“We are working on submitting the file of the wonderful Farasan Islands Reserve to be registered in the UNESCO MAB List. Our country is precious with its people and its natural and cultural diversity.”
-Prince Badr Bin Farhan, minister of culture and chairman of the board of directors of the Saudi Heritage Preservation Society, on his plans to submit the Farasan Islands to the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB). [Saudi Gazette]
