissioned to prepare a Lake Enhancement, Preservation and Management Plan that focuses on creating a sustainable wildlife sanctuary located in the heart of an urban development.