{"id":36616,"date":"2025-07-01T10:31:45","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T10:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/?p=36616"},"modified":"2025-07-01T10:31:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T10:31:45","slug":"ras-al-khor-wildlife-sanctuary-to-be-upgraded-first-look-at-dubais-aed-650m-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/ras-al-khor-wildlife-sanctuary-to-be-upgraded-first-look-at-dubais-aed-650m-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary to be Upgraded: First Look at Dubai&#8217;s AED 650M Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dubai has officially announced a <strong>major redevelopment of Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary<\/strong>. The AED 650 million project aims to enhance the area\u2019s natural environment while improving public access and eco-tourism infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>The Ras Al Khor upgrade is part of the Dubai 2040 Urban Masterplan, which places sustainability and livability at the core of future development.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-36619\" src=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ras-Al-Khor-Wildlife-Sanctuary-7-scaled-1-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ras-Al-Khor-Wildlife-Sanctuary-7-scaled-1-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ras-Al-Khor-Wildlife-Sanctuary-7-scaled-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ras-Al-Khor-Wildlife-Sanctuary-7-scaled-1-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ras-Al-Khor-Wildlife-Sanctuary-7-scaled-1-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ras-Al-Khor-Wildlife-Sanctuary-7-scaled-1-2048x1024.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ras-Al-Khor-Wildlife-Sanctuary-7-scaled-1-150x75.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"western\">Phase One: Expanding Green Spaces and Water Features<\/h4>\n<p>The first phase of the project will cover 6.4 square kilometres and is set to be <strong>completed by the end of 2026<\/strong>. Key developments in this phase include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Planting <strong>more mangroves<\/strong>, increasing coverage by 60%<\/li>\n<li>Creating a <strong>new mangrove lake<\/strong>, North Edge lake, and <strong>reed ponds<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Introducing <strong>74 hectares of water bodies<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Constructing a <strong>&#8220;green spine&#8221; to connect the different sections<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Adding <strong>mudflats<\/strong> to support local ecosystems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-36618\" src=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ras-Al-Khor-Wildlife-Sanctuary-8-scaled-1-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ras-Al-Khor-Wildlife-Sanctuary-8-scaled-1-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ras-Al-Khor-Wildlife-Sanctuary-8-scaled-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ras-Al-Khor-Wildlife-Sanctuary-8-scaled-1-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ras-Al-Khor-Wildlife-Sanctuary-8-scaled-1-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ras-Al-Khor-Wildlife-Sanctuary-8-scaled-1-2048x1024.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ras-Al-Khor-Wildlife-Sanctuary-8-scaled-1-150x75.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"western\">Phase Two: Visitor Centres, Trails, and Facilities<\/h4>\n<p>The second phase will focus on visitor experience. It will bring:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A <strong>new visitor centre<\/strong> and <strong>birdwatching towers<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Dining options<\/strong> such as restaurants and kiosks<\/li>\n<li><strong>Educational centres<\/strong> to support community learning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To encourage eco-friendly exploration, the <strong>project will also introduce 5.6 km of cycling tracks and 3 km of walking trails<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Bader Anwahi, CEO of the Public Facilities Agency at Dubai Municipality, said that after completion, the sanctuary could welcome up to 300,000 visitors annually \u2014 six times the current number.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dubai has officially announced a major redevelopment of Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary. The AED 650 million project aims to enhance the area\u2019s natural environment while improving public access and eco-tourism infrastructure. The Ras Al Khor upgrade is part of the Dubai 2040 Urban Masterplan, which places sustainability and livability at the core of future [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":36617,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-36616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"tags":[{"id":15448,"slug":"news","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News"}}],"countries":[{"id":15497,"slug":"uae","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/uae\/","api_id":254,"title":{"rendered":"UAE"}}],"cities":[{"id":15498,"slug":"dubai","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/uae\/dubai\/","api_id":1,"title":{"rendered":"Dubai"}}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}