¨National Avian Research Center at Sweihan, an arm of International Fund for Houbara Conservation. NARC has a target production of 5,000 Asian Houbara bustard annually. The talks also highlight UAE efforts to conserve the Houbara through programs adopted by the Fund, most notably breeding in captivity, plus a protection survey and launching program to increase numbers in the wild both in the UAE and migratory paths in wider Asia including Pakistan. Individual birds are tracked by NARC staff GPS trackers. In the last 17 years 48,887 of the Asian species have been produced.